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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 and Safety Promotion). I was awarded a Swedish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at the European Centre of Gender Excellence, specializing in Thematic Gender Studies at Linkoping University, Sweden.  

In Nepal, I am the sole Occupational Physician registered with the Nepal Medical Council and proudly serve as the first Nepali Professor of Community Medicine at Kathmandu University.
  

My current role as the Head of the Department of Community Medicine at Kathmandu Medical College (KMC), Kathmandu University involves 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, Science and Technology, Nepal Open University, Nepal, and Faculty of Health and Well Being, Sri Sri University (SSU), Odisha, India.
  

Since 2006, I've been actively engaged in injury, violence, and disability prevention activities in Nepal. I've served as a National Consultant for the World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health and Population, contributing significantly to policy formulation and strategy development in these areas. My contributions include drafting essential documents such as the National Policy and Strategy for occupational injuries/diseases, now incorporated into Nepal's recent Labour Act, Rules, and Social Security Scheme Operational Guidelines. Additionally, I've played a pivotal role in drafting crucial aspects like pillar 5 - Post-crash response in the Decade of Action for Road Safety.
  

As the Director of the Nepal Injury Research Centre (NIRC) within the NIHR Global Health Research Group on Nepal Injury Research, established at Kathmandu Medical College, I'm deeply involved in research and policy initiatives. Furthermore, I serve as the Co-Director of SAFETrIP Nepal NIHR Global Health Policy and Systems Research and act as the Country Lead Investigator for the HIPCARE NIHR RIGHT Programme, both associated with prominent UK-based institutions.
  

My contributions extend nationally and globally, having been elected as President of the Society of Public Health Physician Nepal (SOPHPHYN) and a Board Member of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) for consecutive terms (2018-2022 and 2022-2024).  http://www.icohweb.org/

Awards and Honours

• Full Scholarship Award for Doctor of Medicine Studies, 1989-96
• NORAD Fellowship Award for Postgraduation Studies, 2000-02
• Full Travel Award for ICOH 29th International Congress on Occupational Health, Cape Town, South Africa, March 2009
• Certificate of Appreciation from HE the President of Nepal for outstanding contribution to the First International Seminar on Medical Education in Nepal, 2009
• DAAD Scholarship Award for 3rd Summer School “Occupational Health Crossing Borders” Munich, Germany, 2010
• Full Travel Award for Safety 2010 World Conference, London, UK, September 2010
• Swedish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Research Center GEXcel, LiU, Sweden, 2010
• Nepal Vidya Bhushan "A", High-Level Honour for Academic Excellence in Nepal from HE the President of Nepal, 2010
• Lions Club International President’s Beacon of Hope Letter of Commendation, 2011
• Full Travel Award for ICOH 30th International Congress on Occupational Health, Cancun, Mexico, March 2012
• “Creative Genius Award” GLOBVAC Project, ADVANCE Study Team, 2014
• KMC Award of Excellence from Kathmandu Medical College Management for the highest level of service to the college, 2017
• Full Travel Award for ICOH 32nd International Congress on Occupational Health, Dublin, Ireland, March 2018
• Federation of Grill and Steel Fabricators Nepal National Honour 2019
• OEHF International Travel Award for American Occupational Health Conference (AOHC) in Salt Lake City, USA, May 2022

Major Research Collaborations

• Principal Investigator - Evaluating interventions in antenatal care to identify and assist victims of gender based violence in Nepal and Sri Lanka, Norwegian Research Council GLOBVAC Grant, 2013-18 (collaborating partner - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway)
• Nepal Director, Nepal Injury Research Center (NIRC) - National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Global Health Research Grant for Injury Prevention, 2017-21 (collaborating partner - University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK)
• Nepal Director, Global Challenges Research Fund​ QR, UK Research and Innovation, 2018-21 (collaborating partner - University of the West of England (UWE), Bristol, UK)
• Principal Investigator - Changing attitudes towards Sexual Trafficking and gender-based violence; An intervention study to promote gender equality in Nepal, 2015-19 (collaborating partner - Linnaeus University, Sweden)
• Project Leader - Increasing awareness on lesbian, gay and bisexual people through a participatory short movie dialogue: A community intervention in Nepal (collaborating partner - Linnaeus University, Sweden)
• Nepal Director (Joint Lead Applicant), NIHR Global Health Policy and Systems Research: Identification of research priorities for a safe systems approach to road safety in Nepal. (Collaborating partner – University of West of England, Bristol, UK)
• Principal Investigator - Addressing Domestic Violence in Antenatal Care Environments 2, Norwegian Research Council FRIPRO Grant (Collaborating partner – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway)
• Project Leader - Women’s experience of disrespect and abuse during institutional delivery and perception of health care providers towards respectful maternity care in Eastern Nepal (collaborating partner - Linnaeus University, Sweden)
• Project Leader - Prioritizing gender equality studies for meeting SDG 5 in Sweden, Nepal and Bangladesh, Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas, 2021-02698_Formas (2021) (collaborating partners - Linnaeus University, Sweden/ Rajshahi University, Bangladesh)
• Project Lead, NORHED II Strengthening academic capacity in physiotherapy education in Nepal, (Collaborating partner – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
• Nepal Director (Joint Lead Applicant), NIHR Global Health Policy and Systems Research: A ‘Safe Systems’ Approach for Enabling Traffic Injury Prevention in Nepal (SAFE TrIP Nepal) (Collaborating partner – University of West of England, Bristol, UK)
• Country Lead Investigator, NIHR HIPCARE: a cluster randomised controlled trial with embedded process evaluation (Collaborating partner – University of Oxford, UK)
• Principal Investigator, Policy and regulation development for Motorcycle taxi safety in Nepal, UKFCDO, HVT Grant (Collaborating partner – University of West of England, Bristol, UK)

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.

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