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Hyderabad: Founder-Chairman of L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) Dr Gullapalli N Rao was conferred the 'Bernardo Streiff Gold Medal' by the International Council of Ophthalmology at the opening ceremony of World Ophthalmology Congress in Berlin, Germany . The Bernardo Streiff Gold Medal is awarded by election every four years by the Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis at the World Ophthalmology Congress "to an ophthalmologist who has contributed most through history, ethics and education, to the advancement of ophthalmology," the release said. Academia Ophthalmologica Internationalis is a 60-member body of the top academicians in the world in the field of ophthalmology and Dr Rao is the second Indian to be a member of this group after his teacher late Prof L P Agarwal, former Director of All India Institute Medical S ciences.

Anudeep Kodali of Cary won the United States Tennis Association boys' 12s National Open Championship, which was held last month in Owings Mills, Md. Kodali, 12, also was awarded the Howard Head Sportsmanship Award. This is his second national title win this year. He previously won the USTA boys' 12s National Championship held at Cooper Creek Tennis center in Columbus, Ga., in February. Currently, he is ranked fifth in the nation and second in the Southern division. He lives in Cary with his parents and brother.