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| OBITUARY |
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| Year : 1989 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 105 |
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Obituary
Sisir Kundu
India
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Sisir Kundu
India
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How to cite this article:
Kundu S. Obituary. Indian J Ophthalmol 1989;37:105 |
Dr.Nihar Kumar Munsi (86), an old member and Past-President of the All India Ophthalmological Society died on 8th. February, 1989. He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
Born in Mymensingh district (now in Bangladesh) on 28th January, 1903. He secured his MB from Calcutta University in 1928 and passed the DOMS(Lond) in 1932. After having practised a while in UK he returned to India and joined the R,G. Kar Medical College, Calcutta in 1934 as a junior visiting surgeon in the Eye Department where he worked untiringly. He became Professor & Head of the Dept. of Ophthalmolgy in 1952 and retired in the early seventies.
He became the Head of the Dept. of Ophthalmology of Calcutta University in 1963. He was for many years a member of the Senate and also of the Academic Council of Calcutta University.
He was President of the Bengal branch of IMA, President of the All India Ophthalmological Society, Founder President of the Students Health Home, Calcutta, Hon. Secretary of Institute of Child Health, Calcutta, Member of the Governing body of K.S. Roy TB Hospital, Calcutta, Chairman of the Netaji Eye Hospital, Ramchandrapur and a member of The Asiatic Society,Calcutta. He was an Hon.Life member of Asansol Ophthalmological Society.
Dr. Munsi was the Chairman & Senior Visiting Ophthalmologist of Dr. M.N. Chatterjee Eye Hospital, Calcutta and was instrumental in setting up of Eye Dept. at Calcutta Medical Research Institute,R.K.Mission Sevapratisthan, Calcutta. He was a Hon. Consultant of South Eastern Railway Hospital and Islamia Hospital, Calcutta.
Dr. Munsi was an active member of the Rotary Club and was examiner for MBBS, DOMS and MS (Oph) Examinations of Calcutta, Bombay, Patna, Gauhati, Dibrugarh and Utkal Universities.
He was actively associated with the eye donation movement and the Association of Prevention of Blindness, Bengal. He attended the World Peace Congress in Moscow in 1962 and in Berlin in 1969.
Because of his professional skills and his humanitarian bend of mind, Dr. Munsi won the love and respect of a wide crosssection of humanity.
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