Dr Biswambhar Rajguru gets lifetime award

CUTTACK: Noted ophthalmologist Dr Biswambhar Rajguru (98) was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award recently for his outstanding contributions to the field of ophthalmology.

Dr Rajguru received the award from All-India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS) during the 40th Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Congress and 83rd annual conference of AIOS at New Delhi.

A native of Cuttack, Dr Rajguru was the convenor for formulating the National Programme for Control and Prevention of Blindness. He was also a member of expert committees of ICMR and MCI. He was the ophthalmic advisor to the state government after his retirement from government service in 1985.