Background
Grover was born on 1 March 1928 in Mianwali (West Punjab) to Shri Bhoga Ram and Piari Bai.
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Arjun Dass Grover
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After a short stint in Jaunpur at the Sitapur Eye Hospital, he joined the Gandhi Eye Hospital in Aligarh as an assistant professor in charge of the research wing from 1956 to 1960. He carried out extensive research on trachoma. His work on Molluscum Contagiosum was acknowledged in the famous Ophthalmology Book series of Sir Stewart Duke Elder.
He helped set up the eye department at P.G.I. Chandigarh in 1960.
In 1962, he resigned from P.G.I. and started the first private eye hospital in Chandigarh. Key positions
President of Indian Medical Association, Chandigarh State Branch 1981-1982
Medical Director and Chairman - Grover Eye Laser & ENT Hospital
He participated in the first eye operation camp held by the Lions Club in Chandigarh.
Later his social work extended to the tribal areas near Ranchi (Chhota Nagpur, Lohardaga and Khunti) where in 1983 the tribals learned that cataracts were curable. Dayanand Anglo-Vedic Schools carried on his work and established a hospital in his memory.
The lecture hall in the Indian Medical Association building, Chandigarh is named after him.
An oration was instituted in his memory.
