Doctors

International Awards

• Best Paper of the Session (BPOS) at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Meeting San Francisco 2009.
• Malayali Business Achievement Award- Dubai October 2010.
• Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in 2011.
• Achievement Award by the Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) in 2013
• Elected as a Member of the International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC) – 2015
• APAO-ZOC Travel Grant 2015 of the 30th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress Held in Conjunction with The 20th Congress of the Chinese Ophthalmology Society, Guangzhou, in April 2015.
• Senior Achievement Award by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) in 2019

National Awards / Named Lectures

• Capt. Subramoniam Award for the Best Video Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), 1995.
• The Best Paper of the Session (BPOS) at the 54th All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Conference held at Chandigarh from 3 - 6 February 1996.
• The Best Paper of the Session (BPOS) at the 55th All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Conference held at New Delhi from February 1997.
• M.M. Joshi Oration Award for Esteemed Contribution in Ophthalmology at the 7th Annual Conference of Deccan Ophthalmic Society, Bagalkot on.1-2 Dec 2007.
• The Best Paper of the Session at the 65th All India Ophthalmological Society Conference (AIOS) held at Hyderabad from 1 - 4 Feb 2007.
• Sante Vision Award for the Best Cataract Free Paper of the Session of the All India Ophthalmological Society Conference (AIOS) held at Hyderabad 2007, presented at the All India Ophthalmological Society Conference held at Bangalore from 31 Jan to 3 Feb 2008.
• Gold Medal from Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India ( IIRSI) 2009.
• Best Paper of the Session (BPOS) at the 67th All India Ophthalmic Society (AIOS). Conference held at Jaipur from 5th to 8th February 2009.
• The Hippocrates Award for Excellence in the Field of Medicine 2010.
• Dr A.N Pandeya Oration Award by the Bihar Ophthalmological Society (BOS) in 2011.
• The Best Paper of the Session (BPOS) at the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) Conference held at Cochin from 2ndto 5th February 2012.
• Dr. S.U Joshi Memorial Oration Awardby Vidharbha Ophthalmic Society(VOS), in March 2015.
• Dr C S Grover Oration Award of the AIOS by the Uttarakhand Society of Ophthalmic surgeons(UKSOS) 2015.
• Gold Medal for Contribution as “Great Teacher in ophthalmology” from Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India ( IIRSI) 2015.
• TACO Oration Award from Jharkhand Ophthalmological Society Midterm Conference, 2017.
• Major (Dr) L C Dutt Memorial Oration Award by Ophthalmology Society of Assam in 2017.

State Awards

• Dr. Siva Reddy Award for the Best Free Paper at the Annual Conference of the Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (KSOS), 2002.
• Dr. Sankara Menon Award for the Best Free Paper at the Annual Conference of Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (KSOS), 2007.
• Dr. Noel Moniz Award for the Best Anterior Segment Free Paper at the Annual Conference of Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (KSOS), 2009.
• Dr. C E Oommen Memorial Oration Award at the Annual Conference of the Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (KSOS), 2023

International

• American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) ,Membership No. 0787884 (since 2006).
• International Society of Refractive Surgery (ISRS) Membership No. 787884.
• American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) Membership No. 046597 (since 2003)
• Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO). Life Member.
• Asia Pacific Association of Cataract & Refractive Surgeons (APACRS) Membership No. 63227469
• European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS) Membership No. 603760 (since 2006).
• Founder Member of International Society of Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgeons (ISMSICS), Membership No. 170.
• International Intraocular Implant Club (IIIC), Membership No. 473.

National

• All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), Membership No. A-4119.
• Andhra Pradesh State Ophthalmic Society (APSOS) LM-817.
• Ahmedabad Academy of Ophthalmology.
• Aravind Alumni Association.
• Bombay Ophthalmologist’s Association (BOA), Membership No. 0278.
• Bihar Ophthalmic Association, Membership No. C0580.
• Cornea Society of India(CSI)Membership No. 2014/205.
• Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS)(Regd.), Membership No.C-840.
• Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI), Membership No. Indl-L-1873.
• Eastern India Zonal Ophthalmological Congress (EIZOC) Membership No. E/EW/0693.
• Glaucoma Society of India, Life Membership No. LM – C00888.
• Gujarat Ophthalmic Association, Membership No. 823.
• Haryana Ophthalmological Society (Life Member), Membership No. LM- 463.
• IMA Doctor’s Club, Membership No. 148.
• Indian Society of Cornea & Kerato-Refractive Surgeons, Membership No. C-0365.
• Indian Medical Association (IMA), Membership No. 6217.

• ISRS International Council Member (2020 - 2023).
• Editor Proceedings All India Ophthalmological Society (2017- 2023).
• President Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (2021-2022).
• Organizing Secretary, 26th Annual Meeting Glaucoma Society of India (GSI)(2018).
• International Coordinator, All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) (2011– 2014).
• Member Managing Committee All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) (2014 – 2017).
• Member Scientific Committee All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) (2008 – 2010, 2011 – 2014).
• Member Executive Committee Intraocular Implant & Refractive Society of India (IIRSI) 2017.
• Member National Advisory Board of Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology (2013 - 2015).
• Councilor, (Southern Zone) Association of Community Ophthalmol​ogists of India (2008 - 2017).
• Member, South Zone Eye Bank Association of India (EBAI) (2010 - 2013).
• Coordinator, South Zone, GIEP, Glaucoma Society of India (GSI) (past).

Papers Presented

• “Posterior Chamber Lens in Subluxated Cataracts (25 cases): Our Experience”. Paper Presented at the Southern Regional Ophthalmic Conference (SROC), held at Madras, September 1992
• “Posterior Chamber Lens in Subluxated Cataracts (50 cases): Our Experiences”. Paper Presented at the 51st Annual Conference of the All-Indian Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), held at Jaipur, February 1993
• “Extracapsular Cataract Extraction with Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens in Fuchs’ Heterochronic Iridocyclitis”. Paper Presented at the 41st Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), held at Tuticorin, September 1993
• “Intraocular Lens Implantation Following Extracapsular Cataract Extraction in Patients with Siderosis Bulbi”. Paper Presented at the 41st Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), held at Tuticorin, September 1993
• “New Techniques of Scleral Fixation of Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens. Our Experience”. Paper Presented at the 41st Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), held at Tuticorin, September 1993
• “Orbital Cellulitis Following Peribulbar Anesthesia”. Paper Presented at the 41st Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association Conference (TNOA), held at Tuticorin, September 1993
• “Retrospective Study of Lens Exchange”. Paper Presented at the 41st Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), held at Tuticorin, September 1993
• “Extracapsular Cataract Extraction with Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens in Fuchs’ Heterochromic Iridocyclitis”. Paper Presented at the 52nd Annual Conference of the All-India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), held at Calcutta, January 1994

Posters Presented at Conferences

• “Capsulorhexis With in the Bag Intraocular Lens after Extracapsular Cataract Extraction”. Poster Presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), held at Bombay, February 1995
• “Rigid 3-Piece Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens Implantation Through Sutureless Scleral Tunnel Incision”. Poster Presented at the 53rd Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), held at Bombay, February 1995
• “Coaxial Phaco to Bimanual Microphaco - The Way To Go”. Poster Presented at the Emerging Trends in Refractive and Cataract Surgery, 1SRS / American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), held at Hong Kong, 14th – 16th May 2005.
• “Coaxial Phaco to Bimanual Microphaco – The Way To Go”. Poster Presented at the 64th Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), held at Bhopal, February 2006.
• “Phacoemulsification in Posterior Polar Cataract”. Poster Presented at the Annual Conference of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO), held at Las Vegas, November 11 to 14, 2006
• “Occult Perforation with Intralenticular Glass Foreign Body”. Poster Presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (KSOS), held at Kochi, 17th – 19th November 2006

Video Films Presented at Conferences

• “2 Point Scleral Fixation of Posterior Chamber Intraocular Lens - Safe and Simple Technique”. Presented at the Southern Regional Ophthalmic Conference (SROC), held at Trichy, August 1995.
• “Non - Phaco Small Incision Sutureless IOL Surgery”. Presented at the Southern Regional Ophthalmic Conference (SROC), held at Trichy, August 1995.
• “A New 4 - Point Scleral Fixation Technique to Minimize Suture Erosion and IOL- Decentration”. Presented at the 54th Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), held at Chandigarh, February 1996.
• “Sutureless Non - Phaco Small Incision IOL Surgery - A Technique for Everybody”. Presented at the 54th Annual Conference of the All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), held at Chandigarh, February 1996.
• “Phacoemulsification (PE) in Mature Cataract: Tricks & Traps”. Presented at the 46th Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), held at Salem, August 1996 (Capt. Subramaniam Best Video Film Award).
• “Sutureless Non - Phaco Small Incision Intraocular Lens Surgery - A Technique for Everybody”. Presented at the 6th Annual Conference of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA), held at Salem, August 1996.

Books and Video Films Edited

• Aided in the Publication of a Manual of Cataract & IOL Surgery at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai. It was one of the first of its kind in systematic learning of Cataract Surgery in India.
• Ocular Pharmacotherapy on behalf of Kerala Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (KSOS), 2011.
• Cataract Surgery in Diseased Eyes (Foreword. Dr David Chang, Dr. Keiki Mehta, Dr Ike K Ahmed), Publishers Jaypee Brothers 2014.
• Posterior Capsular Rent - Genesis and Management, Publishers Springer India, 2017.
• Posterior Segment Complications of Cataract Surgery, Publishers Springer India, 2020.
• Surgeon cum Editor of a Video Cassette on “Current Technique in Small Incision Cataract Surgery “at Aravind Eye Hospital Madurai. This video became a landmark for Cataract Surgeons in Training.

Book Chapters Contributed

• Arup Chakrabarti, Meena Chakrabarti, Sonia Rani John. Phacoemulsification in Vitrectomised Eyes. In Nema HV Ed. Recent Advances in Ophthalmology: Volume 9 Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, India. Chapter 8. Page 136 – 152, 2010.
• Arup Chakrabarti. How to proceed if clear Corneal Incision is ragged and incompetent? In Ramamurthy B Ed. Ready Reckoner in Ophthalmology (under the aegis of AIOS) 2010.
• Gagan J Singh, Sushmita Kaushik, Arup Chakrabarti. Pseudophakic and Aphakic Glaucoma. In Gupta & Harsh Kumar Ed. Glaucoma Diagnosis and Management Pathways, A Primer for Practitioners under the aegis of Glaucoma Society of India, Pages 131-138, 2012.
• Meena Chakrabarti, Arup Chakrabarti, Sonia Rani John, .Macular Hole. In Nema HV Ed. Recent Advances in Ophthalmology: Volume 11 Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, India. Chapter 12. Page 200 – 224, 2013.
• Meena Chakrabarti, Arup Chakrabarti, Sonia Rani John. Improved Visualisation for Microincision Vitreous Surgery. In Shalabh Sinha Ed. Minimally Invasive Vitreous Surgery 20 Gauge to 27 Gauge: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. New Delhi, India Chapter 20. Page 181 – 194, 2013.
• Arup Chakrabarti. Phacoemulsification in Vitrectomized Eyes. In Chakrabarti A Ed.Cataract Surgery in Diseased Eyes, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers, New Delhi, India. Chapter 18. Page 122 - 131, 2014.

Publications

• Arup Chakrabarti. Abstracts from other Journals; Journal of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) 1992; XXX (1).
• Arup Chakrabarti. Abstracts from other Journals; Journal of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) 1992; XXX (4).
• Arup Chakrabarti, Natchiar G. Posterior Chamber Lens in Subluxated Cataract - Our Experience. Journal of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) 1992; XXX (4).
• Arup Chakrabarti. Abstracts from other Journals; Journal of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) 1993; XXXI (1).
• Arup Chakrabarti.Abstracts from other Journals; Journal of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) 1993; XXXI (2).
• Ganesh B, Natchiar G, Arup Chakrabarti. Retrospective Study of Lens Exchange. Journal of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association (TNOA) 1993; XXXI (4).

International Meetings

• Third Annual Scientific Session of the College of Ophthalmologists of Srilanka, held at Centre for Sight, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 25th – 27th August 1994.
• Update in Ophthalmology - Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary, held at Boston, USA, April 1997.
• Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS-ASOA), held at Boston, USA,April 1997.
• Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), held at Fort Lauderdale, USA, May 1997.
• Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS-ASOA), held at San Francisco, USA, April 2003.
• Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS-ASOA), held at San Diego, USA, May 2004.
• World Glaucoma Day, Under the aegis of American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), held at Washington DC, USA, 15thApril 2005.
• Annual Meeting of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS-ASOA), held at Washington DC, USA, April 2005.

National Meetings

• 34th Annual Conference of Madras State Ophthalmic Association, held at Pondicherry, October 1986.
• Seminars and Workshop on Microsurgery of the Anterior Segment of the Eye, held at Joseph Eye Hospital, Trichy, 1987.
• 35th Annual Conference of Madras State Ophthalmic Association, held at Erode, September 1987.
• Course on Intraocular Lenses (by Dr. Manus C Kraff), held at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, August 1988.
• 36th Annual Conference of Madras State Ophthalmic Association, held at Trichy, September 1988.
• Symposium on Aphakia and Myopia, Management of Refractive Status, held at Ahmedabad, 1988.
• Third Biennial Meeting of the Strabismological Society of India, held at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, January 1989
• Workshop on Neuro – Ophthalmology, held at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, December 1989
• Symposium on Pars Plana Surgery for Anterior & Posterior Segment Disorders, held at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai, July 1990
• Symposium on Diabetic Retinopathy, held at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, August 1990.