Association of Nepalese Agricultural Professionals of Americas (NAPA)

NAPA Research & Capacity Building Committee (2026-2028)

Co-Chair:

Santosh Dhakal, PhD

Assistant Professor

College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas

Email: santoshdhakal88 at gmail dot com

Dr. Santosh Dhakal completed Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (B.V.Sc.&A.H.) from Tribhuvan University, Nepal in 2011 and earned a PhD in Comparative and Veterinary Medicine (CVM) from The Ohio State University, USA in 2018. Before joining Kansas State University, he worked at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health as a postdoctoral fellow and non-tenure-track faculty (2018-2022). His expertise includes veterinary medicine, infectious diseases, vaccines and therapeutics development, and public health research. He is a NAPA life member and served as the treasurer of NAPA executive committee, advisor of NAPA’s Student Coordination Committee (SCC) and co-chair of the membership drive committee during the executive term 2020 – 2022. He also served as the General Secretory of NAPA’s 2^nd Biennial International Scientific Conference 2020; Scientific Committee Member during NAPA’s 3^rd Biennial International Scientific Conference 2022; and Outreach, Advertising, and Marketing Committee Lead during NAPA’s 4^th Biennial International Scientific Conference 2024. 

Suraj Upadhaya

Members:

Sharad Paudel, PhD

Madhav Parajuli, PhD

Jasmine Neupane, PhD