Dr. A K Khurana MS, FAICO, CTO (London), Director, Khurana Eye Centre and Institute of Ophthalmology and Health Sciences,Rohtak; is former Professor and Head, Department of Ophthalmology, SGT Medical College, Budhera, Gurugram; and Senior Professor and Head, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, PGIMS, University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana.

He was awarded WHO Fellowship for higher studies at Moorefield’s Eye Hospital, London, in 1994. He was also awarded Certificate in Tropical Ophthalmology at International Centre for Eye Health, Institute of Ophthalmology, University of London, UK. He has got Clinical, Research and Teaching experience of more than four decades. He has written more then 20 popular books in Ophthalmology which are read by students in India and abroad.He has also been Editor of Indian Journal of Strabismus in Pediatric Ophthalmology (IJSPO), Haryana Journal of Ophthalmology (HJO) and North Zone Journal of Ophthalmology (NZJO).

He has been honored with Distinguished Author Award by the Federation of Educational Publishers of India; HOS Award for Excellence in Ophthalmology; Excellence Award by Strabismological Society of India; Life Time Achievement Award by ‘Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology Society of India’ (SPOSI), 2017; National Lifetime Achievement Award by Uttarakhand State Ophthalmological Society (UKSOS), 2018; Ophthalaurel Award by Governor of Haryana on behalf of Ophthaquest, 2018 and Fellowship of All India Collegiums of Ophthalmologists (FAICO) and Gold Medal by Intraocular Implant and Refractive Society of India (IIRSI), PN Sinha Oration Award by Bihar Ophthalmological Society, 2019, Prof. Ishwar Chandra Memorial Best Teacher in Ophthalmology ACOIN Award 2020, SK Lal Oration by HOS in 2022, Lifetime Achievement awards by NZOS and International Society for Manual Small Incision Cataract Surgery (ISMSICS) in 2022; and Sushrut Samman, highest award of Forum of Ophthalmic Teachers of India 2023.