| Dr. Shashank Koirala | |
| Native Name: | शशांक कोइराला |
| Office: | Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha |
| Term Start: | 4 March 2018 |
| Constituency: | Nawalparasi East 1 |
| Predecessor: | Constituency established |
| Office1: | Member of Constituent Assembly |
| Term Start1: | 28 May 2008 |
| Term End1: | 14 October 2017 |
| Constituency1: | Nawalparasi 1 |
| Predecessor1: | Damodar Bastakoti |
| Successor1: | Constituency abolished |
| Office2: | General Secretary of Nepali Congress |
| Term Start2: | 8 March 2016 |
| Term End2: | 16 December 2021 |
| Predecessor2: | Krishna Prasad Sitaula |
| Successor2: | Gagan Thapa Bishwa Prakash Sharma |
| Party: | Nepali Congress |
| Alma Mater: | Banaras Hindu University |
| Birth Date: | 24 October 1958[1] |
| Birth Place: | Patna, Bihar, India |
| Father: | Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala |
| Mother: | Sushila Koirala |
| Spouse: | Suphatra Koirala |
| Relatives: | See Koirala family |
| Honorific Suffix: | MP |
| Honorific Prefix: | Honourable |
Shashank Koirala (Nepali: शशांक कोइराला; born 24 October 1958) is a Nepalese politician and Member of House of Representatives, belonging to the political dynasty of Koirala family. Shashanka is also a renowned ophthalmologist.[2]
He was the General Secretary of Nepali Congress, being elected in the party's 2016 general convention with 1417 votes against 1017 votes secured by his nearest rival Arjun Narasingha K.C.[3] [4]
In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, he was elected from the Nawalparasi-1 constituency, winning 17430 votes.[5] He was the sole member of the Koirala family to get elected through the First Past the Post system.[6]
He retained his seat in the 2013 Constituent Assembly election as well as in the 2017 Nepalese legislative elections.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepali Congress | Shashanka Koirala | 40,620 | ||
| CPN (Maoist Centre) | Bhavisor Parajuli | 36,596 | ||
| Bibeksheel Sajha Party | Hari Prasad Gautam | 1,082 | ||
| Others | 2,962 | |||
| Result | Congress gain | |||
| Source: Election Commission | ||||
He is the third son of former Nepalese Prime Minister BP Koirala.[3] [7]
1. Thesis: Lipoprotein Profile in Hypertensive Retinopathy - 1985
2. Investigator: Epidemiology and Microbiology of Corneal Suppuration in
3. Investigator: Corneal Surface Injury and Role of Early Prophylactic Antibiotic Therapy. (Editor (1994).
4. Principal Investigator: Efficacy of Antibiotic Prophylaxis for Ocular Surface Trauma Instituted Through Existing Primary Units of Health Care System of - 1996.
5. Principal Investigator: South Asian Cataract Management Study 1997.
6. Examiner: Fellow of Royal and Surgeon, Pakistan
1. Effect of applying intraocular pressure reducer before cataract surgery: M.P. Upadhyay, P.C. Karmacharya, S. R. Shrestha, S. Koirala, J. Inst. Med., P. 277–282, 1986.
2. Von 's disease (Neurofibromatosis): Case report: P.C. Karmacharya, S. Koirala, M.P. Upadhyay J. Inst. Med. P. 113
3. Xeroderma pigmentosa: Report of Case P.C. Karmacharya, S. Koirala, M.P. Upadhyay, J. Inst. Med. P 321–326, 1987.
4. Microbial flora of conjunctiva of live newborn Nepalese Baby: P.C. Karmacharya, M.P Upadhyay, B.M. Pokhrel, S.R. Rai, Nepas Journal, 1988, 7, 63-69 (1988).
5. Epidemiologic Characteristics, Predisposing Factors, and Etiologic Diagnosis of Corneal Ulceration in Nepal M.P. Upadhyay, P.C. Karmacharya, S. Koirala, N.R. Tuladhar, L.E. Bryan, G. Smolin, J.P. Whithcer: American Journal of Ophthalmology 111:92-99, January 1991.
6. Vogt Koyanagi Harada (VKS) Syndrome: Case Report D.N. Shah, P.C. Karmacharya, S. Koirala and M.P. Upadhyay, JNMA, Vol. 30, No. 102, Apr-Jan 1992 p 120-124 (J. Nep. Med Assoc. 1992; 30:120-124).
7. Knowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP) Towards Eye disease: Finding of a Survey in Rural Bhaktapur. Paudyal G. Shah D.N., Koirala S. and Upadhyay M.P. Journal of Institute of Medicine, Kathmandu, 14:277, 1992.
8. Knowledge Attitude and Practice (KAP) of Ophthalmology: Finding of Survey of Primary Health Care workers. Shrestha JK, Karmacharya P.C., Shah D.N., Koirala S., Bajracharya H.B., and Upadhyay M.P. Journal of, . 14:237, 1993.
9. The South Asian Cataract Management Study - The first 662 cataract surgeries: a preliminary report. Snellingen T., S. Gupta, F Huq, J.K. Shrestha, R. Husain, S. Koirala, G.N. Rao et al. British Journal of Ophthalmology, November 1995, Vol. 79, No. 11, p 1020–1035.
10. Retinal diseases at TU Teaching Hospital. J.K. Shrestha, S. Koirala, OK Malla, S. Miller. Journal of the 1997, 19:13-17.
11. Burden of ocular trauma in : E. Pradhan, S. Shakya, S. Koirala, M.P. Upadhyay, PCD Karmacharya. Journal of Society of Surgeons of, Aug. 2000, P.6-11.
12. Ocular morbidity in school children in . B.P. Nepal, S. Adhikary, A.K. Sharma. British Journal of Ophthalmology 2003; 87:531-534.
13. Pseudoexfoliation syndrome in . A hospital-based retrospective study. S. Shakya, S. Koirala, PCD Karmacharya. POacific Journal of Ophthalmology Vol. 16, No. 1, Jan, 2004; p 13–16.