Bharti Kashyap

Bharti Kashyap (born May 15, 1967) is an Indian campaigning ophthalmologist. She was awarded the Nari Shakti award in 2017. She is known for conducting free eye surgery and for improving women's health.

Bharti Kashyap
BornMay 15, 1967
NationalityIndia
Occupationophthalmologist
Spouse(s)Birendra Prasad Kashyap

Life

Kashyap was born in 1967. She qualified as an physician and ophthalmologist. She is known for her work in conducting eye surgery and for improving women's health. She has led campaigns to encourage more people to donate their organs after death. She created the first post mortem eye donation in Jhankhand. She set up an eye bank, the first in Bihar Jharkhand, which in 2020 had permitted 482 free cornea replacements to be carried out at the Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital, where she is the medical director.[1]

Kashyap lobbied state government to equip eleven government hospitals with cervical cancer detection and treatment equipment and organised training sessions for women doctors working in government hospitals and health care centres concerning the detection and cure of cervical cancer, the commonest cause of deaths in women.[1]

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi talking at the presentation of the Nari Shakti Puruskar for 2017 (in 2018) - Kashyap is to the left

On International Women's Day in 2015 she was honoured by Raghubar Das who was the chief minister in Jharkaland. She was recognised for her contribution to women's health.[2]

She was given the Nari Shakti Puraskar award for 2017. The award was made by the President of India at the Presidential Palace (Rashtrapati Bhavan). Prime Minister Narendra Modi[3] and the Minister for Women & Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi also attended. About 30 people and nine organisations were honoured that year, receiving the award and a prize each of $R 100,000.[4][5]

In 2018 she celebrated winning awards from the Indian Medical Association for three years in a row.[6]

In 2019 she spoke in Paris about intraocular lenses which can be embedded in a patients eyes after cataract surgery to remove the need to wear corrective glasses after the operation.[7]

Family

She is married to Dr. Birendra Prasad Kashyap who founded the Kashyap Memorial Eye Hospital in Ranchi.[8]

References
  1. Pioneer, The. "State ophthalmologist wages war against blindness, cervical cancer". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. "CM honours Dr Bharti Kashyap - Jharkhand State News". jharkhandstatenews.com. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  3. "Nari Shakti Puraskar - Gallery". narishaktipuraskar.wcd.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
  4. "On International Women's Day, the President conferred the prestigious Nari Shakti Puraskars to 30 eminent women and 9 distinguished Institutions for the year 2017". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-01-14.
  5. "International Women's Day: President Kovind honours 39 achievers with 'Nari Shakti Puraskar'". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2021-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  6. "Dr.Bharti Kashyap, National IMA honours for third time at New Delhi". Beyond India Live. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  7. Pioneer, The. "Dr Bharti Kashyap brings laurels to State". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  8. "Her website - Dr Bharti Kashyap". drbhartikashyap.in. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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