Dr T P Das represents LV Prasad Eye Institute on the board of VISION 2020 INDIA. He is the Vice Chairman of L V Prasad Eye Institute, India; Professor of Ophthalmology at the Sun Yet-Sen University, Guangzhou, China; Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology at University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY, USA; and Fellow, National Academy of Medical Sciences, India. He has received 18 research grants, 26 national and international awards, delivered 15 named lectures, and published 250 papers including 40 book chapters and edited/written 9 books.
Dr Das’s executive positions also include Regional Chair, International Agency for Prevention of Blindness, South East Asia (IAPB, SEAR), President Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology, and Member task force for Diabetic Retinopathy and 13th Five-year plan, Government of India.
He was honored Honaris Causa by the Ravenshaw University in 2011 and Padma Sri by the Government of India in 2013.