Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals of Americas (NAPA)

Advisory Council Members (2024-2026)

Chair:

Nanda P. Joshi, PhD

Associate Professor, Animal Science - International Outreach

Michigan State University, Michigan, USA

Email: joshin at msu dot edu

Co-chair:

Gopi Upreti

Senior Data Scientist

Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH), Virginia, USA

Email: goupreti at gmail dot com

Member Secretary:

 Pradeep Wagle, PhD

Immediate Past President (NAPA)

Research Agronomist, USDA-ARS, El Reno, OK, USA

E-mail: waglepradeep at gmail dot com

Members:

Megha N. Parajulee, PhD

Professor, Faculty Fellow, and Texas A&M Regents Fellow

Texas A&M University Research Center, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Email: kapashakim at gmail dot com

Dainik B. Nepali Karki, PhD

Professor, Animal Science

Director of the Farm (Teaching, Research, and Extension)

Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Chitwan, Nepal

                           Email: dainik77 at gmail dot com

Drona Rasali, PhD

Director, Population Health Surveillance & Epidemiology

BC Centre for Disease Control, British Columbia, Canada

Email: drona.rasali2 at gmail dot com

Lila Karki, PhD

Past President (NAPA)

Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Program Evaluation Specialist

University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Maryland, USA

                             Email: drkarkilb at gmail dot com

Narayan Khadka, PhD

Executive Director

The Institute for Peace and Harmony, North Carolina, USA

Email: khadkapeace at gmail dot com

Peetambar Dahal, PhD

Seed Scientist (Retd.)

University of California, Davis, USA

Email: peetambardahal at gmail dot com

 Prakash Malla, PhD

 Director

 Research & Development at Thiele Kaolin Company Georgia, USA

 Email: mallap at bellsouth dot net

  Khusi R. Tiwari, PhD

  Principal Plant Breeder - Agronomist

  Mississippi, USA

  Email: tiwarik at gmail dot com