University fellowship- the selection process was on the basis of merit taking in consideration UG, PG and HSC marks.

University fellows are admitted on an annual basis but gets delayed by 2 to 3 months in every cycle.

The other comprehensive Ophthalmology fellows are taken in randomly on need basis.

Stipend around 30k per month.

4 fellows per year

University fellowship is of 1 year, comprehensive is of 1.5 years

Fees- University fellowship follows its norms, 75k to the institute and 25k to the University.

Phaco training starts usually 6 months after joining. No other speciality fellows are there.

SICS starts in around 2 weeks of commencement of fellowship.

You get to see variety of cases. The focus is primarily on phacos. There will be many days when you won't be seeing any OPD primarily at all. Sometimes weeks.

Hectic. Work hours frequently goes late into the evening, lots of standing involved.

They have dedicated senior faculty to train you surgically.

30 to 40 phacos for one year.

No complicated cases given, only NS 2, well dilated pupil cases.

Apart from cataract, nothing else.

Complication management is done by faculty.

No topical phacos given.

No refractive training.

You have to visit once a week to vision centres if you have been allotted that month.

Camp duties every Sunday, night calls every 4 to 5 days.

Clinical meet (academics) happens every Wednesday.