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DR Shiva Ram Male

Also known as: SHIVA RAM REDDY MALE

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, University of Hyderabad, LV Prasad Eye Institute, ITM UNIVERSITY

ORCID iD 0000-0001-5872-4990
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About

Dr. Shiva Ram Male graduated from the School of Medical Sciences with a PhD and
an Integrated. M.Sc in (Optometry & Vision Sciences). He also has a Postgraduate
Diploma in Cyber Laws and Intellectual Property Rights from CDVL, University of
Hyderabad and a Clinical Optometry internship from LVPEI-Hyderabad. His PhD
thesis focuses on the Problem of colour vision and its relationship to culture, cognition, and quality of life, which received the best PhD Thesis- Prof.Krothapalli Ravindranath Gold medal from the University of Hyderabad.

After completing my PhD, Dr. Shiva Joined as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work
on NIH- funded projects at the world's prestigious Harvard Medical School, Schepens
Eye Research Institute-MEEI under Dr. Alex Bowers at Vision Rehabilitation Lab in
Boston, MA, USA.

I also received prestigious fellowships i.e., International Color Vision Society- Summer
School Fellowship in (Aug - 2023) at Pembroke College, Department of Experimental
Psychology, University of Oxford, ARVO- foundation Global Mentorship under
Padmashree. Prof. Dr Natarajan Sundaram in Retinal diseases in Dec-2022 and a
Developing country fellowship-ARVO foundation, USA in Jan-2022 and Indian
Academy of Science (IASC – INSA – NASI) - Summer Research Fellowship, (July -
2018) in Neurobiology at Swami Rama Himalayan University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun.

Iam a working researcher who has published 30 above international peer-reviewed
research articles, 2 book chapters, one systematic review and meta-analysis, and 1-
International health policy paper to his credit in optometry and Health sciences.
I also hold a copyright registration and design patent from the Indian Patent OfficeChennai for the RISHIVA colour pulse illusion.

I had won various national and international prizes in the fields of optometry and vision sciences and presented research work at ARVO, VSS and ECVP conferences.
My major areas of research interest are visual psychophysics, vision rehabilitation,
retinal forensics, retinal and macular diseases, community and public health
approaches to eye care, colour vision deficiency, colour cognition and Aesthetic
Optometry.

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Technology Madras Research Cordinator and PI
    2024 - Present
  • University of Hyderabad Assistant Professor
    2024 - Present
  • ITM UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
    2017 - 2018
  • ITM University-Gwalior Assistant professor
    2016 - 2017

Education

  • University of Hyderabad PG.Diploma in Cyber laws & IPR rights
    2018 - 2019
  • LV Prasad Eye Institute Clinical Optometry Internship
    2015 - 2015
  • University of Hyderabad Integrated M.Sc (Optometry &Vision sciences)
    2011 - 2016

Projects & Funding

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Publications (37)