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NIHR appoints Professor Sobha Sivaprasad as Senior Investigator

We congratulate Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) clinician researcher, on her appointment as one of 30 new Senior Investigators by the NIHR. Announced on 3 March 2022, the prestigious appointment sees Professor Sivaprasad join a total of 55 NIHR Senior Investigators working across England, and follows an open competition. Senior Investigators […]

ORNATE-India close out meeting to be held at the Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India on 19th and 20th March 2022

To mark the end of the ORNATE-India project a close out meeting will be held at the Sankara Nethralaya in Chennai, India on 19th and 20th March 2022.  Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, the Project Lead from Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK will be attending with the Principal Investigators from across India, diabetologists and policymakers. The speakers will […]

Mr Keshav Desiraju

The ORNATE-India project team in the UK and India and the project’s International Advisory Board are deeply saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Mr Keshav Desiraju on 5 September 2021. Mr Desiraju had an exemplary career in the Indian civil service, having held senior positions in the state governments of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh […]

4th International Advisory Board meeting held in Mumbai

The 4th ORNATE-India International Advisory Board meeting was held in Mumbai on 10th January 2020, hosted by Dr Sundaram Natarajan and Dr Radhika Krishnan from the Aditya Jyot Eye Hospital. Professor Sobha Sivaprasad, the project lead from Moorfields Eye Hospital London, briefly outlined the aims of the ORNATE-India study and described the individual work packages […]