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“The lack of understanding of the matters among people in the government is the biggest issue here”

Times are quite challenging for a developing country like Nepal to resume normalcy after facing two years of economic turbulence created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Things are particularly difficult also in the sense that the country is struggling to manage the federal system of governance which it adopted five years ago after the promulgation of …

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“If the two new airports along with TIA are operated effectively, we can attract 5 million tourists annually”

The Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc in the international aviation industry and the impacts are still being felt by airliners the world over. Even during the time of crisis, companies like Buddha Air managed to stay afloat due to the extraordinary determination of their leadership and effective management. Birendra Bahadur Basnet is the Managing Director of …

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“Even when Nepal’s macroeconomic indicators are not looking good, our private sector is very resilient, and things are happening”

Siddhant Raj Pandey is Chairman and CEO of Business Oxygen Private Limited (BO2), Nepal’s first private equity fund. BO2 is a part of the Global SME Venture initiative of the International Finance Corporation (IFC). Pandey was a banker for over two decades, having worked at Merrill Lynch and Riggs Bank in London. He was also …

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“We are keen to expand investments in agri-processing business” 

Established in 1998, Nimbus Holdings has come along a journey of 21 years to become one of the major groups in Nepal with a focus on agribusiness. In recent years, Nimbus has ventured into agri-processing and has been producing consumer products including edible oil and different types of food items. According to Ananda Bagaria, Managing Director …

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The pandemic period gave us an opportunity to focus on R&D

Sashin Joshi is Group Executive Director of Jawalakhel Group of Industries (JGI), one of Nepal’s leading business groups with a major interest in alcoholic beverages production. A former banker, Joshi ventured into the manufacturing sector in 2018 by joining JGI after spending over three decades in the banking industry during which he led two commercial …

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“Dealing with Covid’s impact remained the central task of the new executive body of FNCCI”

Chandra Prasad Dhakal is the chairman of IME Group, one of Nepal’s leading business houses. Dhakal, who is also a Senior Vice President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), is credited with the growth of the remittance sector as well as the merger of banks and financial institutions in Nepal. …

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‘The industrialization of the country is one of the focus areas of CNI’

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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‘The industrialization of the country is one of the focus areas of CNI’

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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