• The Member should not be less than 65 years of age on the last date for submission of the nomination of award
• Life time achievements in the field of Ophthalmology
• Active participation in Society for 20 years
• Contribution in improvement of standard of Ophthalmology in India

• The State Society may recommend one Member in a year from their State for consideration of this honour. They will, however, not recommend the name of any Member posthumously
• No Such Member will be recommended who is not alive
• Recommendations will be sent to the AIOS Secretariat with 7 copies of BIO-DATA and Photograph

Maximum 2 awards in a year

2024 Dr. K Vishvanath, Secunderabad
2024 Dr. B Rajguru, Berhampur
2023 Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas, Chennai 
2023 Dr. A Saibaba Goud,
2022 Dr, Ranabir Mukherjee, Kolkata
2022 Dr. NSD Raju, Kochi
2021 Dr. Anita Panda, New Delhi
2021 Dr. Dr. Gudimetla Ramachandra Reddy, Tadepalligudem-
2020, Dr S Chandrashekar Shetty, Bangalore
2020, Dr. N Subramanya Reddy, Hyderabad
2019 Dr. Yushwant M. Paranjpe, Pune
2019, Dr. R. N. Mishra, Pryagraj
2018 Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao, Hyderabad
2018 Dr. Rajvardhan Azad, New Delhi
2017 Dr. K.P.S. Malik
2017 Dr. B.K. Jain
2015 Dr. T.P. Ittyerah
2014 Dr. P.N. Nagpal
2014 Dr. M. M. Joshi
2013 Dr. G Mukherjee
2012 Dr. Babu Rajendran
2012 Dr. R.B. Jain
2011 Dr. S. S. Badrinath
2011 Dr. B. Shukla
2010 Dr. AK Gupta
2010 Dr. V. Kalevar
2009 Dr. V.K. Dada
2009 Dr. Ajit Sinha
2008 Dr. H.K. Tiwari
2008 Dr. K. Subramaniam
2008 Dr. R K Mishra
2007 Dr. P. Namperumalsamy
2007 Dr. Mody K.V.
2006 Dr. I.S. Roy
2006 Dr. Hanumantha Reddy
2005 Dr. M.R. Jain
2005 Dr. A. N. Pandeya
2004 Dr. D.K. Sen
2004 Dr. K. Vengala Rao
2003 Dr. Hari Mohan
2003 Dr. Ishwar Chandra
2002 Dr. J.M. Pahwa
2002 Dr. J.N. Rohatgi
2001 Dr. L.C. Dutta
2001 Dr. Tony Fernandez
2000 Dr. Madan Mohan
2000 Dr. J. Agarwal
2000 Dr. P. Avasthi
1999 Dr. G. Venkataswamy
1999 Dr. P. Siva Reddy
1999 Dr. B.T. Maskati
1999 Dr. R.P. Dhanda