Dr. Arup Chakrabarti is a member of the prestigious International Intra-ocular Implant Club (IIIC) and an achievement awardee of AAO and APAO. One of the early pioneers of manual small incision cataract surgery (MSICS) in India, he has been chief instructor and instructor at over 150 highly rated instruction courses at various international ophthalmology conferences and has trained over 500 cataract surgeons. He has won 10 named awards from various ophthalmological societies. He is editor of the textbook Cataract Surgery in Diseased Eyes and a reviewer for the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the Indian Journal of Ophthalmology. He is a member of the Cataract Subspeciality Committee and Ethics Committee of AIOS. He has an abiding interest in glaucoma.

Summary of Presentations

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All timings are according to Local Time
Thursday, 04 June 2026
Hall A1, PEACH
11:15 - 11:30hrs
(MC5) MASTERING VITRECTOMY & OCT FOR THE CATARACT SURGEON (11:00 – 12:30hrs)
How to Recognise PCR Early and Understanding Your Machine
Friday, 05 June 2026
Hall A2-A3, PEACH
08:40 - 08:47hrs
(S5) IIIC LECTURES - The Perfect Save! (08:00 – 09:30hrs)
Phaco in Rhexi Tear Situations - Pearls
Hall D3, PEACH
14:30 - 16:00hrs
(FP5) Free Paper – General 1 (14:30 - 16:00hrs)
- Chair: Arup CHAKRABARTI