Maharashtra Ophthalmology Society:

• Bellpharma award for best post-graduate paper in 1997,
• YKC Pandit Award for best scientific work of the year (on small incision cataract and phacoemulsification surgery) in 2003,
• FDC Award for best research in basic sciences (NSAIDs for small incision cataract surgery) in 2004,
• Best paper presentation in 2007 (Ocular manisfestations of HIV infection),
• V.K.Chitnis oration awarded for life time significant scientific work in 2009 for work on pediatric ophthalmology and childhood blindness,
• Best paper presentation in 2014 (Meta-analysis of phacoemulsification vs Manual small incision cataract surgery)
• Best paper presentation session in 2018 (Impact of correcting presbyopia in female tea workers). Non-competitive. Aurangabad
• NP Pandya oration by H.V. Desai Eye Hospital & Association of Community Ophthalmologists of India in 2018
• Dr. V Joshi oration by Vidarbha Ophthalmology Society on 14th April 2024: The past, the present & the future of cataract surgery.

All India Ophthalmology Society’s annual conference:

• Best cataract session paper at New Delhi 2003 (ECCE compared to SICS).
• Best paper on community ophthalmology at Bhuvaneshwar 2005 (Changing pattern of childhood blindness in Maharashtra).
• Mahashabde oration at Bhopal 2006.
• Best in cataract session at Banglore 2008 (Comparison of endothelial cell loss by phaco and SICS),
• Best in community eye care at Banglore 2008 (Childhood blindness in Karnataka).
• Best presentation for community ophthalmology at Jaipur 2009 (Ocular problems in children with learning disability).
• Best in prevention of blindness session in 2015 at New Delhi (Impact of correcting visual impairment in deaf-mute children. Is there a correlation between blindness and deafness?).
• Best in ophthalmic education session in 2018 at Coimbatore (Ophthalmology residency training in India :20th vs 21st century -what has changed?)
• Best paper on optics & refraction ‘Effect of Providing Near Glasses on Productivity Among Presbyopic Rural Indian Tea Workers’ at AIOC 2019, Indore
• Best paper on comprehensive ophthalmology ‘Making Blind Children See: Impact of correcting low vision in 'blind' children’ at AIOC 2019, Indore
• Best in community ophthalmology in AIOC 2022 at Mumbai ‘4 Year Longitudinal Study Of 44535 Individuals To See Reduction In Blindness & Vision Impairment’.
• Best in epidemiology in AIOC-APAO 2025 Delhi Prevalence of blindness and vision impairment among people 50 years and older in Nepal:a National Rapid Assessment of Avoidable Blindness survey
• Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, best letter to editor on use of irrigating fluids in cataract surgeryin 2010, IJO Silver Award for ‘Is glaucoma blindness a disease of poverty & ignorance?’ in 2011, IJO Silver Award for ‘Long term outcomes of traumatic cataracts in children’ in 2012. IJO Silver Award 2018 for ‘Residency Evaluation and Adherence Design (READS) Study’ in 2019.
• International: Best Poster award at International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, 7thGeneral Assembly at Dubai 2004, Best Poster award at International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, 9thGeneral Assembly at Hyderabad 2012 (Barriers to follow-up of pediatric cataracts).
  American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery Foundation’s award for humanitarian eye care in area of cataract blindness in Jan 2020.
• Academic Paranjpe prize for topping MS (Ophthal), topping Shivaji University amongst all medical post-graduates in 1997