Prof. Dr. Kishore Chandra Mohanty Award (BEST OF BEST free paper of the conference)

Dr.(Prof.) Kishore Chandra Mohanty was born on 2nd February 1945 in Kendrapara undivided Cuttack District. After completing his M.B.B.S. from S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack , he pursued his M.S. Ophthalmology (1972) at Prince of Wales Medical College, Patna.He was Selected as Jr. Teacher Ophthalmology (1973) and Joined as M.K.C.G. Medical College, Berhampur. He was trained in different subspeciality including keratoplasty, contact lens, IOL and squint from AIIMS, New Delhi ana Sarojini Devi Hospital, Hyderabad. He was awarded at state and national levels many times. During his tenure he had organised more than 100 camps and did more than 30000 surgeries. He Worked as Asst. Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in three Govt. Medical Colleges. He retired from MKCG Medical college as Principal in 2003. He was a gentleman who led a simple and spiritualistic life. The winner of this award will represent Odisha at AIOS. The state will bear expenses of registration and travel of the awardee.