• Vice president, Population Association of Nepal.

• Working Fields: Teaching, Research, Monitoring and Evaluation & Social Work.

• PhD (Doctor of Health Science): Department of Social Gerontology, School of Health Sciences and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan. (March, 2007).

Gerontology: Active ageing, functional disability of older adults, mental health, loneliness, depression, abuse of elderly, social support