Awarded Padmashree by the President of India for Exemplanery Surgical Skills and his outstanding Achievements and Research in Ophthalmology
Received the “ASCRS Honored Guest Award”, the highest recognition award by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, (ASCRS), the world’s largest ophthalmic society, at the ASCRS Annual Symposium held in Boston, USA this April, 2014
Awarded the Antonio SCARPA Medal and Oration of the Italian Ophthalmic Society, which is the highest honor given by the Italian Ophthalmic Society for outstanding Work, Research, Outstanding Surgical Skills in Ophthalmology by the President of the Society
Honored by Swiss Eye Research Foundation, by the President of the Swiss Ophthalmic Society
Only Indian to be elected a Member of the Legion Honor of the Instituto Barraquer, Barcelona, Spain
Only distinguished Indian Ophthalmic surgeon to be ever invited to Operate Live at Video Cataracta in Milan, Italy, at Europe’s biggest Live Surgery Conference
Appreciation Award, at San Francisco for pioneering Soft Intraocular implants for the first time in the world
Winner of 11 Gold Medals in India
Honorary Visiting Professor at ONO Eye Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland and St. Luke’s Institute, Texas, USA
He is the Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon to the Governor of Maharashtra, to the Armed Forces, Government of India and to the Maharashtra Police