Drona Prakash Rasali

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Drona Prakash Rasali (Nepali: द्रोण प्रकाश रसाली, born in Humin, Palpa) was a Nepalese student who stood Board First position topping School Leaving Certificate (Nepal) i.e. national board examinations of Nepal, commonly abbreviated as SLC, held in 1972. He is the only one person so far from Dalit communities of Nepal, to obtain the most coveted rank in the history of SLC Board Examinations.[1] [2]

Community leadership[]

Drona Prakash Rasali is featured in the list of prominent South Asian immigrants in Canada in Abdur Rahim's book, "Canadian Immigration and South Asian Immigrants"(page 437-438).[3] He is an active member of Nepali Diaspora, who was elected as the Deputy Regional Coordinator for Americas (DRC) in the International Coordinating Council (ICC) of the global organization Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) for the period, 2009–2011.[4] He ran and lost the election for the position of Regional Coordinator (RC) for Americas in the NRNA International Coordinating Council (ICC), 2011–2013.[5] He has served as the Advisor to NRN-Canada National Coordinating Council since 2008[6] as well as the Advisor to the NRNA International Coordinating Council (ICC) for 2011–2013.[7] He contributed significantly to the establishment of the Nepal Open University as one of the four leading task group members through the Open University of Nepal Initiative, a flagship project of Non-Resident Nepali Association.[8] He is the founding vice-president of Canada-Nepal Friendship and Cultural Society in Canada. [9][10]

Professional background[]

Drona Rasali carries a diverse professional background and is currently a Canadian public health professional who served as Provincial Chronic Disease Epidemiologist at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health from 2005 to 2012, and is the Director, Population Health Surveillance & Epidemiology at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) of British Columbia in Canada since 2012.[11] [12] He is veterinarian,[13] with specializations received in health-related sciences including pathology, endocrinology, quantitative genetics, epidemiology and public health. He is a lifetime member of Nepal Veterinary Association and a registered veterinarian of Nepal Veterinary Council in Nepal, and was awarded the distinguished professional designation of a Fellow of American College of Epidemiology (FACE) in 2014, and currently holds the position Adjunct Professor at the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia.[14] He held the position of Adjunct Professor of Health Studies at the University of Regina in Canada (2009-2019). [15]. His professional contributions span a wide range of scientific disciplines, including two notable international publications of scientific research to his credits: 1) World review of composite sheep breeds,[16] 2) Establishing link between decreasing children's asthma disease incidence and declining antibiotic use in infants.[17] Nepal Magazine featured him as a policy making personality, who played an important role in establishing Nepal Open University. [18]

Drona Rasali served as the chair of Organizing Committee of Canadian Alliance for Regional Risk Factor Surveillance (CARRFS), a national network of public health professionals in Canada. [19]

References[]

  1. ^ Staff – Gorkhapatra (11 May 1972). "Headline news: SLC Results Out, Drona Prakash from Padmoday High School Declared Board First". Gorkhapatra, the State-owned oldest national Daily Nepali Newspaper, Kathmandu, Nepal. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  2. ^ ANHS (28 October 2011). "First ANHS Himalayan Studies Conference Invited Speakers". The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS). Archived from the original on 2013-11-26. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. ^ Abdur Rahim (2014). Canadian Immigration and South Asian Immigrants. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781499058741. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. ^ Non-Resident Nepali Association. "Non-Resident Nepali International Coordination Council 2009–2011". Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  5. ^ Drona P. Rasali (2011). "Announcing his candidacy for Regional Coordinator (RC) for Americas in the NRNA ICC". USNepal-Online. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  6. ^ Non-Resident Nepali-Canada (NRN-Canada). "NRN-National Coordination Council of Canada (NCC), 2011–2013". Non-Resident Nepali-Canada (NRN-Canada). Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  7. ^ Non-Resident Nepali Association. "6th NRN Global Conference & International Convention of NRNA Organizing Committee" (PDF). Non-Resident Nepali Association NRNA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  8. ^ Non-Resident Nepali Association. "Open University of Nepal- Updates for OUN". Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  9. ^ MyRepublica. "CANFACS to strengthen bilateral ties". Nepal Republic Media Pvt. Ltd., Kathmandu, Nepal. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  10. ^ CANFACS (23 March 2017). "About the Society". Canada-Nepal Friendship and Cultural Society. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  11. ^ Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia. "Drona Rasali (Faculty web page)". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 13 March 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Editor, BCMJ. "ESTABLISHING A LINK BETWEEN ANTIBIOTICS AND ASTHMA IN EARLY LIFE". British Columbia Medical Journal (BCMJ). Retrieved 13 March 2021.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Nepal Magazine Team. "Niti Nirmaan Tahama: Drona Prakash Rasali, Canada". Kantipur News Publications, Nepal Magazine, Kathmandu, Nepal. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  14. ^ SPPH, UBC. "Drona Rasali". Faculty of Medicine, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  15. ^ Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina. "FGSR Adjunct Faculty" (PDF). Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  16. ^ D. P. Rasali, J. N. B. Shrestha, and G. H. Crow (18 March 2011). "Development of composite sheep breeds in the world: A review". Canadian Journal of Animal Science. Canadian Society of Animal Science. doi:10.4141/A05-073 (inactive 2021-05-16). Retrieved 12 March 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of May 2021 (link)
  17. ^ David M Patrick,Hind Sbihi,Darlene L Y Dai,Abdullah Al Mamun,Drona Rasali,Caren Rose,Fawziah Marra,Rozlyn C T Boutin,Charisse Petersen,Leah T Stiemsma,Geoffrey L Winsor,Fiona S L Brinkman,Anita L Kozyrskyj,Meghan B Azad,Allan B Becker,Piush J Mandhane,Theo J Moraes,Malcolm R Sears,Padmaja Subbarao,B Brett Finlay,Stuart E Turvey (2020). "Decreasing antibiotic use, the gut microbiota, and asthma incidence in children: evidence from population-based and prospective cohort studies". The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 8 (11): 1094–1105. doi:10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30052-7. PMID 32220282. Retrieved 12 March 2021.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Nepal Magazine Team. "Niti Nirmaan Tahama: Drona Prakash Rasali, Canada". The Nepal Magazine, a weekly national magazine published by Kantipur Media Group in Kathmandu. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  19. ^ Canadian Alliance for Regional Risk Factor Surveillance (CARRFS). "2020 CARRFS Symposium (Virtual)". Canadian Alliance for Regional Risk Factor Surveillance (CARRFS). Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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