Two Parsi doctors were among the 20 chosen for The International Hero of Indian Ophthalmology award, Dr Cyres Mehta from Bombay and Dr Rushad Shroff of Delhi. The awards were presented at the platinum jubilee conference of the All India Ophthalmologists Society held in Jaipur from February 16 to 19, 2017 in an auditorium packed with eye surgeons from 15 countries.
Opthalmologists Drs Cyrus Mehta (left) and Rushad Shroff
This is the first time that the award has been instituted, and "out of 20,000 eye surgeons of India only 20 were chosen… These are ambassadors of India and have won......