STATE LEVEL CONFERENCE

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Organized By
DEPARTMENT OF OPTOMETRY
MGM SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES, MGMIHS, NAVI MUMBAI
(A constituent unit of MGM INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES)
(Deemed University u/s 3 of UGC Act 1956)
Grade “A++” Accredited by NAAC
In Collaboration with
INDIAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION (IOA)
SPECIAL &
MAHA OPTOMETRY ASSOCIATION
GUEST (MOA)
SPEAKER

DR. NEERA KAPOOR VENUE

OD,MS,FAAO,FCOVD-A University Auditorium, 3rd Floor,
(USA) Medical College Building,
Day 1 - Special Lecture by Dr. Neera Kapoor
(Seminar and Workshop) And Parallel Conference MGMIHS, Kamothe, Navi Mumbai
Day 2- Conference And Workshop

REGISTER HERE : CONTACT

WE CORDIALLY Ms. Jidnyasa Pawar - +91 7715945579
INVITE YOU ALL TO Mr. Jay Morye - +91 9869703679
“CONNECT, LEARN
AND SHARE EMAIL ID
KNOWLEDGE” mgmsbsnm.opto@gmail.com
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Objective
The primary goal of this conference is to bring together optometry professionals, educators,
and students from the state to exchange knowledge, discuss the latest advancements in the
field, and foster collaboration. This event aims to create a platform for networking and learning
opportunities that will benefit the optometry community.
Agenda
The conference agenda includes keynote speakers, panel discussions, and interactive
workshops covering a wide range of topics relevant to optometry practice, education, and
research.

OPTION: 1
Student Practitioner

Registration fees for 2 days

Conference and Workshop
(Seats Available for only 250 participants)
1500/- 2000/-
WITHOUT SPECIAL GUEST LECTURE

Other
OPTION 2: (Ophthalmologist,
Non-IOA Non-IOA
IOA Student IOA Member
Student Member Neurologist,
Member (Optometry
Member (Optometry Physiotherapist
Registration for (Optometry)
(Optometry)
Practitioner)
Practitioner) and Other
Special Guest Profession)

Lecture
(Seminar and
Workshop )
+ 2 Days Conference 2500/- 3500/- 3500/- 4500/- 5000/-
and Workshop
(Seats Available for only
50 participants)

Registration Details
Bank Details For More Details Kindly Contact
Account Holder Name - Indian Optometric
Association Ms. Jidnyasa Pawar
Name of Bank - Axis Bank M: +91 7715945579
Account no. - 918010062890299 Mr. Jay Morye
Branch - D.D. Puram, Bareilly, India M: +91 9869703679
IFSC Code - UTIB0001084 Email Id : mgmsbsnm.opto@gmail.com
MICR code:- 243211102
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Day 1 - 20th April 2024

Time Event Speaker

8:30 - 9:30 am Registration & Breakfast

Recent Developments in Optometry legislation & Dr. Veshal Madan

9:30 - 10:00 am Director,
advocacy D Y Patil University of Optometry, Pune

Low Vision Rehabilitation- Dr. Rajeev Prasad

10:00 - 10:30 am Secretary,
Expanding Horizon with Innovation Indian Optometric Association

10:30 - 11:30 am Opening Ceremony & Felicitation

Panel Discussion
11:30 - 12:00 pm Topic - Future Scope of Optometry in India and Overseas
Moderator - Rohit Gupta

The Green Spectacle: An eco-friendly approach to Prashant Bhatkar

12:00 - 12:30 pm eyewear & Eye Professional Service Head,
Nikon Lenswear, India
care

Champions of Vision: Empowering Special Dr. Vidyut Rajhans

12:30 - 1:00 pm Athletes through Sports Vice Principal,
Vision Optometry Laxmi College of Optometry

1:00 - 2:00 pm Lunch

Fundamentals of refraction & prescribing Kishore Bhandary

2:00 - 2:30 pm President
spectacles in various age groups Maha Optometry Association

2:30 - 3:00 pm Case Presentation

3:00 - 3:30 pm Quiz Competition
3:30 - 4: 00 pm Poster Competition
4:00 - 4:30 pm Dance Competition
4:30 - 5:00 pm Singing Competition

Special Guest Lecture

Time Event Speaker

Dr. Neera Kapoor

Vision Symptoms Following Clinical Professor,
SUNY-College of Optometry,
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm Acquired Brain Injury: Evaluation, New York University’s
Neuroplasticity & Management. SEMINAR + WORKSHOP

1:00 pm-2:00pm Lunch

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Day 2 - 21th April 2024

Time Event Speaker

8:00 - 8:30 am Breakfast

Scleral Lenses Gagan Sahani

8:30 – 11:00 am Director,
(SEMINAR + WORKSHOP) Silver Line Laboratories Pvt. Ltd

Ortho – k Lens Hamza Shaikh

11:00 – 11:30 am Professional Service Manager,
(SEMINAR) SEED Contact Lens India

Priti Mistry
11:30 - 12:00 pm Vision Therapy: Wonderland Director,
Prime Eye Care

Customized Artificial Eye: Vimal Mehra

12:00 – 12:30 pm Ocular / Orbital Prosthesis,
Coming to You Mehra's Ocular Prosthetics

12:30 – 1:30 pm LUNCH

WORKSHOP Slot 1

1:30 – 2:30 pm Ortho- K lenses

Vision Therapy Artificial Eye
By: Humed Ali
By: Priti Mistry By: Vimal Mehra
Chasmawala

WORKSHOP Slot 2

2:30 –3:30 pm Ortho- K lenses

Vision Therapy Artificial Eye
By: Humed Ali
By: Priti Mistry By: Vimal Mehra
Chasmawala

3:30 – 4:00 pm Prize Distribution

4:00 – 4:30 pm Closing Ceremony

*Note - Attendees can attend Only One Workshop per Slot

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Acquired Brain Injury :
Evaluation, Neuroplasticity
and Management.

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Speakers

Dr. Rajeev Prasad Kishore Bhandary Dr. Neera Kapoor Gagan Sahani
Secretary, President Clinical Professor, Director,
Indian Optometric Association Maha Optometric Association SUNY-College of Optometry, Silver Line Laboratories Pvt. Ltd
New York University’s

Dr. Veshal Madan Dr. Vidyut Rajhans Prashant Bhatkar Priti Mistry
Vice Principal, Professional Service Head, Director,
Director,
Laxmi College of Optometry Nikon Lenswear, India Prime Eye Care
D Y Patil University of Optometry, Pune

Huned Ali Chasmawala Vimal Mehra Hamza Shaikh

Founder, Ocular / Orbital Prosthesis, Professional Servive Manager,
Zenith Opticians Mehra's Ocular Prosthetics SEED Contact Lens India

Sponsors
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Patrons

Dr. S. N. Kadam Dr. Shashank D. Dalvi Dr. N. N. Kadam Dr. R. B. Goel

Medical Director, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Hon’ble Pro Vice Chancellor Registrar,
MGM Hospital And Trust MGMIHS, NM MGMIHS, NM MGMIHS, NM
MGMIHS, NM

Dr. G. S. Narshetty Dr. K.S. Salgotra Dr. Rahul G. Peddawad

Dean, Hospital Director, Medical Superintendent
MGM Medical College and Hospital, NM MGM Medical College and Hospital, NM MGM Medical College and Hospital, NM

Dr. Mansee Thakur Dr. Varshav Gore

Director, HOD, Dept. of Ophthalmology
MGM SBS, NM MGM Medical College and Hospital, NM

Organizing Chairperson

Dr. Subodh Dixit Dr. Rajeev Prasad Rohit I. Gupta Sachin Ambre Misba Khan
President, Secretary, Lecturer / Course Coordinator, West regional representative, Tutor,
Indian Optometric Association Indian Optometric Association Dept. of Optometry, Indian Optometric Association Dept. of Optometry,
MGM SBS, NM MGM SBS, NM
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TOPICS
1. All about digital eye strain
2. Myopia Control : Need of the hour
3. Advancement in Low Vision Aids
4. Therapeutic Contact Lenses
5. Paediatric Contact Lenses
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NON SCIENTIFIC POSTERS: FOR UG STUDENTS GUIDELINES:
Poster to be submitted in portrait orientation only.
Dimensions should not exceed 594 mm Width x 841 mm Height (A1 size)
It should contain Title, Author Information,References and Citations.
Please ensure that the font size used in the poster is sufficiently large to be
legible from a distance of 2m.
It is mandatory for the author to be physically present during the poster display
session.
Presenters are responsible for bringing their printed posters for display.
The Organisers are not responsible for any loss of posters.

SCIENTIFIC POSTERS: FOR FACULTY, PRACTITIONERS AND PG STUDENTS

GUIDELINES:
Abstracts can be submitted either as Original Research or Case Reports.
The abstract must be submitted in English, Microsoft Word file, font Times New Roman,
font size 11 with a single line spacing.
Maximum word limit: 350 words.
Acceptance of an abstract is solely at the discretion of the Scientific committee.
Acceptance and Guidelines for presentation will be informed by email.

Last date of submission will be 17/04/2024

DETAILS FOR POSTER SUBMISSION
NAME OF POSTER :
NAME OF THE AUTHOR/S :
NAME OF PRESENTING AUTHOR :
INSTITUTION/COLLEGE :
YEAR OF STUDYING :
EMAIL ID :
CONTACT NO :
SUBMIT POSTER AT : mgmsbsnm.opto@gmail.com
ALL POSTERS MUST BE ORIGINAL AND NOT
SIMULTANEOUSLY SUBMITTED OR PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE.
FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT
Salma Khan Rushita Rane
M: +91 7045831838 M: +91 7710801153
CASE
PRESENTATION
FOR UG& PG STUDENTS, FACULTY AND PRACTITIONERS

STANDARD COMPONENTS OF AN CASE REPORT

Name of the case, Presenting author,
Institute/College, Year of studying.
Introduction, Clinical presentation of the case,
Management & Outcome, Discussion, References and
Citations.
Mode of presentation : Oral
Acceptance of case Presentaion is solely at the
discretion of the Scientific Committee.
Acceptance for presentation will be informed by
email.
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DETAILS FOR CASE PRESENTATION

NAME OF CASE :
NAME OF PRESENTING AUTHOR :
INSTITUTION/COLLEGE :
YEAR OF STUDYING :
EMAIL ID :
CONTACT NO :

SUBMIT POSTER AT : mgmsbsnm.opto@gmail.com

To be submitted in powerpoint format

Last date of submission will be 17/04/2024

Contact mail id for any queries:

mgmsbsnm.opto@gmail.com

FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT:

Shivam Aqsa Khalil

M: +91 86034 41643 M: +91 9867418259
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Quiz Competition Details
All the participating Colleges in the conference
are eligible to participate in the quiz.
Only UG students can participate.
The theme of the quiz- About Optometry and
General Knowledge.
Only one team (3 members) from each college
can participate.
The top 4 teams from the pre-quiz will qualify
for the final quiz round.
Last date of registration -17/04/2024.

FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT:

Sankalp Mali Sadhana Shinde
M: +91 9987435653 M: +91 9137424508

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 Dance
Competition

FEATURING DANCES INSPIRED BY

BOLLYWOOD RETRO STYLE & SONGS

SHOWCASING DANCES FROM DIFFERENT

CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD

CLASSIC FOLKLORE

HIGHLIGHTING URBAN DANCE

STYLES LIKE HIP-HOP,
BREAKDANCE, AND STREET JAZZ

DANCE THEATRE
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DETAILS:
CATEGORIES FOR DANCE COMPETITION
SOLO DANCE
GROUP DANCE (MINIMUM 5 MEMBERS IN EACH GROUP)

Time limit - 2 to 4 minutes

Decent song, costume and steps to be maintained
Only 1 entry per college for selected categories
Participants should submit their selected songs in pendrive on the day of
event.
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Last date of submission will be 17/04/2024
Contact mail id for any queries:
mgmsbsnm.opto@gmail.com

FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT

Eshika Yadav Soniya Salve

M: +91 74001 05990 M: +91 70217 41970
Singing
Competition
Categories for Singing competition
Solo singing
Group singing (minimum 5 members in each group)
Time limit - 2 to 3 minutes
Only 1 entry per college for selected categories.
Participants should bring karaoke version of song along
with them in pen drive (if any).
Last date of submission will be 15/04/2024

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FOR MORE DETAILS CONTACT

Fardeen Khan Shazan Ahmad

M: +91 84518 41867 M: +91 7379708267