27 May 2016, Department of Pharmacy, School of Science, organized one-day workshop on "Infection Prevention and Control in Hospitals". The workshop was supported by the University Grants Commission. The trainers were Dr. Reetu Baral, Dr. Safiur Rahaman Ansari and Mr. Sitaram Bhattarai, members of Healthy Life Foundation. Dr. Rajani Shakya, Acting Head of Department,  welcomed all the trainers and the participants.

Prof. Dr. Mohan Bikram Gewali, Dean of School of Science, inaugurated the program. The participants were mainly nursing personnel from Scheer Memorial Hospital and Dhulikhel Hospital.

Forty BPharm students participated in the training conducted by Mr. Behrouz Moghaddasi, an Iranian physician and search and rescue instructor, first aid instructor and expert naturalist. 

The program started with a welcome speech by Dr. Rajani Shakya, Acting Head of the Department. Prof. Dr. Mohan Bikram Gyawali, Dean, School of Science, spoke on the importance of the program and welcomed Mr. Behrouh Moghaddasi and the training assistant Mr. Dipesh Shrestha from White Mountain Training Insitute. Mr. Badri K.C, Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, coordinated this event.

Disaster preparedness, disaster dorms, earthquake awareness and shake out were the major areas covered on the first day. The training topics that will be covered in June 3-5, 2016 are Disaster medical operations, light search and rescue, team organization, disaster psychology, terrorism and CERT.