One of the greatest years in his life, when he opened a one-stop eye care hospital in his hometown. Prasad Netralaya was no longer a small clinic, it had now become a super specialty eye hospital — with separate departments for each part of the eye.

Received Udupi District’s prestigious Zilla Rajyotsava Award in 2011 from Former Home Minister of Karnataka. Late Dr. V.S. Acharya and MLA. Mr. K. Raghupathi Bhat.