Meghnath Dhimal

Dr Meghnath Dhimal is an Environmental Health Scientist with over 20 years of experience working in Nepal and abroad. His primary area of expertise is on environmental health with more focus on climate change and health, social determinants of health and implementation research. Currently, he works as a Chief/Senior Research Officer at the Nepal health Research Council (NHRC). He is also an Associate Academician at Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Visiting Faculty of Environmental Health Sciences at Tribhuvan University and Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, USA. He is a recipient of “Young Scientists Award of the Year 2015” by the NAST, Winner of New Voices in Global Health Programme at World Health Summit 2017 in Berlin, Germany; Outstanding Health Research Award 2018 from NHRC, Nepal and National Science, Technology and Innovation Award of Health Sector 2022 from Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal. He is also recipient of Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Scientific Excellence Award 2023. He is a first Nepali who has elected as a Fellow of International Science council (ISC) since December 2023 which is the highest honour that can be conferred on an individual by the ISC.  He has contributed to several UN organizations as a member of expert advisory groups