Dr Vinaya Kumar Konana is currently working as a consultant, Department of Vitreoretina at Vittala international Institute of ophthalmology, Bengaluru. He has completed his MBBS from Vijayanagara Institute of Medical Sciences, Bellary in 2011 and post-graduation from Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh in 2016. He completed his fellowship in vitreoretina surgery under Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences from Sankara Eye Hospital, Bengaluru in 2018. Post fellowship he did one year of senior residency in Sankara Eye Hospital, Guntur in the department of vitreoretina. He has worked as an observer in department of Uveitis and Ocular Inflammation at Prabha Eye Clinic and Research Centre and Vittala international Institute of Ophthalmology. He has won travel grant award at USICON 2019 and Best of IJO Award for the year 2019. He has 32 publications in national and international journals and presentations in state and national conferences. He is very passionate about teaching and research. Apart from vitreoretinal surgeries, he is interested in the fields of ocular inflammation, retinopathy of prematurity, retinal imaging and ocular photography.