Army Chief Urges Nepali Army Health Sciences Institute to Produce Skilled, Honest Personnel

Kathmandu. Chief of Army Staff Ashokraj Sigdel has urged the Nepali Army Health Sciences Institute to produce not only skilled and quality but also dutiful and honest manpower.

Addressing the program organized here today on the occasion of the institute's 15th anniversary, he wished the institute success in establishing itself as an excellent educational institution for producing more quality manpower in this sector, keeping in mind the current need for health sector manpower in the country.

Praising the institute for being able to make itself well-known both at home and abroad in a short time by producing manpower in a sensitive and important subject like the medical field, Chief of Army Staff Sigdel also urged it to move forward by making further quality strides in line with the times in the coming days.

On that occasion, he presented awards to various disciplines' outstanding students, doctors, and employees studying at the institute. In the program, the institute's director Prof. Dr. Devendra Bahadur Khatri presented the annual report, providing information about the status and needs of various subjects and programs currently being conducted by the institute.

Another director of the institute, Purushottam Khadka, and Principal Prof. Dr. Ratna Adhikari provided information about the academic and administrative activities of the institute. Dean of the Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, Prof. Dr. Mohanraj Sharma said that the Nepali Army Health Sciences Institute is producing skilled and excellent manpower required for the country's health sector.

Established in 2067 BS under the welfare fund of the Nepali Army, this institute has been producing doctors, nurses, and especially health sector manpower through higher education.

Currently, the institute is conducting five undergraduate and 23 postgraduate subjects and educational programs. There are approximately 1,400 students and 248 faculty members in all subjects and faculties conducted at the institute.