Professor Shahina Pardhan is awarded Life Fellowship from the College of Optometrists
Visionary Trustee receives third award in 2024!
What a spectacular year 2024 has been for our amazing Trustee Professor Shahina Pardhan who has received her third award this year of a Life Fellowship from the College of Optometrists. The College awarded new Fellowships at their annual Diploma Ceremonies in Westminster, London on 7 November 2024 in recognition of outstanding achievements and contributions of 10 people working in eye health. Professor Pardhan was one of only seven people to receive the Life Fellowship.
Professor Shahina Pardhan holds up her framed award.
Professor Pardhan is Director of Vision and Eye Research Institute (VERI) at Anglia Ruskin University and was appointed as the first female Professor of Optometry in the UK in 2001. You can read about the other awards Professor Pardhan received earlier this year below:
- British Asian Women’s Award for Achievements in Education, June 2024 – Visionary
- Worshipful Company of Spectacle Makers Silver Medal, March 2024 – Visionary.
You can also hear Professor Pardhan speak about her latest research in Judging the Distance of Sounds on BBC In Touch Radio 4.
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