1. DSEK Skill Transfer Workshop conducted by Sightlife and Disha Eye Hospitals in 2016.
2. ‘Young Achiever Award’ at the ISCKRS Meet 2016
3. Think Under the Apple Tree, AIOC 2018 (Finalist)
4. Shri RG Meshram and Smt Aruna Meshram Endowment ACOIN Chhattisgarh State Chapter Oration at the 3rd Annual Meeting of ACOIN Chhattisgarh State Chapter

Journals and Newsletters:

1. Reviewer (Cornea and External Disease) for Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
2. Reviewer for Cornea Journal
3. Reviewer for Ocolar Immunology and Inflammation
4. Section Editor (Cornea) for AIOS Times
5. Section Editor (Cornea) for Tamil Nadu Journal of Ophthalmic Sciences & Research
6. Incharge of Academics – Young Ophthalmologists Society of India (YOSI) – West Bengal State Chapter

1. Best Video Award in OSWB  Annual ConferenceConference 2018
2. Sobhamati Das Best  video award, 2018
3. Presented in various state conferences and District CME.

1. DSEK Skill Transfer Workshop conducted by Sightlife and Disha Eye Hospitals in 2016.
2. ‘Young Achiever Award’ at the ISCKRS Meet 2016
3. Think Under the Apple Tree, AIOC 2018 (Finalist)
4. Shri RG Meshram and Smt Aruna Meshram Endowment ACOIN Chhattisgarh State Chapter Oration at the 3rd Annual Meeting of ACOIN Chhattisgarh State Chapter

Journals and Newsletters:

1. Reviewer (Cornea and External Disease) for Indian Journal of Ophthalmology
2. Reviewer for Cornea Journal
3. Reviewer for Ocular Immunology and Inflammation
4. Section Editor (Cornea) for AIOS Times
5. Section Editor (Cornea) for Tamil Nadu Journal of Ophthalmic Sciences & Research
6. Incharge of Academics – Young Ophthalmologists Society of India (YOSI) – West Bengal State Chapter

1. Successfully defended Thesis on Myopic disc and retinal changes during post graduation.

2. Presented numerous papers and presentations on various topics.

3. Published the paper Myopic Retinal Changes- A study in Eastern India.

4. Got the best paper in Synapse 2019 on the topic – Multicolor Imaging in differentiating true and pseudo disc oedema.

In both National forums like AIOS and OSWB and International forums like ESCRS and ASCRS- 2009-2010

1. Co-instructor of numerous Instruction Courses on Cataract Surgery & Phacoemulsification with Dr. Debasish Bhattacharya
2. Presented many videos on Cataract Surgery and Phacoemulsification

• Overall Best Paper Award (Glaucoma) D.B Chandra, Disha Award and Best paper in Glaucoma session II for “An AS- OCT based study to report the progression of primary angle closure suspects (PACS) to primary angle closure (PAC) and Primary Angle Closure Glaucoma (PACG) after 3 years of follow up”, Chief author AIOC Agra- 2014
• Best Paper Award Glaucoma Session I for “Role of AS-OCT in Monitoring Primary Angle Closure Suspects and Plateau Iris Syndrome (PIS) patients pre- and post- Iridoplasty”, Chief author,, AIOC, Agra- 2014
• Received the highest marks and was the batch topper in the 1st Professional MBBS examination and recipient of the Kunja-Kusum Scholarship in the year 1998.
• Received the highest marks and was the batch topper in the 2nd Professional MBBS examination and recipient of the Kunja-Kusum Scholarship in the year 1999.
• Received the highest marks and was the batch topper in the 3rd Professional MBBS examination and recipient of the Kunja-Kusum Scholarship in the year 2002.
• Gold Medalist in Physiology and holder of the D. Biswas Memorial Award for the Best Physiology Student of the Year- 1998
• Gold Medalist in Ophthalmology for securing the highest marks in the Diploma in Ophthalmology examination in the year 2007.
• Conferred Rotary Club of Kolkata Silver Jubilee Commemoration Prize for best out-going student in D.O for the academic year 2007.

Senior Honor Award from the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) at Boston in 2017

• Best Free paper- AAOSC-2004
• Physical poster presentation – 3rd World Congress of Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, Barcelona (Spain) – 2015.
• E- Poster in AIOC, Kolkata – 2016.
• Poster presentation in AIOC, Kolkata – 2016.

The Grand Prize (The Best of the Best) for his video “Out or in it is the same door”- ASCRS, Boston- 2010. He is the 1st Indian to receive this prestigious award.

Best Video for his video “Out or in- it is the same door”, ESCRS, Paris- Sept. 2010.

The Runners Up Award in the Innovative Section Category of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ASCRS) Film Festival for “Conquering rock hard cataract with 90-degree bent tip” at San Francisco, USA- 2013 Dr. K.P. Roy Award for Best Paper, OSWB- 2003.

Live Cataract Surgery Demonstration almost all over India Including Delhi, Mumbai, Pondichery, Patna, Jamshedpur, Bokaro, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, etc.

Live Surgery(International)

Cicendo Eye Hospital, Burdung, Indonesia – 2006

Instruction Courses-

• Chief Instructor In Cataract Surgery ASCRS San Diego USA 2019
• Chief Instructor Cataract Surgery in Difficult Cases, ESCRS Copenhagen 2017
• Chief Instructor Cataract Surgery ASCRS, Boston 2015
• Chief Instructor Cataract Surgery AIOC 2013 to 2017
• Co-instructor Cataract, AIOS- 2005- 2011
• Co-instructor Pterygium, ASCRS- 2012

Presentations:

• Caterpillar hair-everywhere in an eye (AIOS 2009 Poster presentation 0970) Debajit Ray, Jayanta Bhattacharya, Asim Kumar Sil
• Scenario of Retinopathy of prematurity in rural area of West Bengal (AIOS 2010 Paper
presentation729) Indranil Deb, Prabir Bhowmik, Debajit Ray
• Superior oblique palsy: epidemiology & surgical outcome(AIOS 2010 Paper presentation 936)Debajit Ray, Amit Gupta, R Kekunnaya, Venkateshwar Rao B.
• Comparing Postoperative Astigmatism After Cataract Surgery With Different Incisions in the
Pediatric Age Group (Poster presentation at the 2010 Joint Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the Middle East Africa Council of Ophthalmology) Muralidhar Ramappa, Amit Gupta; Debajit Ray; Ramesha Kekunnaya; Virender S Sangwan
• Challenges of capsulotomy in pediatric cataract (AIOS 2012 Video presentation VT 193) Debajit Ray, Subhra Sil, Chandni Chakraborty, Asim Kumar Sil
• Late cataract surgery is rewarding (AIOS 2012 Poster presentation) Subhra Sil, Debajit Ray,
Chandni Chakraborty, Asim kumar Sil
• Managing Neglected Cataract (in children) (Submitted course WOC 2014 Tokyo)

Publications:

• Letter to the editor: Port-wine vascular malformations and glaucoma risk in Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Debajit Ray, Anil K. Mandal, G. Chandrasekhar, Milind Naik, Niteen Dhepe, J AAPOS 2010;14:105.
• Duane Retraction Syndrome: Series of 441 Cases. Ramesh Kekunnaya, Amit Gupta, Virender
Sachdeva, Sannapaneni Krishnaiah, B. Venkateshwar Rao, Urvish Vashist, Debajit Ray. J Pediatr
Ophthalmol Strabismus 2012; 49:164-169.
• Comparing the astigmatic outcome after pediatric cataract surgery with different incisions.
Amit Gupta, Muralidhar Ramappa, Ramesh Kekunnaya, Pravin K Vaddavalli, Debajit Ray, Sunita Chaurasia,
Harsha L Rao, Chandra Sekar Garudadri. Br J Ophthalmol 2012; 96:386-389.
• Superior Oblique Palsy: Epidemiology and Clinical Spectrum from a Tertiary Eye Care Center in
South India. Debajit Ray, Amit Gupta, Virender Sachdeva, Ramesh Kekunnaya. Asia-Pac J Ophthalmol 2013;00: 00Y00).

3 Indexed publications including ‘The Nature’

1. Silver Medalist, Forensic Medicine- 2003

2. Has co-authored chapters for 2 text books in Ophthalmology.

3. Has been  Co-investigator in  National and International Trials.

4. Has publications in State and National peer reviewed journals.

5. Presentations in state, national and International conferences like TNOA , AIOC , ASIA –ARVO.

6. Won the SMT.SOVABATI DAS GHOSH BEST VIDEO AWARD AT THE OSWB Conference for the video titled “ Paediatric Cataract Surgery – In Search of the perfect posterior capsulorhexis”.

7. Case report: An unusual case of a Vitreous Cyst. Dr.DebarpitaChaudhury  D.O, D.N.B, Dr. R. Ramkrishanan, D.O., MS, Dr.Meenakshi R,  D.O, D.N.B, Dr.ArijitMitra D.O, D.N.B. Published in the Journal of the Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association. 2014;4:41-44.

8. Case report : Amniotic band syndrome : Dr.DebarpitaChaudhury D.O , D.N.B ,Dr.ArijitMitra D.O, D.N.B .Published in the Delhi Ophthalmological Society (DOS) Times Journal, 2015;21 ( 2) : 31-33.

9. Case Report: LipaemiaRetinalis. Dr.DebarpitaChaudhury, D.O., D.N.B, Dr. R. Meenakshi, D.O., D.N.B., Dr. R. Ramakrishnan D.O, M.S , Dr.ArijitMitra D.O, D.N.B,Dr. S. Raju, D.C.H., M.D. Published in the Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2015;26(2):107-110.

10. Case report :Agarwal V, Mitra A, Choudhury S, Sar S, Chaudhury D. Spontaneous unilateral hyphema from a strand of persistent pupillary membrane. Indian J Ophthalmol 2020;68:1158-9.

11. Case report :Mitra A, Das A, Choudhury S, Sar S, Chaudhury D. Int J Ophthalmol. 2021 Apr 18;14(4):630-632. doi: 10.18240/ijo.2021.04.23. eCollection 2021.

12. Case report : Mitra A, ChaudhuryD,Choudhury S, Sar S, Ghosh S. Multiple phakomatoses and primary open-angle glaucoma in one individual.Asian J Ophthalmol;2020; 17(3):290-301

13. Letter to the editor : Mitra A , Mohanta A , ChaudhuryD.Specifying the Role of Masks in Reducing Viral Material on Environmental Surfaces of an Ophthalmology Examination Room.JAMA Ophthalmol.2021;139(3):365-366

• K.R. DUTTA award for best paper at EIZOC 2000
• Received Best Poster award at OSWB 2010
• ASCRS film festival runners up PRIZE Inhouse Category 2016 @ New Orleans
• Awarded Best Film @ OSWB 2016
• Paper in Bengal journal of ophthalmology 2011.”Score and conquer bone Of any thickness and hardness by simple dental drill”
• Several Instruction Courses on Cataract, paper, poster and video presentations at various conferences and academic meets national and international etc.
• Guest faculty AND Live Surgery workshops at various conferences and CMEs.

Too many to list but the most notable ones are:

• “Diploma Se otorga a” from the prestigious Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the CURSO Meet, Miami, Florida 2010.
• Silver Jubilee Dr. Ishwarchandra Award, VOS- 2010
• Luminary Award, Eastern India Zonal Ophthalmological Congress (EIZOC)- 2010
• Southern Asian Academy Achievement Award- 2008
• Daljit Singh Gold Medal Oration Award- Pune, IIRSI- 2004
• Santé Vision Award for Best Paper in the Cataract Session in AIOC, New Delhi- 2003

• Award Proff. Dr. Ranabir Mukherjee award for best paper in Kolkata Academy of Opthalmology Annual Meet on 12th Jan 2019
• Awarded Best eLecture trophy at Confluence 2013 , International masters course on Oculoplasty oncology at Hyderabad from 13-15th Dec 2013

• Dr. K.P. Roy Award – for Best free paper in Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal Annual Conference, 1995.
• Best Video film Award – in Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal Conference, 1999.
• Best Video film Award – in Eastern India Zonal Ophthalmic Conference, 2000.
• C. S. Reshmi Gold Medal Award – at 58th All India Ophthalmic Congress for Best Video Film at Chennai, in 2000., Also in 2008
• Col. V. Rangchari Gold Medal Award – at 59th All India Ophthalmic Congress for Best Paper at Calcutta, in 2001.; Also in AIOC – 2005
• E.T. Selvam Gold Medal Award – at 60th All India Ophthalmic Congress for Best Poster at Ahmedabad in 2002. Also in AIOC-2005.
• Dr. B. K. Mitra Award – for Best Free Paper in Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal Annual Conference, 2004.
• Satya Rani Hazra Award – for Best work done in Community Ophthalmology, Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal Annual Conference, 2004.
• Santé Vision Gold Medal Award – at 63rd All India Ophthalmic Congress for Best work done in Cataract at Bhubaneswar in 2005.
• Dr. Sandeep Wagh Award Oration – at Pune Ophthalmological Society Meeting 2007.
• Gold Medal Award – from Bombay Ophthalmological Association, 2008
• Best Video Award, in ESCRS, Stockholm, Sweden, Sept 2007 in Special cases category.
• Dr. S P Hardia Gold Medal Award – for Best Free Paper in Refractive Surgery in 66th All India Ophthalmological Congress, 2008 in Bangalore.
• Best Video Award in General Category in 66th All India Ophthalmic Congress, 2008 in Bangalore.
• Best Video Award, in ESCRS, Berlin, Germany, Sept 2008 in scientific category.
• ‘Best of Show’ Video Award in – AAO Annual Conference – Atlanta 2008
• “Achievement Award” from American Academy of Ophthalmology for significant contribution in Ophthalmology – AAO Atlanta 2008
• International Ophthalmic Education Award in AAO Annual Conference – Atlanta 2008
• Dr. Rustom Ranji Gold Medal Oration – Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmic Society -2009
• Dr. A K Pandeya Gold Medal Oration in Bihar Ophthalmological Society -2009
• ‘Best of Show’ Video Award in – AAO Annual Conference – San Francisco 2009
• Best Poster Award in – AAO Annual Conference– San Francisco 2009
• Best Poster Award in – AAO Annual Conference– San Francisco 2009
• Best Paper AIOS-Award in Cornea in – Complications of DSEK in first 200 cases reported by a single surgeon – All India Ophthalmological Conference, Kolkata, 2010
• Best of Show (Top Ten) video Award — AIOC, Kolkata, 2010
• R C Meher Oration: EIZOC at Bhubaneswar, 2010
• Best Video Award (Top 14) in AIOC, Ahmedabad, 2011
• Achievement Award: APAO in Sydney 2011
• Prof LP Agarwal Oration, at RP Centre for Ophthalmology, AIIMS, New Delhi – in 2011
• ‘Best of show’ Video Award in AAO 2011 in Orlando
• First Prize and Special mention prize in Ophthalmic Photography (by OPS, USA) AAO 2011 in Orlando
• Best of Show (Top 15) video Award — AIOC, Kochi, 2012
• RP Dhanda Gold Medal Award in AIOS 2012 for Best work in Cornea Grafting
• People’s Choice Award for the Best Video selected by delegate in ASCRS-2012 Chicago
• Special prize in Ophthalmic Photography (by OPS, USA) in ASCRS 2012 in Chicago
• YO Star Award for one of the TOP 10 ICs in AAO 2012 in Chicago
• Best Poster award in AAO 2013 in New Orleans
• Best of show (top 15 video) in AIOC 2014 in Agra.
• Best Free paper in Cornea in AIOC 2014, Agra
• S N Mishra Memorial Oration – Darbhanga Medical college, Bihar
• Gold Medal award from Uttarakhand Ophthalmological Society for Best Academics
• Best of show (top 14 video) in AIOC 2015 in New Delhi
• Best Free Paper in Inflammation # AIOC 2015 in New Delhi
• Sr Achievement Award @AAO 2015
• Best Free Paper in Glaucoma @AIOC 2016 in Kolkata
• Best of Show Award in @AAO 2017

• Award Proff. Dr. Ranabir Mukherjee award for best paper in Kolkata Academy of Opthalmology Annual Meet on 12th Jan 2019
• Awarded Best eLecture trophy at Confluence 2013 , International masters course on Oculoplasty oncology at Hyderabad from 13-15th Dec 2013

• Awarded 2nd prize for case presentation in X files conference in Oculoplasty in Sankara Nethralaya, Kolkata in February 2020.
• Won 1st prize in quiz event in AIOS PG training programme July 2019 at Susrut Eye Foundation and Research Centre Kolkata.

Best Video award ( Glaucoma category)at ASCRS in 2011 held at San Diego

First Prize in Scientific Category in European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS), 2015
Dr.B.K.Mitra Memorial Award for best paper in OSWB.
Smt Sovabati Das Ghosh Memorial Award for Best Video in OSWB.
Murali Dhar Sengupta Memorial Award for Best Video in Kolkata Academy of Ophthalmology.

Presented papers and surgical videos in national and international forums (OSWB, AIOC, ASCRS)
Free Paper ASCRS San Francisco 2013
Surgical Video ASCRS San Diego 2015
Free Paper and Surgical video in AIOC 2012 and AIOC 2014

1st prize in Glaucoma quiz at Annual conference in Glaucoma Society of India.2012
1st prize in Glaucoma quiz at Annual conference of AIOS.2015.
Recipient of Dr.Jogendranath Chatterjee memorial award of OSWB 2016
Runner up in Photography competition in annual conference of AIOS 2017

Best paper in ” Free paper on cataract ” in 41st MPSOS conference 2017, Gwalior.

OSWB K.P.Roy Award for best free paper (in under 40 category) 2016
AIOS ARC 3rd prize for PG thesis competition, Jaipur 2017
OSWB Satya Rani Hazra Award for best free paper in Community Ophthalmology Session 2018
Video featured in American Academy of Ophthalmology – ONE Network 2018
Best of Session for free paper at World Ophthalmology Conference, Barcelona, 2018
Best of IJO Award 2019 for prominent article in IJO
Best of Session paper (Cornea) American Academy Ophthalmology Conference 2020
B.K.Mitra Award (Best Paper OSWB 2019)
Anadi Bhusan Award (Best Paper OSWB 2019)
Achievement Award from American Academy of Ophthalmology

Phacoemulsification trainer in International society of manual small incision cataract surgeons.

National Awards

1) Best Free Paper (K.P.Roy Award) in state conference(2008), India
2) Best Paper (B.K.Mitra Award ) in the state conference(2010), India
3) C.S Reshmi Award for Best Video in All India Ophthalmic Conference 2010.
4) Best video award in Delhi Ophthalmic Society 2011, India
5) Best paper in Retina vitreous session in annual national conference 2012, India
6) Best video award in Kolkata Academy of Ophthalmology 2013, India
7) Best video award in Vitreo Retina Society of India (VRSI) in 2015
8) Best video award in State Platinum Jubilee Conference, 2018.

International awards :

1)Best Video Award in EURETINA 2009 , Nice, France,
2)Best Video Award in EURETINA 2010, Paris, France
3)“Honor Award” from American Society of Retina Specialists ,2015
4)Senior Honor Award from American Society of Retina Specialists in 2017
5) Rhett Buckler Award for Best Video Film Festival, ASRS, Boston. 2017
6) Best (First prize) Video Award in EURETINA 2017 , Barcelona, Spain.

Participation in state & national conferences :

1)Presented paper multiple times in a state & national conferences
2)Presented Instructional Courses multiple times in state and national conferences as Chief instructor
3)Invited guest speaker in various state and national conferences
4) Performed live retinal surgery in multiple podiums.

Participation in International conferences:

Presented papers several times in annual conferences organized by European Society of
Retina Specialists (EURETINA) and American Academy of Ophthalmology.
Chaired as Moderator in European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA).
Presented instructional course as Chief Instructor in American Society of Retina Specialist
(ASRS) on Diabetic Vitreous Surgeries.
Presented oral free paper presentation for multiple times in ASRS.
Presentation in surgical pannel discussion in “Dislocated IOLs Managements” and
“Macular hole symposium” in American Society of Retina Specialist (ASRS).
Invited speaker in Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, Taiwan and Asia Pacific Vitreo
Retinal Surgery, Kualalumpur.
Represented Vitreo Retina Society of India as an “Invited speaker” on the “World Retina
Day” in EURETINA, Barcelona and Paris.

Publications :

1) Published a surgical video atlas “Jaypee’s video atlas on Minimally Invasive Vitreo
retinal Surgeries – Basic & Beyond” ( CHIEF AUTHOR )
Study of risk factors in graft infection- in British Journal of Ophthalmogy 2001.

“Oh! I find the way.I can create retinal detachment”….Gnathostomata spinigerum-
Published in Video Journal of Vitreo Retina (VJVR), a peer reviewed video journal.

“Retina & Vitreous surgery – A practical guide to theory, practice and management”
– Published a text book with video atlas on surgical vitreoretina (Editor-in -Chief with Dr. Suber S Huang as guest co-author)

Boral S.K., Das A, Sinha T.K, Chakraborty D. New Innovative Approaches for Difficult
Retained Intraocular Foreign Bodies. Ophthalmologica. 2018;240:179–180

Boral S.K., Das A, Sinha T.K. A Novel Standardised Reproducible Method to Calculate
the Area of Internal Limiting Membrane Peeled intra-operatively in Macular Hole Surgery
by Using a Video Overlay – A Long-term study in cases of Idiopathic Macular Holes.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2020 Jan; 68(1) : 157-161.
Long term clinical outcomes of sub macular blood removal with isolated autologous RPE-
Choroid patch graft transplantation in long standing large sized sub macular hematomas –
an Indian experience.. Indian J Ophthalmology 2020
A simple modified way of glueless sutureless scleral fixation of IOL – a retrospective case series – American Journal of Ophthalmology 2020. And many more as a co-author…

Won KP Roy Memorial Award in 2004 (Best Paper award in State Conference)