Keshab Poudel
NEPAL-INDIA Towards A Thaw ?
Chilled by the proclamation of new map by Nepal, Nepal-India relations seem to be moving for restoration. The telephone conversations between the two prime ministers and the proposed first formal meeting between the two countries is likely to thaw the ice
By Keshab Poudel Aug 15, 2020
MELAMCHI Dream Come True
Almost thirty-six years after it was conceived as an alternative source of drinking water supply to Kathmandu valley, Melamchi Drinking Water Project, which has seen many political, technical, administrative, managerial and natural disruptions, has finally started the commissioning and testing process of carrying water to Kathmandu valley. Many ministers and leaders might have aspired to lead the ministry during the beginning of Nepal’s mega project. However, what a coincidence, Minister Bina Magar, of the same age as the project, is leading the ministry with a competent team of technically sound secretary Madhav Belbase for this historic moment
By Keshab Poudel Jul 12, 2020
Journey To Energy Mix
Following the first installation of a hydropower plant in Nepal in Pharping almost 150 years ago, Nepal’s energy sector has been following two model hydropower and diesel plants to generate the electricity. Delayed in implementation for years due to several reasons, the World Bank-funded project started after the initiative taken by Kul Man Ghising, managing director of Nepal Electricity Authority. As the project had waited to come into operation in the scheduled time due to various obstructions, it has set a new record in mixing solar energy with Nepal’s hydro-dominated grid system. With the completion of the first unit of the plant in the lockdown, connecting the solar electricity to the national grid, MD Ghising has made another breakthrough in Nepal’s grid distribution system
By Keshab Poudel Jun 23, 2020
UPPER TAMAKOSI As If No Lockdown
As the country is under lockdown, Upper Tamakosi Project has completed one of the most difficult parts of the work, that is, installing the penstock pipe in lower vertical shaft. Constructed under Nepali investment and supervision by technicians of Nepal Electricity Authority, the construction work of 456 MW project is in full swing, awaiting completion by 2020
By Keshab Poudel Jun 07, 2020
NEPAL-INDIA Bonds Across Border
Nepal-India relations are unique and complex. There have been many ups and downs at the official level, from time to time, but the relations at the people-to-people level have remained intact. Despite the politicization of the sensitive border issue by individuals at the state level, social, cultural and religious linkages continue to stand strong
By Keshab Poudel May 30, 2020
DR. BADRI RAJ PANDE Health Sector Pillar
Starting in 1951, with high maternal and infant mortality rates, when the life expectancy hovered around 30 years, Nepal has drastically improved its health system. Mortality rates have gone down and life expectancy has crossed over 70. Dr. Badri Raj Pande, son of renowned scholar late Rudra Raj Pande, has seen all this change through the lens of a patient, practicing doctor and policy maker. A founding member of Nepal Family Association, Dr. Pande has seen epidemics, cholera, malaria, typhoid and polio, among various seasons of flu, including the present pandemic caused by neo-coronavirus. As the global community, including Nepal, wages a war to contain coronavirus, Dr. Pande is observing all this from his Maharajgunj house. Dr. Pande, 85, has shared his experiences and observations here
By Keshab Poudel May 08, 2020
YOGENDRA SAKYA: Hotel Ambassador And Story Of Three Generations
Born in a house of Kathmandu’s renowned jeweler late Basanta Bahadur Sakya, who switched to hotel business giving up his traditional jewelry business of inheritance, hotelier Yogendra Sakya, 65, has seen many changes in his lifetime but he has been able to overcome all the challenges. Inherited from his father late Sakya, founder of Hotel Ambassador, Yogendra Sakya, chairman of Ace Hotels, continues to drive his venture successfully luring his son Rahul Sakya in the business as the third generation in the row. As the world’s economy, particularly tourism sector, has been shaken badly by the spread of new deadly coronavirus, he recalled the story of late Shree Basanta Bahadur Sakya and Hotel Ambassador of resilience, change, opportunity to bounce back and the 3rd generation
By Keshab Poudel Mar 13, 2020
NARAYAN PRASAD ARJAL Order Of Rising Sun
Although senior bureaucrat and former ambassador of Nepal to Japan Narayan Prasad Arjal has immensely contributed to Nepal’s development and progress, only a few from younger generation of civil servants know about this. In his entire career span in civil service over 22 years, 87-year-old Arjal, a living genius of Nepal, worked in various ministries and departments. Retired about 40 years ago following the completion of his tenure as secretary and ambassador to Japan twenty years ago, Arjal has been living in his own healthy lifestyle with the family. With the announcement of Government of Japan to confer him with Order of the Rising Sun for his contribution to strengthening Nepal-Japan relations, Arjal's isolation has got a break
By Keshab Poudel Feb 25, 2020
NEPAL ARMY DAY Sacrifice To Remember
With more than 300 years of glorious history and remarkable achievement in nation building, Nepal Army, the country’s oldest institution defending sovereignty and integrity of Nepal, celebrated the Army Day by demonstrating its modern capacity in disaster management, global peace building and institutional preparedness. Having gone through many upheavals, Nepal Army stands as an organization with highly competent human resources equipped with lots of international exposure
By Keshab Poudel Feb 22, 2020
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