I pursued Chartered Accountancy for my higher education. My article-ship was completed in Mumbai, India. Throughout my studies, I also engaged in part-time training. However, my first official employment began at Rastriya Banijya Bank (RBB) in 2006, starting at level 9. At that time, RBB had brought in foreign management to improve the state-owned banks, …
Speak without Fear #4 Startup events are popping up everywhere in Kathmandu and across Nepal. Whether it is students competing in the HULT Prize, professionals pitching at NYEF, CNIYEF events, and Tangent Waves’s bootcamps/accelerators, or founders presenting at demo days in Challenge Funds for investments and grants – there is one thing they all have …
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Deepak Raj Joshi serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), a collaborative initiative between the government and the private sector dedicated to tourism promotion. Under his leadership, the NTB has been actively engaged in positioning Nepal as a compelling investment opportunity through forward-thinking promotional and marketing strategies, adapting to the …
What additional benefits are the C-suites availing? Lucrative salaries and perks associated with certain professions often become the talk of the town. In publicly listed companies, this information is transparent and published in their annual reports. Salaries and incentives for government employees are also publicly known. However, in privately owned corporates and industries, these matters …
As our train gently rolled out of Delhi, Prajal (a professor at the University of Groningen and my old friend) and I were heading to Indian Institute of Management Bodh Gaya’s Sustainability Conference – a journey both literal and metaphorical. I was preparing to present my Massive Online Course on Himalayan Sustainability. Prajal was set …
My professional career has been rooted in teaching experience. My very first employment was that of a school teacher in Shree Madhawaliya Secondary School at Bhairahawa while pursuing my intermediate studies in 1993/94. Later on, I moved to Kathmandu for further studies. For reasons of poverty on the part of my parents, I was required …
When the first Nepal Toastmasters Futsal Tournament was organised during the fall of 2023, there was a unique requirement – each team that wanted to qualify needed at least two female players in their 10-person team and one female player playing on the field at all times. The tournament, which was set up to bolster …
Urmila Shrestha is the Chief Executive Officer of Salt Trading Corporation Ltd. (STC). With over 37 years of experience at STC, she has served in various capacities and has been CEO since 2007. She has led STC’s expansion beyond its initial salt distribution mandate to include essential commodities like sugar, rice, flour, LPG gas and …
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) hold the promise of fast growth, economies of scale, and competitive advantage, yet fully realising these benefits remains a great challenge for business leaders. According to studies by McKinsey and the Harvard Business Review, 70% to 90% of all M&A deals fail to deliver their anticipated benefits. More importantly, poorly executed …
Introduction Can we imagine our lives without modern transportation? Traveling miles on foot, by cart, or on horseback like our ancestors is hardly practical. While such modes of travel might be considered adventurous and appealing for tourism or recreational activities—often at a high cost—they are simply not feasible for daily life. The transport sector is …
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