UoH scholar bags Elsevier-Vision Research Travel Award

Shiva is the only Research Scholar to receive this travel grant in PhD category from Indian universities.

Hyderabad: Shiva Ram Male, pursuing PhD in Optometry and Vision Sciences at University of Hyderabad (UoH) has received the Elsevier-Vision Research Travel Award for presenting his PhD work on color and emotions in Dravidian culture at Vision Science Society (VSS) meeting.

Shiva is the only Research Scholar to receive this travel grant in PhD category from Indian universities. Every year, the VSS receives 1,500 to 3,000 abstracts submission out of which only top 100 are considered for presenting at the meeting. The abstract presented by the scholar in this international conference will be published in the prestigious Journal of Vision –ARVO (Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology) in upcoming issues.

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This project was also collaborated by senior faculty member OF Optometry Dr Baskar Theagarayan, University of Huddersfield, UK.

Vision Science Society meeting is a prestigious annual meet for optometry and vision science professionals and is organised with an international group of physiologists, physicists, geneticists, optometrists, ophthalmologists and vision scientists. Due to Covid-19 pandemic it has been converted into a virtual meet.