HISTORY In seventies of last century, there was a feeling among the Ophthalmologists of W. Bengal many of the eastern India that they were not getting due recognition in AIOS by the then leaders of the profession mainly belonging to Delhi and Bombay. One positive common point was noticed among the ophthalmologists of W.Bengal, Assam, Bihar and Orissa that they were eager to work for a change organizationally. They were Dr L. C.Dutta of Assam, Dr A. N.Pandeya of Bihar, Dr U. C.Behera of Orissa, Dr M. Lala Singh of Manipur and Dr K. R. Dutta. Prof. Ranabir Mukherjee had taken the overall leading role to form EIZOC including constitution drafting. Subsequently, the first Eastern India Zonal Ophthalmological Conference was held in Calcutta in 1985 at Ramkrishna Mission Seva Pratisthan under the leadership of Prof. Shreemohon Mishra of Darbhanga. In the General body Meeting EIZOC was formally inaugurated & constitutions drafted by Prof. Muhherjee were passed. The Office of the congress was in Calcutta with Dr Ramendra Lal Saha as the Secretary and Dr Chandi Dutta as the Treasurer. After Dr R.L. Saha next secretary was Dr P.L.Saha and Treasurer Dr Subrata Rakhit. Then onwards regular conferences started being held in different states from time to time. Following is the list of EIZOC Presidents & Secretaries as far as available from different sources : President & Secretary (1985-2019).
Year	President	Secretary	Place
2019-20	Dr Abhijit Ghosh	Dr Pranav Ranjan	Assam
2018-19	Dr B. J. Goswami	Dr Pranav Ranjan	Kolkata
2017-18	Dr Arvind Jaiswal	Dr B. N. Gupta	Dhanbad
2016-17	Dr Surendra Singh	Dr B. N. Gupta	Patna
2015-16	Dr S. C. Das	Dr B. N. Gupta	Bhubaneswar
2014-15	Dr P. L. Saha	Dr B. N. Gupta	Silchar
2011-14	Dr H. K. Choudhary	Dr S. C. Das	Guwahati
2010-11	Dr B. K. Sahay	Dr S. C. Das	Kolkata
2009-10	Dr A. K. Mukherjee	Dr S. C. Das	Bhubaneswar
2008-09	Dr V. N. Prasad	Dr S. C. Das	Silchar
2007-08	Dr H. R. Mohanty	Dr S. C. Das	Purulia
2006-07	Dr A. N. Sinha	Dr S. C. Das	Patna
2005-06	Dr A. S. B. Sahai	Dr S. C. Das	Sambalpur
2004-05	Dr A. S. B. Sahai	Dr Ranjan Akhaury	Bokaro
2003-04	Dr M. Lala Singh	Dr Ranjan Akhaury
2002-03	Dr M. Lala Singh	Dr Ranjan Akhaury
2001-02	Dr K. C. Meheta	Dr Harsh Bhattacharya
2000-01		Dr P. B. Dutta
1999-00		Dr P. B. Dutta
1998-99	Dr B. P. Kashyap	Dr P. B. Dutta
1997-98	Dr Ajit Sinha	Dr P. L. Saha	Kolkata
1996-97	Dr R. N. Basu	Dr P. L. Saha	Kolkata
1995-96		Dr P. L. Saha	Ranchi
1994-95		Dr P. L. Saha	Ranchi
1993-94		Dr P. L. Saha	Agartala
1992-93	Dr Chandi Das	Dr P. L. Saha	Agartala
1991-92	Dr Ranbir Mukherjee	Dr R. L. Saha	Guwahati
1990-91	Dr A. N. Pandeya	Dr R. L. Saha	Kolkata
1989-90	Dr K. R. Dutta	Dr R. L. Saha	Imphal
1988-89	Dr L. C. Dutta	Dr R. L. Saha	Bhubaneswar
1987-88	Dr U. C. Behera	Dr R. L. Saha	Guwahati
1986-87	Dr Gopal Ch. Sen	Dr R. L. Saha	Guwahati
1985-86	Dr Sree Mohan Mishra	Dr R. L. Saha	Kolkata