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Prof. Emeritus Dr. R. K. Mishra Annual Conference of the Jabalpur Divisional Ophthalmic Society

Date	Title	Awards	Free Paper Winners (PG Students)
9 April 2023	3rd Annual Conference, IMA Building, Jabalpur (held with MPSOS Mid-term Conference 2023) President – Dr Pawan Sthapak Secretary – Dr Brajesh Choudhary Vice-President, Conference coordinator, Editor in Chief, Chairperson cultural program – Dr. Richa Sharma Links: First Announcement Scientific Program Annual Bulletin 2023 Images Cultural Program – Group Dance Video, Song by Dr Neelima Singh Baghel	Prof. Emeritus Dr. R. K. Mishra Memorial Award Winner – Dr. Avijit Vishnoi Dr. P. S. Soan Memorial Award Winner – Dr. Pawan Sthapak	1. Dr. Palak Patwa 2. Aashi Jain (Rewa) 3. Shivangi Sahu (Ujjain)
10 July 2022	2nd Annual Conference, IMA Building, Jabalpur President – Dr Pawan Sthapak Secretary – Dr Brajesh Choudhary Vice-President, Conference coordinator, Editor in Chief – Dr. Richa Sharma Links: Images Scientific Program Annual Bulletin 2022 Conference Report	Prof. Emeritus Dr. R. K. Mishra Memorial Award Award Theme – Cataract Winner – Dr. Nishant Tiwari	1. Dr. Soumya Iyer 2. Dr. Shivani Bhandari
6 June 2021	1st Annual Conference (Virtual platform) pg1, pg2 President – Dr Pawan Sthapak Secretary – Dr Brajesh Choudhary	None	None

Year	Office Bearers
2021-22 2022-23 2023-24	President – Dr Pawan Sthapak Vice President – Dr Richa Sharma Secretary – Dr Brajesh Chaudhary Joint Secretary – Dr Avijit Vishnoi Treasurer – Dr Vinay Chattani Chairman Scientific Committee – Dr Rahul Shukla Chairman IT Committee – Dr Ravin N Das

Prof. Emeritus Dr. R. K. Mishra Memorial Annual Conference of the Jabalpur Divisional Ophthalmic Society

• It is an yearly conference of the Jabalpur Divisional Ophthalmic Society (beginning 2021)
• The conference will preferably be held in the month of June (corresponding to Prof. Dr. R. K. Mishra’s birthday – 5th June)
• The conference bears a theme by alphabetical rotation – cataract, cornea, glaucoma, etc.
• It will be a full day conference (one day only)

Awards – Competitive Awards

• General rules for the competitive award:
  • The recipient shall have to be a member of “Good Standing with no Society Dues”.
  • The award will be judged by a nominated panel of judges constituted by the Chairman Scientific Committee
  • No award shall be given twice to the same person.
  • Any member of the Society who is eligible for the award shall be entitled to be considered for the same. If he/she is a member of any committee discussing the selection of award, he/she shall withdraw from the discussion at that time.
  • In case a suitable recipient is not found, an award shall be deferred without any hesitation for the next rotation turn.
  • No award shall be given posthumously.
  • No combined authorship papers shall be included for the competitive awards.
  • Even if there is only 1 entry for the competitive award, it should be accepted and evaluated.
  • No sponsored talks will be considered for the award.

Prof. Emeritus Dr. R. K. Mishra Memorial Award

• This is a competitive award for a paper or presentation based on the theme of the conference. This award shall bear a medal, a citation and a rolling trophy.
• There will be sessions for post-graduate students with best paper citations (First-Third).
• Name of the Competitive Award: Prof. Emeritus Dr. R. K. Mishra Memorial Award. (Sponsor – Dr. Atul Mishra) instituted in 2022

Dr. P. S. Soan Memorial Award

• Name of the award: Dr. P. S. Soan Memorial Award (instituted in 2023)
• Award for excellence in Community Ophthalmology
• This Award shall bear a rolling trophy

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