Noshir Minoo Shroff is an Indian ophthalmologist, known as a pioneer of intraocular lens implantation surgery in India and a medical director of the Shroff Eye Centre. The Government of India honoured him in 2010, with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, for his services in the field of medicine. Biography Noshir M. Shroff was born on 23 August 1951, in the Indian capital of New Delhi to a family of ophthalmologists. His grand father, S. P. Shroff, was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh and also the founder of Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital. His father, Minoo Shroff, was also an ophthalmologist. After early schooling at Modern School, New Delhi, Noshir carried out his graduate studies in ophthalmology at the Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi University in 1973, and post-graduate studies in 1978. He earned a master's degree in Minimal Access Surgery (MMAS). In 1978, Shroff joined the family clinic, Shroff Eye Centre where he initiated cataract, intraocular lens and refractive surgery. Career highlights and legacy Shroff was a pioneer of Intraocular Lens implantation surgery in India and has performed over 30,000 surgeries. He was also one of the first ophthalmologists in India to launch Phacoemulsification (microincision sutureless cataract surgery), in 1992. He introduced keratorefractive surgery in India, and has carried out over 5000 photorefractive keratectomy, LASIK, LASEK, Epi-LASIK and intralase (bladeless lasik surgery) procedures. Shroff is credited with a number of innovations in cataract surgery such as improved design of instruments, techniques and protocols. A drip controlling device used in Immersion A-scan Biometry is one such device, which helps the surgeon to get more accurate eye measurements for calculating intraocular lens power. Shroff has opened a training center at Shroff Eye Centre for post graduate degree in ophthalmology. The center has been recognized by the National Board of Examinations. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital has opened centers at various remote areas in Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Shroff is also associated with Project Prakash, an initiative aimed at providing medical assistance to disabled children and understanding learning and plasticity in the brain. The project is conducted in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Shroff has also carried out charitable work with Orbis International, medical centers in Zamrudpur village with the Delhi Commonwealth Women's Association (DCWA), and in Srinivaspuri with Savera India. Shroff Eye Centre Dr. Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital was established in 1914