Dr. Kalpana Narendran

Dr. Kalpana Narendran heads the Department of Cataract & Paediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus since 1997 and she has vast experience and performed more than 2000 paediatric cataract surgery and 3000 squint surgeries so far.

She graduated in medicine from Madurai Medical College, DO and DNB from Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai.  She has been awarded with Honorary Doctorate Degree by Vignan University. She has done Observership in India and abroad like Johns Hopkins of Wilmer, Wills Eye Hospital of Philadelphia, Julies Stein Eye Institute of LA, Children Eye Hospital of Boston.

Dr. Kalpana Narendran successfully organized several National & State level conferences including SPOSI during 2006 & 2015, TNOA 2014 and PHACO Excel 2010.

Awards

• Received “Vocational Excellence” Award from Rotary International, Tamil Nadu, India in the year 2010
• “Sake of Honour” award from Rotary Club of Udumalpet , Tamil Nadu, India in the year 2012
• Received “Potrappadum Pengal” award from Lions Club International, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India in the Year 2013
• Received “Best Doctor” award from Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India in the year 2014
• Co-Convener of CII – Indian Women Network (IWN) Tamil Nadu Health & Wellbeing Task Force since 2017
• Former Chief Editor – Journal of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association, Tamil Nadu, India (2013-2015)
• Honorary Doctorate Degree by Vignan University, Vadlamudi, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh , India 2017
• Past  president of Coimbatore Society of Ophthalmic Surgeons (CSOS )
• Dr.S.S. Badrinath SOA SN Alumni Medal 2019 at the annual conference of Tamil Nadu Ophthalmic Association held at Salem, Tamil Nadu, India
• Gold Medal at the Annual Conference of Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (IIRSI) 2019 held at New Delhi for her outstanding achievements and selfless dedication towards advancement in the field of ophthalmology