Sagarika Dash completed her medical education from Calcutta National Medical College, Calcutta in 1998, followed by postgraduate training in ophthalmology at V S S Medical College, Burla, Odisha in 2003. She was then trained in ECCE, SICS and phacoemulsification surgeries at Aravind Eye Hospital, Madurai in 2007. Before joining LVPEI, Bhubaneswar campus, she was a teaching faculty for 7 years at Hi-Tech Medical College, Bhubaneswar. Her areas of specialization include comprehensive ophthalmology and contact lens service. Her current research interest involves use of contact lens in various corneal disorders.