DR B. S. MISHRA Award for Glaucoma

Dr. Braja Sundar Mishra was Born on 7″ Jan 1943, Dr. Mishra was educated in Ravenshaw college and passed MBBS from SCBMC. He passed Diploma in Ophthalmology in 1972 and MS in Ophthalmology in 1976. He joined the state govt. service on 7 Oct. 1968. He worked in different hospitals as an Asst. Surgeon and subsequently as an Eye specialist and retired on 1st June 2001. From 1989 he went to Ghana continuously for four consecutive years as a Rotary Volunteer. He went to different African countries during this period and visited London, Italy and Germany on his way back home. After his retirement he continued to work at JPM as a senior consultant. He was a high-volume Cataract surgeon and one of the pioneers of Phacoemulsification in the state. He was married to Pravati Mishra. They have a son and a daughter. The daughter is married to Dr.Chandrasekhar Praharaj who is a Principal Scientist at Kanpur. The son Dr. Anurag, an Ophthalmologist, is married to Dr.Aparajita, a Pathologist.