Duration 2 yrs 1-2 fellows taken every 6 months Selection- interview Stipend 40k Accommodation provided outside campus, 5k monthly charges  In first month you are rotated between other specialities to get a feel of the working system of the place  From 2nd month onwards you are in Orbit dept and you see only OP and dispose pts. Based on your previous surgery experience, you may get some steps of small procedures during this time. After 6 months you are trained in entropions, DCRs You get the bigger orbit surgeries only after 1 year (orbitotomies, kid surgeries, ptosis, blepharoplasty etc) Since there is no Ayushman scheme anymore, there are no charity/camp pts, all pts seen are private  As a result, hands-on given tends to be variable You get steps till the end of fellowship but if ma'am feels you're good, she may let you do full surgeries also. The Orbit chief also does cosmetology/ aesthetic procedures for which you can assist but you get no hands-on since they are private pts. OT is twice weekly. Ma'am also does refractive procedures and cataracts so fellows get to learn how to work up refractive pts and also see cataract pts in OPD No hands-on given at all for cataract or refractive procedures  Work timings 9- 5.30 pm but work may go on till 6.30 Classes every day at 8 am, compulsory attendance for all fellows, common class for all fellows Dept is hectic on some seasons, light in others but not toxic, consultants are approachable On call- you have at least 1 night call per month, 1 Sunday on call.. some Sundays you may be posted in their peripheral centre where they see refraction cases. No camp duties. There is an additional 6 months to be done after the Oculoplasty fellowship where you function as an "adjunct consultant", this is insisted on by the Chief for all fellows. In this time, you will see ma'am's OPD pts but you also see cases in your name and can also post them for surgery. You will get a good idea of the common orbit procedures and surgeries but more hands-on experience may be needed even after fellowship.

Duration 2 yrs 1-2 fellows taken every year Selection- interview (online/walk-in) Stipend 40k (no caution deposit) Accomodation provided outside campus, 5k monthly charges  Over 2 years, you are rotated every 2-3 months between diff specialities.. there you see OP and also attend OT.. you may get steps or cases to do in some specialities  In 1st month you are started on dry lab and wet lab  Then 2nd month onwards they start you on SICS You get OT twice a week, one case per ot initially, gradually increased as you get confident You share OT with PG residents when doing SICS  Phaco training starts when you are good at SICS and can manage on your own, they may start within first year itself if you request them and they feel you are proficient Or else if you are a totally newbie to surgery then you might do only SICS for first 1.5 yrs and then get phaco in last 6 months You also get advanced cataract cases  No training for complication management, the consultants manage your complication No topical phacos Classes every day at 8 am (half hour class), except on Wed and Sat when they start at 7.30 (1 hour class) OP starts from 9 am, goes till 5 pm  On call duty- night calls once a month, 1 Sunday duty a month, 1-2 camp duties per month  Dept slightly hectic, not toxic, consultants are approachable    You will be familiar with phaco by the end and be able to operate some advanced cataracts but no training given for complication management.  Also, exposure to other speciality procedures/ surgeries is variable.

Duration 2 yrs 1 fellow taken every year Selection- interview Stipend 40k First month is orientation From 2nd month onwards you see OP and are posted with each consultant for 2-3 months You are also started on steps in corneal surgeries from 2nd month  Chances for penetrating keratoplasties are quite less due to corneal donor tissues not being readily available (population not very motivated for eye donation)..   You start with therapeutic KPs first and then progress to optical KPs.. numbers not available.. for an estimate, the dept does around 3 keratoplasties per month You also get hands-on for other corneal surgeries as and when they happen (pterygiums, C3R, AMG, MMG etc) Lamellar surgeries are also done, fellows also get 1-2 cases of DALK towards end of fellowship     Refractive procedures (PRK, femtolasik) are also done in the dept but no hands-on given  Fellows learn pt selection and workup No SMILE done here  No phaco training.  But if you know to do SICS, you may be called to do cataract cases. Work timings 9- 5.30 pm  Classes every day at 8 am, compulsory attendance for all fellows, common class for all fellows Dept is somewhat hectic but not toxic Consultants are friendly and approachable  On call- you have at least 1 night call per month, 1 Sunday is hospital on call, another Sunday you are posted in their peripheral centre. No camp duties.

Duration 2 yrs 1 fellow taken every 6 months  Selection- interview Stipend 40k First month is orientation From 2nd month onwards you see OP and posted for 3 months with each consultant. Depending on your consultant, you are started on steps in retinal surgeries by 3rd month You get steps in all retinal surgeries till the end of fellowship. Chances to do independent cases at the end are very few.   You also get hands-on for macular and RD surgeries and even some ILM peeling steps Clinically you get to see good number of retina cases in OP You also get to do retinal lasers and give intravitreal injections ROP exposure is minimal since not many cases  Limited onco exposure, treatment is usually in conjunct with Oculoplasty dept Uvea cases also seen and treated in VR dept  No phaco training.  Dept is hectic but chill Work timings 9- 5.30 pm but can go till 7 pm sometimes On call- you have at least 1 night call per month, 1 Sunday is hospital on call, another Sunday you are posted in their peripheral centre. No camp duties. Classes every day at 7.30 or 8 am, compulsory attendance for all fellows, common class for all fellows Overall, you get steps for common retinal surgeries but still need more experience post fellowship to become an independent surgeon.

Duration 1.5 yrs 1 fellow taken every 1.5 yrs Selection- interview Stipend 58k No cataract training included  Fellowship is at their main centre NN-1 You're started on simple procedures by 2nd month like DCR and lid repairs.. and then gradually the hands-on increases with time  You get all common lid surgeries, even Botox injections (not cosmetic ones though) OP exposure is good You get to do independent cases by the end depending on your skill In the last 6 months, you will be sent for Oncology exposure to NN-2 once a week Recently they've also started an Aesthetic Clinic in NN-1 (otherwise you will be posted in NN-4 for exposure to cosmetic procedures like botox, fillers etc) Work timings 8-6 pm Dept not too hectic Not toxic Classes 1-2 times a month On call- you have one 24 hrs duty per month, and recently they've started posting Orbit fellows for Sunday duties as well  No camp duties No peripheral postings Good fellowship with confidence to do independent surgeries by the end. Oncology exposure is limited, though.

Duration 2 yrs 2-3 fellow taken every 6 months Selection- interview Stipend 58k No adult cataract training included  During fellowship, you're posted at their main centre NN-1 for 1 yr and another centre NN-4 for 1 yr [For those who didn't know, NN has 5 centres. The main hospital is NN-1.] You're started on surgeries in 2nd or 3rd month.. mostly squints and paed cataracts that are given  You are given hands-on for all kinds of squint cases (except complex squints).. most other places give more of horizontal muscle surgeries but here you get that along with vertical and oblique muscles as well You may also be given steps for the occasional re-surgery (after a failed first squint sx) You are able to do common squints independently by the end. Paed cataract cases are given in 1st yr but numbers tend to be less (like in other places). No other surgeries given beyond these two. OP exposure is good, you see good variety of cases... NN-4 sees Neuro-Ophthal cases along with Paed Ophthal so you get neuro exposure when posted there Work timings 8-6 pm Dept is hectic Not toxic Academics- you have regular classes  On call- evening OP duties (6pm -8 pm) are assigned per turn based on no: of fellows available  You get one Sunday duty (9-5 pm) per month and one night duty per month  No camp duties No peripheral postings You have ROP posting for 2 weeks in the last month (mostly observation, no hands-on).

1 month course (for SICS and Phaco) You get 20 cases for SICS 20 cases for phaco  You start with dry lab and wet lab in first week Once the trainer there okays you, then you get posted in OT You attend daily classes at 7.30 or 8 am Then proceed to OT and observe Your turn to operate comes in the afternoon session You get 1 case per OT  (If you're good, they might give you few more at the end) After your case, you have to head to OP and select your case for next day and do pre-op workup for that pt, and then you can leave You get cases Mon- Sat  Sundays off Short term SICS charges 25k Short term phaco charges 40k (Rates might have changed now, please confirm with hospital) If you're able to apply thru ORBIS program, then short term training is free. No criteria of minimum SICS numbers required to do their short phaco training.. so you can do the short term phaco training after your short SICS training.

Duration 2 years  03 fellows taken every 6 months Selection- MCQ exam followed by interview  Stipend- 40k Caution deposit of 80k kept (40k deducted from 1st month salary, 20k from 2nd and 20k from 3rd months)- refunded at the end  First 6 months you are posted in General Ophthal dept First 2 months you see only OP You start getting cataracts from 2nd-3rd month onwards- SICS cases You enter Cornea dept from 7th month onwards, cataract OT reduce to 2 days in a month Phaco given only in the last 3 months, around 20-30 cases Advanced cataracts given for SICS, not for phaco No topical phacos given  You get good hands-on for keratoplasties- therapeutic, optical, patch graft and other surgeries like C3R, corneal repair, MMG etc Lamellar keratoplasties done but limited hands-on- only for DALK towards the end of fellowship  You get exposure to refractive procedures but no hands-on given  Work timings 9- 6 pm, work can go even up to 7.30 at times Dept is hectic Daily classes at 8 am Sunday camp duties + (1-2/ month) Night duties once a month Enucleation calls every month (1-2) Pre-op evening workup (7-9pm/ 8-10pm) for camp cataract pts is there once a week every month  Night duties once a month and it's continuous (after 6 pm OPD you continue night duty till next day and then join OPD directly after night call), no compensatory offs You are expected to do 1 publication and 1 presentation during fellowship- this is compulsory  Exit exam +

Duration 1.5 years 3-4 fellows taken every 6 months Selection- exam followed by interview  Stipend- 40k (80k deducted from salary as caution deposit, refunded at end of fellowship) First 6 months is General Ophthal for all fellows and then fellows go to their respective depts... IOL fellows continue in General Ophthal for the rest of fellowship.. they see all cases in OP and then refer to speciality dept for management.. not allowed to treat any case on your own. You are started on SICS from the 3rd month in Gen Ophthal. First 6 months OTs are less, thereafter your chances increase. You are given advanced cataract cases and learn complication management (ant vitrectomy, iris claw) when doing SICS. Phaco cases are given only in last 6 months and that too, only 1 phaco case per week. Will get around 30 cases total in last 6 months. No advanced cases given for phaco. No topical phacos given. Work timings 9 am - 6 pm, work can go beyond 6  Dept is bit hectic No periphery postings No night duties in first 6 months, thereafter you get night duties once a month Sunday duties once a month You exit fellowship as a good SICS surgeon but phaco experience is inadequate and needs more exposure post fellowship. (Some fellows join back at Sankara for their paid short term phaco training to get more hands-on. This short term phaco training is currently available only to their fellows, has been discontinued for outsiders.)

Duration = 3 yrs They have 4 main campuses (+1 new campus started recently but not taking fellows) so the number of fellows taken in each campus varies, usually 2-4 VR fellows per campus 4 main campuses are KAR campus (the main one) Vijayawada campus Vishakapatnam campus Bhubaneshwar campus Training is similar in all campuses. Earlier, the management used to decide which fellow to allot to which campus... but from 2026, they're allowing new fellows to decide their campus of choice. Selection - exam + interview Structure of fellowship programs in LVP First 9 months - cataract training phase, they train you to be fully competent so that you can handle even advanced cases. For some fellows, this phase can even be as short as 4 months (esp if they're already surgically proficient) after which they are sent directly to the secondary centre. So the remaining 5 months of such fellows will be added to their last phase (speciality phase) which is originally 15 months long but now becomes 20 months for these fellows. Next 1 year is spent at one of their secondary centres where you manage it entirely and do cataracts the whole year. This 1 year of service in secondary centre is fixed, it cannot be reduced like the first phase. Their secondary centres are high volume centres and see crowds of patients every day. The last 15 months is when you enter your speciality. After finishing your secondary centre service, you come back to your parent campus and start VR training. You also continue to operate cataracts through this phase. Academics - there are regular classes, happens in the main KAR campus, fellows in other campuses attend it online. OP is very hectic, you see a wide variety of cases Good surgical hands-on in all kinds of retina cases, majority of their consultants are usually fellows who join back after finishing, they are your primary trainers, towards the end you get to operate many retina cases independently. ROP exposure is good, you get lasers and intravit injections in ROP babies also. VR dept on non-OT days may finish by 8 pm but on OT days work can go on as late as 1 am at night, even later on some days because they keep operating emergencies through the night as they come. LVP doesn't hold camps- all their patients come directly or from their many secondary centres. Stipend is 50k for 1st 2 years, 70k for 3rd yr. So to summarize, their VR program is - Cataract training in first 9 months (can be shorter for some fellows) - Then 1 year of service at their secondary centre  - Then 15 months (or more, if the first phase was shorter than 9 months) of formal VR training  Some rules and regulations in LVP You have to punch in before  7 am every day. If you punch in at 7 or even 7.01 you will be marked absent for whole day. Similarly you have  to punch out, if you don't, then also you are marked absent for that day. You are given 19 days of leave every year but if your leave exceeds 19 days then you will work extra days to finish your fellowship- for every 1 day extra of leave taken, you have to work 2 days in return.  For eg if your leave has exceeded 5 days, you will have to work 10 days past your fellowship due date to complete it. So main takeaway point here- never ever ever forget to punch in before 7 am daily . Drop out rate in LVP is high, there are reports of fellows in diff depts quitting fellowshp midway. No penalty for leaving fellowship in between- no huge fines imposed or return of stipends demanded. But you do get blacklisted. You can never apply to LVP again if you leave midway. Non-vegetarian food strictly not allowed at all in campus.

Duration 2 years  1 fellow taken every 3 months Stipend 40k in 1st yr, 50k in 2nd yr. OT starts after 3 months, you start with SICS. First 10 SICS happen in a training OT with an SICS trainer and then you are posted in regular OT and given 2 OT turns per week. You have only 2 turns and some times you may miss out on a turn because you'll be posted for camp or asked to go to some dept to help cover their OP when it gets busy. So first 6 months can feel frustrating but it's a phase all fellows go through. But after those 6 months, you start getting called more regularly (still 2 OT turns per week only) and the no. of cases given per OT increases gradually based on how well you pick up. They give you phaco training when 2nd yr starts but phaco turns subsequently become irregular. However, that changes in the last 6 months when they start calling you for phaco more regularly and give you more cases per turn. The promised numbers are 1000 SICS (you will do 2000/+ in 2 yrs) and 100 phacos (can cross 100 also)- these are normal NS2 cataracts.   Advanced cases for phaco and ant vitrectomy are not given during the fellowship.. those can be mastered when you join back as Medical Officer (MO) post fellowship. [Compared to Madurai, your surgical chances as an MO are better in Coimbatore since the OT sisters push you to do more plus your senior mentor surgeons also encourage the same thing. Also you're assigned to training PGs and fellows as an MO, so you end up fine-tuning your skills very well.] OP is hectic, but nonetheless as mentioned before, you can still be asked to go to help out in other busy depts when they are short of people. There are also 1-month speciality postings in the 2nd yr of fellowship and during those postings you may even get procedures like intravit injections or laser PIs based on interest you show. Camps 1-2/month, night duties 1/month, Sunday duties once every other month or even later. Work timings 7.30-6 pm Academics- regular classes and IOL forums happen weekly.

Duration 2 years Fellows taken throughout the year depending on vacancy  Selection- After interview and 1 day observership at the hospital  4 fellows taken per session Stipend 20k for first year, 25k in second year No phaco training.  First 1- 1.5 yrs you do mostly Medical Retina (retina investigations) Surgical retina training starts after 1st yr or in last 7-8 months of fellowship. Intravit injections given after first 2-3 months  Lasers given only in last 7-8 months  Daily OT and OP.... OT is elective and happens in 3 sessions till 1 pm every day depending on how many pts opt for same day surgery and get added from the running OP. No surgery cases posted after 2 pm. You're given steps initially and then given cases based on how well you pick up   May get some independent cases towards the end depending on your skill. No hands-on for macular surgeries  Clinical exposure is good  ROP exposure minimal Not too hectic, consultants are all friendly and approachable  Work timings 9- 5pm Saturdays half day, work is 9 - 2 / 2.30 pm Sundays off (except if posted to see post-op pts)  No peripheral postings  No night calls  No Sunday duties  No camp duties. No formal classes, mostly self-learning  There are "doubt classes" held every Tues where fellows do PPT presentations Leaves are not an issue, plus some public holidays are off too For doctors who already have good surgical training (or some surgical retina exposure) prior to joining, this fellowship will be adequate to become an independent surgeon by the end.