Deepak Prasad Dahal, managing director at Phytophrama Nepal Pvt Ltd and Medivet Pharmaceuticals Lab Pvt Ltd, describes himself as a common man. Apart from these affiliations, Dahal is associated with a host of organization in different roles but then also does not find any difficulty in balancing his personal and professional life. “I do not take it as a difficult thing to balance work and family,” he shares, “I take my home and office parallel,” Dahal said who also given the responsibility of general secretary at Association of Pharmaceutical Producers of Nepal (APPON).

A classic music lover, when Dahal is free from his professional schedules that are some tight, he loves reading and playing flute and harmonium. He shares that he sings hymns for about an hour every morning. Besides that, he also loves listening old songs. His favourites are Amber Gurung and Narayan Gopal.

Dahal has a profound love for reading. “I prefer reading books that are based on scientific research and are especially related to the medicine sector”, he shares. But that is not all. Besides reading for research, he loves reading autobiographies of great personalities and life inspiring books. Counting on his favourite books he shares that his all time favourite is ‘Darshan Digdarshan’ by ‘Mahapandit Rahul Sankrityayan’ and ‘World history’ based on the letter of Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter. He shares that he is much inspired by these books in his real life too. “I haven’t found any book as good as them till the date.”

Apart from music and reading, Dahal is a man who is conscious about his health and fitness too. He is early morning waking and walking man. He has a strict routine of going on 6-7 kilometres jogging every morning and then a work out at the health club. He is a good swimmer and loves going for it in the summer.

Getting away from the monotony of routine life is an essentiality. Dahal concedes to this and manages to go for short or long distance vacation at least once in a year. His most memorable vacation destinations so far within the nation are Langtang, Namche, Solukhumbu and says that his trip to Japan, Singapore and some other countries in Europe as the most memorable. When asked to narrow them down, Dahal says his trek to Namche, Solukhumbu is the most memorable. “I wish to go there again if everything favours”, he shares.