Scientific Committee of Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmic Society(APOS) during the APOS annual conference conducts the below mentioned sessions.
Eligibility Criteria for Various Competitive Sessions
| Prof. K Vengal Rao free paper session | Prof V Raghava-char Best Free paper session | Anaparthi Dr T Satyanarayan Reddy’s Best PG paper session | Dr Nadella Vish-nuvardhan’s Best Anterior Segment and Nayan Dr Sriram C Ravula’s Best Posterior Segment Paper | Akira Dr N Prab-hakar’s Best Video / Srikiran Institute’s best Poster presenta-tion |
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| Paper should be sent specifically for this session | Paper should be sent specifically for this session | Work to be certi-fied by HOD (at-tach scanned certif-icate with abstract) | Paper should be sent specifically for these sessions | Edited films on dif-ficult cases, tech-nique or clinical study. |
| Chief author should be the presenting author & is eligible for award | Chief author should be the presenting author & is eligible for award | Certificate from the Institute confirming PG Status (produce after acceptance) | Chief author should be the presenting author & is eligible for award | New Concepts, teaching material etc Poster with re-levant Scientific content |
| Presenting author should be a ratified APOS member | Presenting author should be a ratified APOS member | Chief author should be presenting au-thor & should be APOS ratified members- in- wait-ing | Presenting author should be a ratified APOS member | Presenting Author should be a ratified APOS member or member in waiting. |
| Age < 45 years | No age restriction | No age restriction | No Age restriction | No age restriction |
| Only one presenta-tion permitted | Only one presenta-tion permitted | Only one presenta-tion permitted | No restriction to number of presen-tations | No restriction to number of presen-tations |
| Topic not presented earlier at the same session of APOS | Topic not presented earlier at the same session of APOS | Could have been presented earlier | Topic not presented earlier at the same session of APOS | Could have been presented earlier |
| Author Not re-ceived an award in this category earlier | Author who re-ceived an award in this category earlier also eligible | Author who re-ceived an award in this category earlier also eligible | Author who re-ceived an award in this category earlier also eligible | Author who re-ceived an award in this category earlier also eligible |