Drona Prakash Rasali

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]

Leadership in Community Organizations

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 Non-Resident Nepalis 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 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 2012.[11] He is veterinarian,[12] 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 a Fellow of American College of Epidemiology, and Adjunct Professor of Health Studies at the University of Regina in Canada[13]

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. Canadian Immigration and South Asian Immigrants. Xlibris Corporation. 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. About the Society. Canada-Nepal Friendship and Cultural Society. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  11. Jostein Algroy. Dr. Drona Rasali, BC's Provincial Health Services Authority. Canadian Alliance for Risk Factor Surveillance. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  12. Population and Public Health Program, Provincial Health Services Authority (2013). Annual Highlights 2012-2013 (PDF). Provincial Health Services Authority. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  13. 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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