Shillong, April 6 -- Prof. Tanie Natung and his team from the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) were awarded the "Best of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology Award".

The award was presented at the 40th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress and the 83rd Annual Conference of the All-India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS), held in New Delhi from April 3 to April 6.

The combined APAO-AIOS conference, which drew over 13,500 delegates from across the globe, served as a platform for the exchange of scientific knowledge, experiences, and research findings in ophthalmology.

The award recognized the team's research on optimizing lens power calculation formulas for cataract surger...