Dr Harsha Rao is currently working as a consultant in the Department of Glaucoma at Narayana Nethralaya, Bengaluru. He completed his basic medical education and Post-Graduation in Ophthalmology from Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore. He subsequently completed his long term fellowship in Glaucoma at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad followed by another long term fellowship in Glaucoma at the University of California, San Diego. He completed his PhD from Maastricht University, Netherlands. He worked as a Glaucoma consultant at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad from 2007 to 2015 before joining Narayana Nethralaya. He had also held the positions of Adjunct Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York between October 2010 and April 2015, and Clinical Instructor at the School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio between July 2011 and April 2015.

He has published over 100 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has been an invited speaker at multiple national and international conferences. He is on the editorial board of multiple journals and is a reviewer for most of the high impact journals in Ophthalmology. He is a member of the Associate Advisory Board of World Glaucoma Association, Education Committee of World Glaucoma Association and the Asia Pacific Ocular Imaging Society.

Terms of Appointment: Aug 2018 – Aug 2020