Ophthalmological Society of West Bengal was founded in 1942 under the leadership of Lt. Col. E.O.’G.Kirwan C.I.E.The initial years saw the Society working from the Office of the Head of Department of Ophthalmology at Medical College and Hospitals, Kolkata. It later shifted to the 2nd Floor of 94 Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata 700012.The Society now has its own office in the Journal of Indian Medical Association (JIMA) building, Room no. 8 at 53 Creek Row, Kolkata 700014 from where it functions. The activities of the Society centre around professional interests of ophthalmologists related to the state of West Bengal in India. The Society organizes periodical meets for academic improvement of its more than 1200 life members, update meetings and also competitive sessions in various categories. It awards prizes, medals, fellowships and travel grants to deserving members and has a community ophthalmology wing which is involved in creating public awareness in key ophthalmological issues. The Society also safeguards the professional and legal interests of its members besides looking after the ethical practice of the profession. The Society regularly organizes CMEs, orations, mid-term meetings, and an annual Conference for its members.
The list of Past Presidents and Honorary Secretaries based on Notice Board and archives of OSWB office are:
PAST PRESIDENTS
1 | DR. M N CHATTERJEE | 1942 – 43 |
2 | Lt. Col. E.O.G. KIRWAN C.I.E. | 1943 – 44 |
3 | DR. BAIDYA NATH BHADURI | 1944 – 51 |
4 | MAJOR SUDHIR CHANDRA DUTT | 1952 – 54 |
5 | CAPT. KIRAN LAL SEN | 1955 – 61 |
6 | MAJOR HEMANTA KUMAR INDRA | 1962 – 63 |
7 | DR. NIHAR KUMAR MUNSHI | 1963 – 64 |
8 | DR. S. K. BAGCHI | 1965 – 66 |
9 | DR. GOUR CHANDRA BANERJI | 1967 – 68 |
10 | DR. MURALIDHAR SENGUPTA | 1968 – 70 |
11 | DR. BRAJA MOHAN CHATTERJEE | 1970 – 71 |
12 | DR. AMAL KUMAR SEN | 1971 – 72 |
13 | DR. NILMADHAB BOSE | 1972 – 73 |
14 | DR. GOPAL SEN | 1973 – 74 |
15 | DR. B. K. WADIA | 1975 – 76 |
16 | DR. JITEN CHAKRABORTY | 1976 – 77 |
17 | DR. BALAI KRISHNA MITRA | 1977 – 78 |
18 | DR. PRASUN M. CHOWDHURI | 1978 – 79 |
19 | DR. GOPENDRA NATH MUKHERJEE | 1979 – 80 |
20 | DR. ANADIBHUSHAN BASU | 1980 – 81 |
21 | DR. PRADIP KUMAR GHOSH | 1981 – 82 |
22 | DR. JYOTIRMOY BOSE | 1982 – 83 |
23 | DR. NAGENDRA KUMAR CHANDRA | 1983 – 84 |
24 | DR. DHIRENDRA NATH PAUL | 1984 – 85 |
25 | DR. AJIT KUMAR MUKHERJEE | 1985 – 86 |
26 | DR. INDRA SEKHAR ROY | 1986 – 87 |
27 | DR. RAMENDRA NATH BASU | 1987 – 88 |
28 | DR. ALOKE GHOSH | 1988 – 89 |
29 | DR. RANABIR MUKHERJEE | 1989 – 90 |
30 | DR. PINAKI RANJAN ROY | 1991 – 92 |
31 | DR. PRAYAG RAJ MONDAL | 1992 – 93 |
32 | DR. MANI KUNDU | 1993 – 94 |
33 | DR. MALOY B. BHATTACHARJEE | 1994 – 95 |
34 | DR. SUNIL CHANDRA BAGCHI | 1995 – 96 |
35 | DR. RAMENDRA LAL SAHA | 1996 – 97 |
36 | DR. SISIR KUNDU | 1997 – 98 |
37 | DR. PROMODE BEHARI DUTTA | 1998 – 99 |
38 | DR. CHANDIDAS DUTTA | 1999 – 2000 |
39 | DR. SANTOSH KR. DAS | 2000 – 01 |
40 | DR. PANNA LAL SAHA | 2001 – 02 |
41 | DR. SATYENDRA NATH ROY | 2002 – 03 |
42 | DR. GITA DEY | 2003 – 04 |
43 | DR. PRADIP RANJAN CHATTERJEE | 2004 – 05 |
44 | DR. PRANAB KUMAR CHATTERJEE | 2005 – 06 |
45 | DR. AJOY KR. MUKHERJI | 2006 – 07 |
46 | DR. DEBNATH CHATTOPADHYAY (Resigned) | 2007 – 08 |
47 | DR. GAUTAM BHADURI | 2008 – 09 |
48 | DR. PRADYOT NARAYAN BISWAS | 2009 – 10 |
49 | DR. AMARNATH DE | 2010 – 11 |
50 | DR. ABHIJIT GHOSH | 2011 – 12 |
51 | DR. ASIT RANJAN BANERJEE | 2012 – 13 |
52 | DR. ANITA BANERJEE | 2013 – 14 |
53 | DR. BRAJENDRA KISOR SARKAR | 2014 – 15 |
54 | DR. MONOJ HAJRA | 2015 – 16 |
55 | DR. PRADIP K BAKSHI | 2016 – 17 |
56 | DR. ASHIM K DEY | 2017 – 18 |
PAST HONY JT SECRETARIES
1 | DR. B.N. BHADURI and DR. P.K. GUHA |
2 | DR. B. K. DASGUPTA and DR. S. BAGCHI |
3 | DR. P. K. GUHA and DR. M. SENGUPTA |
4 | DR. P. K. GUHA and DR. A. BASU |
5 | DR. S. K. BAGCHI and DR. A. K. SEN |
6 | DR. J. BOSE and DR. A. K. SEN |
7 | DR. S. BAGCHI and DR. S. CHATTERJEE |
8 | DR. G. C. SEN and DR. A. K. SEN |
9 | DR. S. BAGCHI and DR. I. S. ROY |
10 | DR. R. MUKHERJEE and DR. R. N. BASU |
PAST HONY SECRETARIES
1 | DR. R. MUKHERJEE | 1971 – 72 |
2 | DR. SISIR KR. BASU | 1972 – 73 |
3 | DR. PROYAGRAJ MONDAL | 1973 – 74 |
4 | DR. MALOY B. BHATTACHARJEE | 1974 – 75 |
5 | DR. RAMENDRA LAL SAHA | 1976 – 78 |
6 | DR. PROMODE BEHARI DUTTA | 1979 – 82 |
7 | DR. CHANDIDAS DUTTA | 1983 – 85 |
8 | DR. PANNA LAL SAHA | 1986 – 87 |
9 | DR. S. N. ROY | 1988 – 89 |
10 | DR. P. B. DUTTA | 1989 – 90 |
11 | DR. P. R. CHATTERJEE | 1991 – 94 |
12 | DR. DEBNATH CHATTOPADHYAY | 1994 – 96 |
13 | DR. ABHIJIT GHOSH | 1996 – 2002 |
14 | DR. MITA KHAN | 2002 – 04 |
15 | DR. SUPRATIK SANATANI | 2004 – 06 |
16 | DR. ANITA BANERJEE | 2006 – 08 |
17 | DR. ASHIS K BHATTACHARYA | 2008 – 12 |
18 | DR. RATISH CH. PAUL | 2012 – 16 |
List of Executive Members 2018 – 2019
SL.NO | Designation | Name | Mobile | |
1 | President | Dr. Parag Mukhopadhyay | [email protected] | 9830272927 |
2 | President Elect | Dr. Pushpita Sahu | [email protected] | 9831322474 |
3 | Vice – President | Dr. Kajal Prosad Ghosh | [email protected] | 9830375826 |
4 | Hony. Secretary | Dr. Subhasish Nag | [email protected] | 9831089730 |
5 | Jt. Secretary | Dr. Ajoy Paul | [email protected] | 9830030397 |
6 | Jt. Secretary | Dr. Sugato Paul | [email protected] | 9674487301 |
7 | Hony. Treasurer | Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh | [email protected] | 9433055288 |
8 | Jt. Treasurer | Dr. Debashis Das | [email protected] | 9830157081 |
9 | Chairman Sc Comm | Dr. Aniruddha Maiti | [email protected] | 9836552140 |
10 | Editor Journal | Dr. Chandana Chakraborti | [email protected] | 9830158243 |
11 | Member | Dr. Alokesh Ganguly | [email protected] | 9903428490 |
12 | Member | Dr. Lalit Mohan Adhikary | [email protected] | 9832224101 |
13 | Member | Dr. Maneesh Singh | [email protected] | 9874439198 |
14 | Member | Dr. Rudra Prosad Ghosh | [email protected] | 9830821049 |
15 | Member | Dr. Rupak Kanti Biswas | [email protected] | 9831808204 |
16 | Member | Dr. Rupak Roy | [email protected] | 9163302299 |
17 | Member | Dr. Soumen Mondal | [email protected] | 9874543262 |
18 | Member | Dr. Sudipta Mitra | [email protected] | 9830260283 |
19 | Member | Dr. Sumit Kumar Banerjee | [email protected] | 9434196998 |
20 | Member | Dr. Sunil Surana | [email protected] | 9433706950 |
21 | Member | Dr. Supratik Bandyopadhyay | [email protected] | 9434377761 |
22 | Member | Dr. Tathagata De | [email protected] | 9434017269 |
23 | Imm. Past President | Dr. Ashim Kumar Dey | [email protected] | 9433203216 |