Government of Nepal, Ministry of Agricultural and Livestock Development has been appointed Dr. Doj Raj Khanal as the acting Executive Director of the NARC effective from 2081/05/05. Dr. Khanal is specialized in Animal Health discipline. He has a long time experience in the field of Animal Health research and development. Before this appointment, he was working as the Director, Livestock and Fishery Research of NARC. He had also worked as the chief of National Animal Health Research Centre. The newly appointed Executive director has a number of publications in the national and international journals.