Long-Term Fellowship
Fellowship: Clinical Training, Surgery & Research Blend
Eligibility
Qualified Post-Graduates (MS, MD, DNB, DO)
Fee/Stipend
- First Year: 30,000 Per month
- Second Year: 40,000 Per month
Courses Available
- Cataract & Refractive (Delhi NCR) – 2 Seats
- Vitreoretina (Delhi NCR) – 1 Seat
- Glaucoma (Delhi NCR) – 1 Seat
- Cataract & Medical Retina (Karnal) – 1 Seat
- Cataract & Medical Retina (Jodhpur) – 1 Seat
- Cataract & Medical Retina (Patna) – 1 Seat
Examination Centre- centre for sight, Dwarka, New Delhi
Important Dates
Last Date of application 10th June 2026
Session Start date 13 July 2026
Fellowship In Cataract & Refractive
Programme Details
- First 3 months – Advanced induction module followed by training in OPD of independent case handling, assessment, and management.
- Comprehensive training in pre-operative assessment and work up for both cataract surgeries and kerato-refractive surgeries.
- Ample exposure to imaging modalities like PENTACAM, ASOCT, ABERROMETRY, ocular surface analysis and meibography (OSA), intraoperative OCT.
- raining in pre-operative care and counselling of patients undergoing cataract, kerato-refractive and lens based refractive procedures.
- raining in pre-operative care and counselling of patients undergoing cataract, kerato-refractive and lens based refractive procedures.
- Hands on surgical training in SICS, Phacoemulsification, implantation of premium IOLs (toric/ multifocal), refractive procedures like PRK, contoura Femto Lasik, Epi-contoura, SMILE, SILK, Phakic IOL implantation (ICL), topography guided surface ablation(Athens protocol).
- Exposure to latest technologies like CALYSTO, IOL master 700, ELITA, Anterion.
- Opportunity to operate on the latest platform with advanced technology such as ELITA in SILK refractive surgery.
- Dry eye evaluation and management.
- Keratoconus evaluation and management.
- First hand assistant in various corneal procedures including keratoplasties, INTACS.
- Observation/ Assisted/ wet lab/ individual performance of surgeries
- Case discussions, seminars, journal club presentations will be held weekly.
- Exposure to scholarly activities such as scientific presentations and publications.
- Additionally, soft skills like communication, counselling and the administrative management of hospitals are expected to be imbibed during the program.
Fellowship In Cataract & Glaucoma
Programme Details
- First 3 months – Advanced induction module followed by training in OPD for independent case handling, assessment, and management.
- Comprehensive training in pre-operative assessment and work up for both cataract surgeries and glaucoma surgeries.
- Training in pre-operative care and counselling of patients undergoing cataract, trabeculectomy, glaucoma drainage devices and MIGS procedures.
- Ample exposure to automated Visual field testing and imaging modalities like UBM, ASOCT, Anterion, OCT RNFL, ocular surface analysis and meibography (OSA), intraoperative OCT.
- Exposure to laser procedures like Peripheral iridotomy, laser Iridoplasty, laser synechiolysis, laser suture lysis etc.
- Hands-on surgical training in SICS, Phacoemulsification, implantation of premium IOLS (toric/ multifocal), glaucoma procedures like trabeculectomy, Glaucoma drainage devices, Bleb revision, combined surgeries etc.
- Exposure to latest MIGS procedures like kahook blade, I-stent inject implant etc.
- Observation/ Assisted/ wet lab/ individual performance of surgeries
- Case discussions, seminars, journal club presentations will be held weekly.
- Exposure to scholarly activities such as scientific presentations and publications.
- Additionally, soft skills like communication, counselling and the administrative management of hospitals are expected to be imbibed during the program.
Fellowship In Vitreoretina
Programme Details
- The program provides an opportunity to obtain both clinical and evidence based experiences.
- First 3 months: Induction phase, with exposure to OPD and training with the mentors, followed by independent case handling and management.
- Exposure to imaging modalities like OCT, OCT-Angiography, Fundus Fluorescein Angiography, ICGA, Coloured fundus photography with Autofluorescence, USG-Bscan, Ultrasound Biomicroscopy.
- Case based management of patients of Diabetic retinopathy, Retinal vascular diseases, ARMD, Degenerative peripheral fundal lesions, Retinal detachment, Vitreoretinal interface disorders.
- Treatment strategies in various types of Uveitis.
- Diagnostic approach to various genetic retinopathies and maculopathies
- Hands-on training in medical retina with exposure to OPD based procedures like Indirect ophthalmoscopy, panretinal photocoagulation, focal argon laser photocoagulation, Laser indirect ophthalmoscope.
- Surgical hands on for training in giving intravitreal injections with availability of latest anti-VEGFs in the market like Aflibercept, Brolucizumab, Faricimab, and Dexamethasone implants.
- Surgical and first hand assistant in various Vitreo-retinal surgeries.
- Opportunity to operate with latest technologies and wide angle viewing system, (Alcon Constellation Vision System and Resight Carl Zeiss).
- Wet lab training and independent surgeries.
- Case discussions, seminars, journal club presentations will be held weekly.
- Exposure to scholarly activities such as scientific presentations and publications.
- Additionally, soft skills like communication, counselling and the administrative management of hospitals are expected to be imbibed during the program.
Fellowship In Comprehensive
Programme Details
- As a comprehensive fellow, doctors are posted in each speciality for 3 months on rotation during the entire tenure of 2 years.
- The specialities include-
- Cataract and refractive
- Vitreo-retina
- Glaucoma
- Paediatric ophthalmology
- Oculoplasty
- Ample exposure to imaging modalities like PENTACAM, ASOCT, ABERROMETRY, CALYSTO, ocular surface analysis and meibography (OSA), intraoperative OCT, OCT, OCT-Angiography, Fundus Fluorescein Angiography, ICGA, Coloured fundus photography with Autofluorescence, USG-Bscan, Ultrasound Biomicroscopy, gonioscopy, UBM, ASOCT, Anterion, OCT RNFL, HVF, Syringing
- Training in pre-operative care and counselling of patients undergoing all kinds of procedures.
- Hands on surgical training in cataract as well as all types of speciality surgeries, Observation/ Assisted/ wet lab/ individual performance of surgeries
- Case discussions, seminars, journal club presentations will be held weekly.
- Exposure to scholarly activities such as scientific presentations and publications under different mentors.
- Additionally, soft skills like communication, counselling and the administrative management of hospitals are expected to be imbibed during the program.
- The program provides an opportunity to obtain both clinical and evidence based experiences.
