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This is a unique site to explore informational resources that have been collected, compiled or developed from the works of Dr. Drona Prakash Rasali, his collaborating partners or friends and/or members of his family and communities, in a wide ranging single to multi-disciplinary fields of inquiry or action in the service of the people of the world in general, and the people of Nepal, Canada and the Philippines in particular.
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What's on the News?
* NRNA submits recommendations on Economic Diplomacy to the GoN
Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) President Mr. Jiba Lamichhane submitted a report, "NRNA POSITION BRIEF ON ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY FOR NEPAL" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government of Nepal on December 26, 2012. The Report was prepared for NRNA by Dr. Ambika P. Adhikari, NRNA-ICC Advisor, USA (Co-ordinator), Dr. Drona Rasali, NRNA-ICC Advisor, Canada, Mr. Kul Gautam, NRNA-ICC Advisor, Nepal and Prof. Surya Subedi, NRNA-ICC Patron, UK.
* Dr. Drona Rasali appears at Ujju Darling's Parlor on Nepal 1 TV
(His last name shown on TV is spelled incorrectly- a common error made in most Nepalese media.)* Dr. Drona Rasali appointed as an advisor to NRNA-ICC
Nepali Diaspora's global organization Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA)'s International Coordination Council (ICC) has appointed Dr. Drona Rasali as one of its advisors for its current 2011-13 tenure by a decision made at the ICC's 31st meeting held on November 13th.
This is stated in a press statement (in Nepali) released by the NRNA-ICC's spokesperson Dr. Hem Raj Sharma
* NRNs meet PM for support in open varsity bid
OUN delegation meets the Prime Minister of Nepal Dr. Baburam Bhattarai at his office at Singh Durbar, Kathmandu.
KATHMANDU: A delegation of Non-Resident Nepalese (NRN), led by Dr Pramod Dhakal, member secretary, Open University of Nepal (OUN) Initiative, today met Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai to draw attention towards the opportunities and challenges faced by open universities in Nepal. Dr Dhakal said that despite efforts to establish Open University in Nepal to cope with global competence, they were unsuccessful. "Government delay in approving the Higher Education bill is the greatest challenge in establishing Open University in Nepal," he said adding, "We have urged the PM to take init..... Published: The Himalayan Times (2011-10-10)
* Nepali diaspora for open university
KATHMANDU: Non-Resident Nepalis (NRNs) have said that they want to bring back home the skills, knowledge and innovation they have learnt in the foreign land by establishing an open university. In a day-long workshop, which will be part of the three-day annual conclave beginning on October 11, the NRNs will hold interaction with stakeholders and the Nepali academicians about establishment of an open university. Nearly 800 delegates from 60 countries will participate in the interaction. We want to bring the skill, knowledge and innovation of the Nepali diaspora back home for application-orien... "We want to bring the skill, knowledge and innovation of the Nepali diaspora back home for application-oriented education that can reduce the rate of migrant youth", Drona Prakash Rasali, a member of the Open University of Nepal Initiative (OUNI) committee said. Published: The Himalayan Times (2011-10-09)
* What is Health?
~(Click here for >> WHO definition translated in Nepali by Drona Rasali)[Posted, 18/09/2011]
* NRNA ICC: Some Achievements in Regional Coordination in Americas - Dr. Ambika Adhikari, Regional Coordinator for Americas and Dr. Drona Rasali, Deputy Regional Coordinator for Americas [NRNA-ICC. [Posted, 18/09/2011]
* Communique: Dr. Drona Rasali announces the candidacy for Regional Coordinator (RC) for Americas in the NRNA International Coordination Council (ICC). [Posted, 18/09/2011]
* Initiative for Open University of Nepal holds its 4th Planning Meeting in Ottawa, Canada. [Posted, 18/09/2011]
Recent Public Speaking/Professional Presentations by Rasali et al.:
~(Click here for >> WHO definition translated in Nepali by Drona Rasali)[Posted, 18/09/2011]
* NRNA ICC: Some Achievements in Regional Coordination in Americas - Dr. Ambika Adhikari, Regional Coordinator for Americas and Dr. Drona Rasali, Deputy Regional Coordinator for Americas [NRNA-ICC. [Posted, 18/09/2011]
* Communique: Dr. Drona Rasali announces the candidacy for Regional Coordinator (RC) for Americas in the NRNA International Coordination Council (ICC). [Posted, 18/09/2011]
* Initiative for Open University of Nepal holds its 4th Planning Meeting in Ottawa, Canada. [Posted, 18/09/2011]
Recent Public Speaking/Professional Presentations by Rasali et al.:
* Drona Rasali was an Invited Plenary Speaker at the 1st ANHS Himalayan Studies Conference held on October 28-30, 2011, at the Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Highlights of this conference include invited speakers:
Drona Rasali. Plenary Address: "Envisioning an equitable space for marginalized people in Nepal: A journey of small strides contributing to 'change' for social justice".
Pratyoush Onta. Plenary Address: "The past and future of Nepal Studies in Nepal."
David Gellner. Keynote Address: "Upland Region or 'a World of Peripheries'? Some thoughts on Himalayan identities"
Download here:> The Conference Program Book
* University of Saskatchewan, School of Public Health Seminar Series: A Presentation on "Surveillance of Chronic Disease in Saskatchewan"
Presenters: Drona Rasali, DVM, PhD, MACE Provincial Chronic Disease Epidemiologist & Camille Adams, MSc, Chronic Disease Epidemiologist
Date: March 10, 2011.
>>>Download here Or >>>Visit the site for UofS Faculty and Graduate Seminars.
Population Health Epidemiology
* Surveillance Reports/ Research Projects/ Case-studies/ Conference Abstracts:
* Drona Rasali led a team from the Environmental Scan Implementation Working Group of the Canadian Alliance for Regional Risk Factor Surveillance (CARRFS) to complete a modular case-study of the health risk factor surveillance system in Saskatoon Health Region in Saskatchewan, Canada. Now, the report of the case-study is available online:
- Saskatoon Health Region: A Modular Case Study Report on the Regional Risk Factor Surveillance (PDF, in English) and
- Région sanitaire de Saskatoon: Rapport d'étude de cas modulaire sur la surveillance régionale des facteurs de risque (PDF, in French)
Special Articles Authored or Co-authored by Rasali:
(Researchers interested in these papers are requested to contact us at info@rasaliresourcs.com)
* The following two companion historically special papers are the first ever published research articles on genetic parameter estimates of economically important traits in any livestock population in Nepal. (The genetic parameter estimates of the traits are essential for genetic improvement of those traits in livestock populations.)
* The following three special papers are the outcomes of first ever attempt to culture animal white blood cells in a scientific laboratory of Nepal for studying their chromosomes. (The papers on karyotyping of hill indigenous buffaloes of Nepal in particular provided the evidence that the hill buffaloes once thought to be of swamp type were, in fact, of riverine type akin to buffaloes found in India.)
- Rasali, D.P., Patel, R.K. and Joshi, H.D.(1998). Initial chromosomal analysis of indigenous buffaloes in the western hills of Nepal. Vet. Review. 13: 30-33.
- Rasali, D.P., Joshi, H.D., Patel, R.K. and Harding, A.H. (1998). Phenotypic clusters and Karyotypes of indigenous buffaloes in the western hills of Nepal. Lumle Technical Paper No. 98/2: 1 - 24.
- Rasali, D.P., Joshi, H.D., Rana, R.S., Amatya, N. and Patel, R.K. (1999). Karyotyping of Indigenous Khari goats in the western hills of Nepal. Bulletin of Vety. Sci. and A H. 25: 61 - 63.
* The following refereed scientific papers from the research works of Rasali et al. have been made available online free of cost recently by their respective journal publishers [Posted, 18/09/2011]:
* D.P. Rasali conducted his research work on Buffaloes of Nepal actively from 1991 to 2000. During this time, he led a number of field and lab research projects.
- During the later part of the time of his active buffalo research, he also served as a member of an International Working Group for Buffalo Recording and Breeding Management under the aegis of Food and Agriculture Organisation of the the United Nations, Rome. The following is the case-study report he presented at the International Workshop organised by the FAO in Bled, Slovenia, in 2000: A case-study of Buffalo recording and breeding in NEpal (PDF, in English). (This report is published in: The Proceedings of the Workshop "Animal Recording for Improved Breeding and Management Strategies for Buffalo" as International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) Technical Series No. 4.)
- The following Book Chapter contains D.P. Rasali's contributions on indigenous hill buffaloes of Nepal: Chapter-III: BUFFALO BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS by Bianca Moioli and Antonio Borghese in the book: BUFFALO PRODUCTION AND RESEARCH FAO Regional Office for Europe Inter-Regional Cooperative Research Network on Buffalo (ESCORENA) edited by Professor Antonio Borghese ISTITUTO SPERIMENTALE PER LA ZOOTECNIA, MONTEROTONDO, ROME.
