Sharma Appointed as CoAS Prabhu Ram Sharma President Bidhya Devi Bhandari has appointed Prabhu Ram Sharma as the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of Nepal Army. Before, he was working as Chief of General Staff of the army and was given the responsibility of Acting CoAS on August 10 after incumbent CoAS Purna Chandra Thapa …
One of the major assertions of schools of thought in modern management is that the most important resource in an organization is the human resources or intellectual capital that enables the institution to grow to a position of pre-eminence. To achieve this, employees have to transcend their role of ‘working for’ the organization into a …
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Bhuvan Kumar Dahal, CEO of Sanima Bank, has three decades of experience in the Nepali banking sector. In 1991, he quit a permanent government job to venture into the banking sector to have an illustrious career. Dahal joined Nabil Bank in 1991 as an assistant. His decision reaped rewards as he rose to become the …
Yuvraj Shrivastava is a Chief of Human Resources and Administration Officer at Ncell Axiata, Nepal’s leading telecom company. The HRM talked with Shrivastava on impact of Covid-19 on HR management, new HR practices and lesson learnt from the pandemic. Yuvraj Shrivastava Excerpts: What has the Covid-19 pandemic changed the most for HR professionals? What are …
Today’s corporate HR function has changed beyond recognition. But most CEOs still think of their HR colleagues as those who help set up candidate interviews, organize paperwork, raise compliance concerns, plan staff picnics, and order birthday cakes. At best, they see the HR function as a business support one. At worst, they see it as …
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There are challenges for Human Resources Management (HRM) fraternity to revisit its philosophy and realign with social norms. The ongoing Covid-19 crisis has necessitated transformations of employment and work practices. The pandemic has caused disruptive changes in dynamics within the skills market and retention strategies of organizations forcing for a total revaluation of the current …
Vishnu Kumar Agrawal has recently taken the leadership of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI), one of the leading private sector bodies of Nepal. As the new president of the CNI, Agrawal, who is the Managing Director of MAW Enterprises Pvt. Ltd., has a challenging job ahead to lead the private sector in the time …
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I am often asked that one leadership style that I adhere to. The truth is that it is not so much a style but rather a ‘mantra’ that I choose to live by. The mantra is “I strive to make my workplace safe to fail for my colleagues all the while ensuring that they have …
As first-generation CEOs gradually resign, second-generation bankers are taking a leadership position in Nepali banking. The Nepali banking sector which is currently grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic is also in the midst of leadership change. In the last 2-3 months, CEOs of five commercial banks have either resigned or did not wish to extend their …
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HR is no more considered just an administrative support function. The younger generation corporate workforce with the global learning exposure alongside the presence of different multinational companies and business partnership with foreign companies together has contributed to the demarcation of the HR function with a general administrative function. This has resulted in HR professionals being …
