J. M. Pahwa | |
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Born | 4 July 1922 |
Died | 2001 |
Occupation | Ophthalmic surgeon |
Awards |
Padma Shri NAB Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwalla Memorial Award |
Website |
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Jagdish Mitra Pahwa (1922-2001) was an Indian ophthalmologist, social worker and a specialist in Retinal Detachment and Photocoagulation who was reported to have conducted several charitable eye camps [1] in India. [2] Born on 4 July 1922 in Multan in the erstwhile British India (now in Pakistan), [3] he graduated in medicine from the King Edward Medical University, Lahore. [4] He was a 1969 elected fellow of the National Academy of Medical Sciences [5] and a recipient of the NAB Rustom Merwanji Alpaiwalla Memorial Award from the National Association for the Blind (India) in 1944. [6] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1973. [7]