Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas, Director, uveitis and ocular pathology, Sankara Nethralaya, attended the 51st Annual meeting of the National Academy of Medical Sciences held on 13th October, 2011 at Bhubaneshwar. He delivered two talks at the L.V Prasad Eye Institute, Bhubaneswar which were live telecast to the other branches of LVPEI. His oration on ‘Ocular lesions in 1000 consecutive HIV positive patients in India’ won the Dr R.V Rajam Oration gold medal which was presented by the Governor of Orissa at the Convocation ceremony.
Dr. Jyotirmay Biswas has donated the cash prize of rupees 1,500 which comes with the award to the Vision Research Foundation.