Drona Prakash Rasali

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

Leadership in Community Organizations

Drona Prakash Rasali 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 Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA) for the period, 2009-2011.[3] He ran and lost the election for the position of Regional Coordinator (RC) for Americas in the NRNA International Coordinating Council (ICC), 2011-2013.[4] He has served as the Advisor to NRN-Canada National Coordinating Council since 2008[5] as well as the Advisor to the NRNA International Coordinating Council (ICC) for 2011-2013.[6]

Professional Background

Drona Rasali is a public health professional who has served as Provincial Chronic Disease Epidemiologist at the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health from 2005 to 2012, and as the Director of Population Health Surveillance at the Provincial Health Services Authority of British Columbia in Canada since then.[7] He is veterinarian,[8] with specializations received in health-related sciences including pathology, endocrinology, quantitative genetics and epidemiology. He is a lifetime member of Nepal Veterinary Association and a registered veterinarian of Nepal Veterinary Council in Nepal, and a Fellow of American College of Epidemiolgy, and Adjunct Professor of Health Studies at the University of Regina in Canada[9]

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 27 March 2014.
  2. ↑ ANHS (28 October 2011). "First ANHS Himalayan Studies Conference Invited Speakers". The Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies (ANHS). Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Non-Resident Nepali Association. Non-Resident Nepali International Coordination Council 2009-2011. Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Drona P. Rasali (2011). Announcing his candidacy for Regional Coordinator (RC) for Americas in the NRNA ICC. USNepal-Online. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Non-Resident Nepali Association. 6th NRN Global Conference & International Convention of NRNA Organizing Committee (PDF). Non-Resident Nepali Association NRNA. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Jostein Algroy. Dr. Drona Rasali, BC's Provincial Health Services Authority. Canadian Alliance for Risk Factor Surveillance. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. ↑ Nirantar Prakashan, 2001 (2011). Health Yellow Pages: Medical Directory of Nepal. University of Chicago (Digital). Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  9. ↑ Jostein Algroy. Dr. Drona Rasali, BC's Provincial Health Services Authority. Canadian Alliance for Risk Factor Surveillance. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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