Prof. Amar Agarwal has pioneered a number of techniques in cataract surgery, including Phakonit Phako with Needle Incision Technology, popularized as bimanual phaco, microincision cataract surgery (MICS) or microphaco glued IOLs, and the IOL scaffold technique. Prof. Agarwal has received many awards for his work in ophthalmology, the most significant being the Casebeer Award, Barraquer Award, and Kelman Award. His videos have won many awards at the film festivals of ASCRS, AAO and ESCRS. He has also written more than 50 books which have been published in various languages. He also trains doctors from all over the world in his center on phaco, bimanual phaco, LASIK and retina. He is Chairman and managing director of Dr.Agarwal’s Group of Eye Hospitals, which has 50 eye hospitals. He is also Professor of Ophthalmology at Ramachandra Medical College in Chennai, India.