Who are we
A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS
The Nepal Ambulance Service was created by a group of committed volunteers. NAS’s volunteer pool includes a wide spectrum of Kathmandu professionals ranging from local physicians, educators, members of international non-governmental organizations, local businesses and hospital executives. As a non-profit organization, NAS relies on these individuals to contribute their expertise and energy.
Board of director
Dr. Anil Bahadur Shrestha
President
Prof. Paras Aacharya
Immediate Past President
Dr. Paras is Hospital Director of Patan Hospital. He is an internist with keen interest in emergency medicine working at Patan Hospital.
He is also the coordinator of a rural health promotion program dedicated to improving health care in remote areas of Lalitpur.
Prof. Dr Pradeep Vaidya
Past President
Pradeep is Assistant Dean of Institute of Medicine and Professor of surgery in University Hospital in Nepal. He is Chairman of Disaster committee and made it a model hospital prepared for disaster, which owned praise in the 2015 earthquake. He helped redevelop Hospital Preparedness for Emergencies into Multi-hazard disaster course and conducts it in 12 countries in the SE Asia.
He is the President of Nepal Ambulance Service and National Society for Emergency and Disaster Risk Management and conducts many disaster courses. He developed and conducted many disaster and emergency courses, guidelines and protocols for the Ministry of Health, Nepal.
Dr. Tumla Lacoul Shah
Vice President
Dr. Tumla Lacoul Shah is a CEO and Founder of Sukhi Pariwar Clinic since 1990. She was also the Medical Director of Nepal Fertility Care Center since Oct 1995 till July 2010, Senior Medical Officer at Family Planning Association of Nepal (FPAN) since Sept 1989 till Aug 1994, Medical Officer at Tri- Chandra Military Hospital since May 1986 to July 1988 and Resident Medical at Indra Rajya Laxmi Maternity Hospital since Sept 1985 to March 1986.
She is also an author of LUNA, 2018, Published by Ghost writing group Nepal and an author of more than 24 articles published in several National newspapers regarding women’s health.
Mr. Sharada Bhakta Ranjit
Vice President
Sharada Bhakta Ranjit is Deputy Inspector General (Retired) of Nepal Police where he served nearly 28 years. He is well conversant with security and risk management issues including security planning and monitoring. Having served as a senior police officer during Nepal’s decade long insurgency, he also has considerable first hand experience with armed conflict.
Mr. Ranjit also has international field experience as a UN peace keeper deployed in Haiti and Afghanistan. He is currently working as a security advisor and consultant to a number of private firms in Kathmandu and is also active in a number of social service activities including the Community Police Service Group of Kalimati and as Vice President of Club 50.
Dr. Ashish Shrestha
General Secretary
Dr. Neil Pande
Secretary
Mr. Prabhu Ram Bhandary
Treasurer
Mrs. Barsha Shrestha
Member
Mrs Barsha Shrestha is the Business Head of ICRA Nepal Ltd since August 2018.
On 2008, she had joined Clean Energy Development Bank (CEDB) as a General Manager (GM), making her the first Woman GM in Private Sector banking in Nepal. She had even led the banking team being the Deputy CEO from 2014 to 2015. Her past professional experience even shows her active involvement as a part of Nabil Bank Ltd since 1984 and resigned the bank as Head- Privilege Banking on 2015.
During her professional journey, she has been recognized by a number of prestigious awards like, “National Woman Award 2009” by Civil Voice for Peace & Development, “Woman Manager Recognition Award 2010” by Management Association of Nepal, “SMS Achiever’s Award 2011” by Association of St. Mary’s Alumnae, Nepal, Succeeded for CEDB to receive membership of “Global Alliance for Banking on Values” in 2013 in Berlin, Germany, the only Nepalese Bank to receive this Award till date.
Mrs. Resu Aryal Dhungana
Member
Reshu Aryal Dhungana is the Executive Director of Fulbright Commission/USEF- Nepal. Reshu is an experienced educator/administrator who chaired the Board of Teach for Nepal for 5 years at the start.
She is also the Founder of Habeli Outdoor Learning Center, dedicated to creating opportunities for children to learn in nature to become more holistically educated, environmentally conscious, and climate cange resilient. Ms. Aryal Dhungana has worked at Ullens Education Foundation from 2009 to 2013, where she also served as Director of Program and Communications. She was Coordinator at Film South Asia-Festival of South Asian Documentary. She graduated from the University of Ninnesota in 1999 with a Bachelor’s in Anthropology and has completed her joint Masters in Leadership and Educational Change from the National Institute of Education, NTU, Singapore, and Teachers College, Columbia University.
Dr. Prakash Bista
Member
Management Team
Management Team Members
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Mr. Amit Joshi
Chief Executive Officer - Medical Director (MD)
- Program Officer
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Prabin Shrestha
Finance Officer
International Advisory Board
From Stanford University School of Medicine
- Paul Auerbach, MD, Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Swaminatha Mahadevan, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Dr. Kelly Murphy, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Matthew Strehlow, MD, Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
- Alice Chiao, MD, Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
- Rebecca Walker, MD, Clinical Instructor of Emergency Medicine
From the private sector
- David Amsalem, EMT, NAS activist and founding member
- Russ Pariseau, Communications Consultant and founding member
- Friends of NAS UK
National Advisory Board
- Mr. lochan Amatya
- Mr. Anil Sinha
- Mr. Mukunda Bahadur Pradhan
Goodwill Ambassador
- Mr. Madan Krishna Shrestha
- Mr. Hari Bansha Acharya