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I am a medical doctor (MD) specializing in Occupational Medicine/ Hygiene, Diabetology, Ph.D. in Public Health and Community Medicine (Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion). I have received a Swedish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at the European Centre of Gender Excellence, Thematic Gender Studies Department of the Linkoping University, Sweden.

I have joined the Martyr Dasharath Chand University of Health Science as the first Vice Chancellor. It is the first health sciences university in Nepal. Itis a challenging task, but it offers many opportunities. My previouis role as the Head of the Department of Community Medicine at Kathmandu Medical College (KMC), Kathmandu University involved teaching undergraduate (MBBS) and postgraduate (MD, Ph.D.) medical students, as well as mentoring students from various foreign universities. I hold visiting professorships at the Faculty of Health & AS, University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), UK, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linnaeus University (LnU), Sweden, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology, Nepal Open University, Nepal, and Faculty of Health and Well Being, Sri Sri University (SSU), Odisha, India. Similarly, I hold the position of Departmental staff at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, UK.

My interest in public health grew in early 1998 when I worked in a remote village in Nepal. Personal and environmental hygiene was so poor that diarrhoeal diseases were very common. Investigation of outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases, pyrexia of unknown origin, etc. exposed me to Epidemiological studies.

As the company I worked for employed more than 2500 employees, it was my responsibility to take care of them and prevent them from developing work-related health problems. That is how I developed an interest in occupational and environmental medicine, which led to a Master's Degree study in that field in 2000. My research work on occupational lung cancer was the first study in Occupational Medicine in Nepal.

I am the only Occupational Physician in Nepal registered with the Nepal Medical Council. Similarly, I am the first Nepali Professor of Community Medicine at Kathmandu University, Nepal.

I have been involved in injury, violence, and disability prevention activities in Nepal since 2006 as a National Consultant for the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health and Population, Nepal. My activities were focused on assisting the Nepal Government in formulating policies, strategies, and action plans for injuries, violence, and disability prevention. I was involved in drafting pillar 5 - Post-crash response in the Decade of Action for Road Safety, National Action Plan 2013-2020, and then after 2021-2030. I have also drafted the National Policy and Strategy for the investigation, treatment, and compensation of occupational injuries/diseases in Nepal, which is incorporated in the recent Labour Act (2017), Rules (2018), and Social Security Scheme Operational Guidelines (2018) of Nepal. I serve as a member of several national and international scientific committees.

I have been elected as a Board Member of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) for the terms 2018-2022 and 2022-2024. http://www.icohweb.org/

As social service is an integral part of our life, I am involved in a non-profit and non-political organization working for the education and welfare of Nepalese students “Worldwide Nepalese Students’ Organisation –Nepal (WNSO- Nepal). I am the Founder President and Chief Patron of WNSO-Nepal.

Research Interests: Occupational health and safety, Environmental health, Diabetes, Violence against Women, Injuries, violence and disability control and prevention

If you are interested in developing collaborative projects with me in Nepal, please do not hesitate to contact me.