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A very positive person by nature, Bajracharya believes that problems are always solvable. “Where there is a will, there is a way” says Bajracharya who loves spending time with his family and sometimes even cooking for them. He leads a well-planned life and though he remains busy in work, he finds no problem in balancing work and home.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is very fond of travelling. He prefers visiting new places every time and this preference has dragged him to many countries across the world. “I like visiting new places because they are exciting” he says. Last year he went to Peru and Brazil along with his family. “Holidays instil positive feelings and increases self-confidence. Similarly, it also helps enhancing productivity and vigour at work”he said while sharing that he goes on a two-week vacation every year.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is very fond of reading books, especially non-fictions that motivate readers. Though he does not play any games, he loves watching games like tennis, football and cricket on TV. As a person who loathes idleness, he is always involved in something, be it at home or at office.</div> <div> </div> <div> He loves listening to old Hindi, English and Nepali songs.He admires logical and sensible people and engages in rational discussions with them whether on social networking sites or in the real world. He has huge friendship base on facebook and opines that logical people are the asset of the nation.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is passionate about his profession and has desires to make some contribution to the society for which he wishes to engage in social work in future. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'A very positive person by nature, Bajracharya believes that problems are always solvable.', 'sortorder' => '2578', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2717', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Pharma, Hockey And Poetry', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Umesh Lal Shrestha, president of Association of Pharmaceuticals Producers of Nepal (APPON) regards himself as a very simple person. Very humble person by nature, Shrestha is hardly found annoyed or angry. Highly inspired by his own father, he walks on his path. ‘Treating Everybody Equally’ is the principle around which Shrestha’s life revolves. “Hierarchy in our society and discriminations in any form frustrates me a lot”, he shares adding, “I don’t believe in the caste system.”</div> <div> </div> <div> This scenario of the society makes Shrestha write too. He shares that he has wrote number of poems based on the contemporary social issues. However, only one of his poems is published so far. He has limitedhis writings within his own diary.</div> <div> </div> <div> Besides writing hobby, Shrestha loves reading too in his spare time. He particularly loves reading biographies. Akio Morita’s biography remains his all time favourite. Apart from that Shrestha loves listening to music too. Old Hindi songs, and songs of Narayan Gopal are his preferred taste in music.He shares that he also likes to sing, but that is also his personal pleasure.</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha has been sporty person in his times. He shares that was an active cricket and hockey player in the past but stopped playing them as his age grew gradually. However, hestill updates himself with the events. This interest in sports has made him the Vice-President of Nepal Olympic Committee and president of Nepal Hockey Association. </div> <div> </div> <div> In spite of being loaded with a host of responsibilities, Shrestha doesn’t find it difficult to manage his personal and professional life. He hates having to attend unnecessary calls when he is on holidays and believes in keeping office and home separate. “I keep it very simple”, he shares, “Don’t take your work home;don’t bring your home to office.” This way he manages well to carry his family and office together. </div> <div> </div> <div> Along with his office responsibilities, he says that he has been successful in managing time for his family. He shares that he often goes on vacation with his family, which consists of his mother, wife and two daughters. Pokhara has always been his favourite within the country, when it comes for vacation or refreshment and spending time with family. Likewise, Europe is his favourite destination overseas. “The scenery and the natural beauty is amazing in Europe”, he shares, “America is good too, but we don’t get to see history and human cultures there as in Europe,” he shares.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-03', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Umesh Lal Shrestha, president of Association of Pharmaceuticals Producers of Nepal (APPON) regards himself as a very simple person. Very humble person by nature, Shrestha is hardly found annoyed or angry. Highly inspired by his own father, he walks on his path. ‘Treating Everybody Equally’ is the principle around which Shrestha’s life revolves. “Hierarchy in our society and discriminations in any form frustrates me a lot”, he shares adding, “I don’t believe in the caste system.”', 'sortorder' => '2563', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2651', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'An Art Loving Entrepreneur', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.”<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.</p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-23', 'modified' => '2014-03-03', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => '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.', 'sortorder' => '2498', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2630', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'An Entrepreneur’s Love For Music', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Bajra and Bajracharya Enterprises’ Managing Director Prakas Bajracharya is a man of balance. Along with being a successful businessman, he has equally managed his beyond office hours for his family. He claims that he is devoted and committed to his family and spends his weekly holidays and spare time with his family. </div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya shares that he often makes foreign business visits and that he enjoys such trips with his family as much as possible. While doing his work, he also makes the best of it and enjoys business trips. He finds New York as the best place for shopping and Mauritius as the best place for family holiday.</div> <div> </div> <div> Everything he has is the outcome of his meticulous planning, according to him. Bajracharya has a unique habit of working during the mid-night hours, between 10 pm to 2 am. “It’s peaceful during these hours and it allows me to focus,” he shares. He thinks it is the perfect time to work and make business plans because no one disturbs him these hours from concentrating.“This planning helps me stay ahead and remain on guard to cater to the needs of customers and the business during my office hours”, he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is fitness conscious. Every morning he goes to gym and sweats out for one to two hours. He also loves swimming for refreshment but that is only in summer. He believes that health is our biggest asset and opines that if we have a good health, we have everything. When he is in peace and to himself, Bajracharya loves scribbling poems and has deep love for writing. He has written several songs and even got recorded some of them in the voice of prominent Bollywood singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, and Kollywood singers like Babin Pradhan, Hemanta Rana, among others. An containing five songs in the voices of these singers with music composition of Om Bikram Bista is already launched.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya remembers that he had been in love for writing since childhood and maintained a diary. “My writing habit started with diary writing”, he shares. “I used to write all the things that I did throughout the day, things I need to do, and the surprising and unplanned things that happened to me,” he shares, “This gradually improved my writing habit and the quality of writing.” He remembers the gradual development of his diary writing habit into love for writing poems and then into songs writing. </div> <div> </div> <div> As a passionate music lover, he has his own list of favourite musical figures. Michael Jackson, Enrique, and Jennifer Lopez top the list among western singers and Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and Adnan Sami in Bollywood singers. Bajracharya acted in one of his album’s video and is happy with his musical journey and the feedback he’s got so far. Apart from the love for music, Bajracharya also has love for books. He prefers reading non-fiction to fiction, especially those that provide creative ideas. He also loves reading biographies of prominent people. His all time favourite has been the book on Steve Jobs. He doesn’t miss even a single book by American entrepreneur Donald Trump.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-18', 'modified' => '2014-02-23', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bajra and Bajracharya Enterprises’ Managing Director Prakas Bajracharya is a man of balance. Along with being a successful businessman, he has equally managed his beyond office hours for his family. He claims that he is devoted and committed to his family and spends his weekly holidays and spare time with his family.', 'sortorder' => '2474', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2565', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Balancing Office And Family', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Ratish Chandra Lal Suman, likes to describe himself as a ‘positive’ person. Suman has always been positive regarding life and the people around him. A modest and calm person by nature, he tries hard to manage as much as time he could for his family despite his tight business schedule. “I try my best to take my home and my office parallel,” he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman thinks that it’s even harder when one is at the peak of his/her career to balance his/her family and office together. And stresses on the role of family also in understanding one’s professional needs. “My family does complain of my busy schedule but at the same time also understands it,” he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Whatever free time Suman gets, he shares it with his family that comprises of his wife and three children. He spends this time at home as well as on outing with them. </div> <div> </div> <div> When it comes to travelling, Suman has a deep love to visit heritage sites. “I love places with historical values,” he shares while adding that Paris is among his most loved places. Out of his many trips, Suman remembers his recent trip to Dubai as the most memorable one. “Desert drive in Dubai was something worth doing once,” he shares, “It was the most unforgettable thing I’ve done so far.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from that, Suman has his love for reading books too. He loves reading informative books. “I read the books, which increase my general knowledge”, he shares. He shares that he often reads encyclopaedia and even the I.Q books of his children. “The Earth” by Oxford publication is what Suman is currently going through.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman in his good old days used to play badminton but has given up now days. However, he loves watching Cricket and follows it on regular basis.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman’s taste in music can be recognised in his love for old songs. Tara Devi and Narayan Gopal are among his favourites and he listens to them whenever he gets time and whenever he feels the desire to. He particularly likes Gazals and his present day favourite is Anju Panta.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman who was a teacher by profession before joining CAAN, thinks that he would probably teaching somewhere if had not joined CAAN. </div> <div> </div> <div> Largely inspired by his elder brother, Suman believes in destiny. “Everything comes at a right time and no one gets more than his fate,” he opines.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-09', 'modified' => '2014-02-18', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'A modest and calm person by nature, he tries hard to manage as much as time he could for his family despite his tight business schedule.', 'sortorder' => '2410', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2539', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Family Comes First', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Sanjeev Subba, CEO of National Banking Training Institute, describes himself as a transparent and fair person. A realistic person by nature, Subba considers his family to be his greatest wealth. Life for him is very simple. “Life is all about being normal and happy while doing well to everyone”, he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba considers his family to be his first and the foremost priority. In his free time, he loves doing anything that would engage his family members as well. “I don’t go golfing because it takes me away from my family,” says Subba. He does not want to miss any opportunity to see his children growing up and so, he always manages time for his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba regards his family to be his inspiration. He believes that everyone learns from the family. “It is the family that teaches a person to be patient and helps them learn new things”,he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba finds no difficulty in managing his work and family. He believes that management is all about learning how to do proper things at proper time. “9 to 5 is my office time and the rest is my personal time”, says Subba. He opines that one must learn to value family more than their job because jobs can be replaced, but not family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba hates nothing in particular. However, he has a strong dislike for gossips and office politics. He considers himself and his staffs lucky for getting to enjoy two days holiday in a week. He says that it is necessary for every organization to give their staffs at least two days of holiday in a week to help them re-charge themselves.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba loves gardening and invests some amount of his time in his home garden. He also loves travelling and wants to visit each and every place of Nepal. When asked about his most memorable trip, he said that each of his trips is always memorable. “The destination does not make any trip memorable. It is up to you to make any trip memorable,” he explains. He has travelled 52 countries all over the world. He had recently been to the eastern part of Nepal and describes the places to be extremely beautiful.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba is also a sporty person. He loves watching football and cricket. He also loves swimming. He often goes for trekking and hiking. Every day, he goes for jogging. He believes that hiking, trekking and jogging help him remain fit and healthy.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba is a music lover. His favourite singers are Narayan Gopal, Aruna Lama and Arun Thapa. However, he does not like hard rock and metal.</div> <div> </div> <div> Books are an inevitable part of Subba’s life. He used to read fictions in the past. But, now, he reads books related to leadership, management and banking. His work requires him remaining updated on issues related to management and banking. He recalls his favourite book to be “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Subba is equally active on social networking sites. He uses facebook and twitter. “I have been using facebook since 2003-2004”, he recalls.</div> <div> </div> <div> Highly inspired by a Japanese proverb “Action without vision is a daydream, vision without action is a nightmare”, Subba thinks that everyone should have an ambition in life.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-27', 'modified' => '2014-02-09', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Sanjeev Subba, CEO of National Banking Training Institute, describes himself as a transparent and fair person. A realistic person by nature, Subba considers his family to be his greatest wealth. Life for him is very simple. “Life is all about being normal and happy while doing well to everyone”, he says.', 'sortorder' => '2384', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2477', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Voracious Reader', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Krishna Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Industries (MoI), is a person who lives life in a simple manner. He describes himself as a positive person and loves to be viewed as a person with a clean-image. He follows Mahamta Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and tries to translate it in his lifestyle. Life, according to him, has to be taken easily and no one should be over-ambitious. “A person who is over-ambitious often fails to enjoy the simplicity of life,” says Gyawali. He further adds, “Accepting the people and situation as they are, makes life beautiful.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali loves to walk and often goes for hiking. He is a nature-lover and loves peaceful places. He is equally fascinated by cinemas and takes reading as his utmost hobby. He loves to spend his leisure time discussing political and social issues with like-minded people. He equally loves to listen to music and regards sleeping to be his favourite time-pass. However, he holds a strong dislike towards playing cards.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali is a voracious reader. He is a fiction lover and believes that fiction has the power to take the reader to a different world. Likewise, he also reads philosophical books and biographies. He loves the work of Shankar Lamichhane and Bhupi Sherchan. But since his childhood, he has never liked Maths and Science. Gyawali’s favourite book is ‘Nepal’s Failed Development’ by Devendra Raj Pandey. Currently he is reading ‘India And Its Contradictions’ by Amatya Sen and Jean Drèze.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali is a balanced person. He finds no difficulty in managing his professional and family life. He believes that the only way to balance these two is to take them together. “Taking work as fun is the way to find peace even while working,” he says. He suggests everyone to have positive attitude towards work to enjoy professional life. </div> <div> </div> <div> Though Gyawali wishes he had some more free time for himself and his family, and though he wishes for two day weekend holidays, he believes that public holidays are way too much in number and should be decreased. </div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali loves visiting new places. He has been to many places in Nepal and describes Nepal as a place blessed by nature.He recalls visiting beautiful places like- Mustang, Pokhara, Chitwan, Swargadwari etc with his family members. Besides that he has also been to Pakistan and India and remembers these places to be also very beautiful. Gyawali recalls Disney land of Paris to be one of the most fascinating holiday destinations. </div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali aspires to write two books in his lifetime. He wants to write a novel that reflects the reality of society. He also wants to give it a personal touch by adding elements of his life. Likewise, he wants to write a book that focuses on Nepal’s poverty and prosperity and wants to link it with Nepal’s development. Gyawali considers B.P Koirala, Nelson Mandela and his father to be his inspirational figures.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali believes in Rajnish’s saying of being happy with what you have. His motto in life is to be happy and see everyone around him happy. He encourages everyone to be dutiful towards the nation and asks them to be service-oriented.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-20', 'modified' => '2014-01-27', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Krishna Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Industries (MoI), is a person who lives life in a simple manner. He describes himself as a positive person and loves to be viewed as a person with a clean-image. He follows Mahamta Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and tries to translate it in his lifestyle. Life, according to him, has to be taken easily and no one should be over-ambitious. “A person who is over-ambitious often fails to enjoy the simplicity of life,” says Gyawali. He further adds, “Accepting the people and situation as they are, makes life beautiful.”', 'sortorder' => '2345', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2445', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Zeal To Work', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Barsha Shrestha, Acting CEO of Clean Energy Development Bank defines herself as a very humble and hard working person. Shrestha enjoys her professional and personal life equally and therefore finds no difficulty in managing time for both. She considers her family as her biggest strength and shares that they are very supportive. “My husband and my children are very supportive, they appreciate my work and are very proud of me,” she said.She regards her parents as her inspiration and credits them for her present standing. Next to them, she finds Mother Teresa’s idealsvery muchinspirational.</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha wishes to spend maximum time with her family and in-laws. However, she hardly gets time to do due to her hectic professional schedules. She loves engaging herself in household activities like cooking, cleaning house, gardening and watching television. She is very fond of pickles and likes making variety of pickles in her spare time.</div> <div> </div> <div> She loves travelling and has visited various countries including the United States of America, Australia, France and Germany. She is fond of visiting exotic places and recalls her tripsto Myanmar and Cambodia as one of the most memorable trips.</div> <div> </div> <div> As a positive person she perceives life as a beautiful gift. Shrestha believes in respecting others for being happy in life. She says, “My motto in life is to be happy and true happiness can only be attained if we respect others”. She likes to spend most of her free time in socializing with different people. Shrestha feels proud to be part of the Nepali culture and thinks that Nepali culture has always taught her to respect and love others.</div> <div> </div> <div> As a socially active person she is involved with many organizations such as the Confederation of Nepalese Industries- Women Entrepreneurs and Professional Forum (CNI-WEPF). She is among the Board of Directors of Samriddhi Foundation and is also engaged in many other social activities. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha likes reading economic news but has no interest in political issues. She has fascination towards music and watches many music reality shows on television. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha believes poor time management as one of her weaknesses and sometimes finds trouble in prioritizing her work properly. She believes her staff and customers to be her biggest strength and is thankful towards them for trusting her.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-19', 'modified' => '2014-01-20', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Barsha Shrestha, Acting CEO of Clean Energy Development Bank defines herself as a very humble and hard working person. Shrestha enjoys her professional and personal life equally and therefore finds no difficulty in managing time for both. She considers her family as her biggest strength and shares that they are very supportive. “My husband and my children are very supportive, they appreciate my work and are very proud of me,” she said.She regards her parents as her inspiration and credits them for her present standing. Next to them, she finds Mother Teresa’s idealsvery muchinspirational.', 'sortorder' => '2288', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2432', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Vivacious Personality', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Prabindra Singh, Resident Director of Hotel Indreni Himalaya, is a very humble person. He considers life as a challenge because it has many ups and downs and he is ready to face all the hurdles in life. He is a very family person and spends most of his time with his family. Singh loves doing meditation and is involved in many spiritual activities organized by The Art of Living and Osho. He thinks that meditation is very important because it helps one to save time for one self and helps to refresh.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh frequently goes to movies with his family. He likes watching movies that have good moral message and teach good lessons about life. Singh loves listening to music and reading spiritual books. He dislikes staying idle and is always engaged in exploring things around.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh believes that when a person is involved in the service and hospitality sector, life becomes very tough. As one is mostly engaged with clients, it’s hard to allocate adequate time for family and spouse. However, he thinks that if things are scheduled they can be very easily managed. “I believe in smart work rather than planned work,” says Singh.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh thinks that holidays are very important stating that everybody needs a break from hectic routine. He likes going to different places. Last year, Singh visited South-East India and Thailand. His favourite holiday destination is Hua-Hin, Thailand. However, he wants to visit many places like Annapurna Base Camp, Lukla and Ghale Gaun .Among all the trips, Singh’s most memorable trip was his honeymoon trip to Pokhara.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh is very much interested in sports but due to hectic schedule, he hardly manages times for it. In his school days he was the skipper of his school’s football team and used to be a Table Tennis champion.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh is a very positive and a high-spirited person. He loves reading books that deal about problems of life and also teaches how to lead life with positives attitude. Summing up his attitude towards life, he borrows Osho’s quote “Forget the time when you suffered but not the lesson it taught to you”. Singh believes that problems are part of life and one must deal with them positively.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh loves interacting with new people and exploring different cultures. He is available on some social networking sites but is barely active due to his hectic schedule. He uses social media channels for professional purposes also.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-07', 'modified' => '2014-01-19', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Prabindra Singh, Resident Director of Hotel Indreni Himalaya, is a very humble person. He considers life as a challenge because it has many ups and downs and he is ready to face all the hurdles in life. He is a very family person and spends most of his time with his family. 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She has no hobby in particular. However, she loves watching news on TV. Apart from that, she is a family person and dedicates most of her time to her family.</div> <div> </div> <div> She finds no trouble in managing her daily life that swings between her home and officer. “To balance work and home, one must not mingle office work with household matter and vice-versa,” Sainju opines. As a person who considers her family to be her biggest strength, she always tries to spend some extra time with her family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju has love for long holidays and loves exploring new places whenever she manages to go on holidays. She is a spontaneous person and so, believes that holiday become fun when it is planned randomly. Sainju has explored many places of Nepal for her official work. However, due to her busy schedule, she has not been able to visit many places outside Nepal. Her last holiday destination was Malaysia, one and half years ago. She believes that every vacation holds good memories with it. Though busy schedules have not given her to opportunity to go on vacations recently, she has desires to visit new places if she ever has free time. </div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju, like every other woman, loves shopping. However, that does not mean that she likes to wander from shop to shop to buy a single good. She shops very fast and is not very choosy with items.</div> <div> </div> <div> In her youth, she used to play Table Tennis and recollects that she was very good at it. Nowadays considering time constraints she has given it up. Though she loves reading biographies, nowadays she has been not able to allocate time for it as well. She is not active in social networking sites also.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite being in a respectable position and having many responsibilities, Sainju strives to do something good for the society. She is a peace loving person and wants everyone around her to be at peace.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-01', 'modified' => '2014-01-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. 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He finds himself successful in managing time for his work and for his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Family has an important place in his life. “Family and work are like the two wheels of a cart which need to be balanced well,” says Udas while opining that one should never have problem in managing time for one’s family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Udas has no specific hobby as such and thus enjoys everything. For him holidays provide space for oneself and help in rejuvenating mind. He stresses on the need for taking holidays at regular intervals. </div> <div> </div> <div> He finds himself lucky for having Pokhara as his hometown. He goes there when he feels the need to relax. Of his vacation visits, Udas recalls his South India trip to be one of the most memorable trips. He had trekked there with backpacks.</div> <div> </div> <div> Udas is an adventurous person too and likes sports bike. He loves riding bikes on highways. “Long rides on outskirts of the city, helps a person to explore new destination and save time for oneself,” he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> He has extreme fascination for football and enjoys playing it most of the time. </div> <div> </div> <div> In his leisure, Udas watches BBC, National Geographic and other informational channels. He also loves watching inspirational videos on YouTube. He likes reading short books and articles on business and philosophy and scans the web for them on regular basis. He dislikes reading long books. </div> <div> </div> <div> He believes in meeting new people for rejuvenating perception and ideas. He has active profiles on social media channels and uses them when he gets some moment </div> <div> for himself.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-24', 'modified' => '2014-01-01', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Sachin Udas, Marketing Manager at Tele Talk Pvt Ltd, is a very straight forward person. He believes of being a diplomatically straightforward and a family person. He finds himself successful in managing time for his work and for his family.', 'sortorder' => '2195', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2302', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Joyful Achiever', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Rajan Singh Bhandari, President of Nepal Bankers’ Association and CEO of Citizens Bank International, is a very straightforward person and dislikes liars. “Being an honest person, I expect the same from everyone around,” he says. He remains busy in his tight professional schedules, and this makes him find single weekend holiday insufficient. He wishes to have holiday on Sundays as well.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bhandari balances his professional and personal life perfectly, and manages his time for both. “My family is my pride. I always save time for my family,” says Bhandari.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bhandari is a very high-spirited person. He wakes up early in the morning and updates himself on current affairs. He plays badminton as a creative leisure activity for keeping his mind and body healthy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Besides that, he loves old Hindi songs and has deep fascination for music and dance. He believes in enjoying life to the fullest and hates nothing in particular.</div> <div> </div> <div> He considers vacations as an important aspect of life. Vacation, for him, is an escape from the daily hustles of life and manages to go on vacation, once a year. He loves to visit new places and thus his vacation destinations vary every year. Last year, he went to America. He has visited India, China, among other nations. </div> <div> </div> <div> He loves interacting with new people and is always amazed by people’s opinions and their personal characteristics. His love for interacting with people has taken him to Facebook. However, due to his busy schedules he is not very active there. “I check my Facebook only once a day. Other than that, I don’t use other networking sites,” says Bhandari. </div> <div> </div> <div> Reading book is another of his personal interests but he rarely gets opportunity to fulfill it because of his hectic professional schedules. </div> <div> </div> <div> He has a strong dislike for wasting time unnecessarily and thinks that time should be used in creative purposes that foster individual and national growth.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-17', 'modified' => '2013-12-24', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Rajan Singh Bhandari, President of Nepal Bankers’ Association and CEO of Citizens Bank International, is a very straightforward person and dislikes liars. “Being an honest person, I expect the same from everyone around,” he says. He remains busy in his tight professional schedules, and this makes him find single weekend holiday insufficient. He wishes to have holiday on Sundays as well.', 'sortorder' => '2153', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2263', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Work Loving Bureaucrat', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Hari Narayan Belbase, Director at the Department of Commerce and Supply Management, is a man with a tight professional schedule. Despite that Belbase does not hold grudges and enjoys it as part of his responsibility. He opines that it is the right time for him to do something and be someone, rather than seeking leisure. </div> <div> </div> <div> He does not find it difficult to fulfil office and family responsibilities together and opines that it’s all about how well one can manage their time. Belabase manages his time well for his office and his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Along with his professional and familial responsibilities, he has been updating his education also. He is currently working on his PhD and says that it is the right time for him to take his career to another level while contributing to the society.</div> <div> </div> <div> Belbase is conscious about his health and fitness. He wakes up at 4:30 sharp every morning and jogs around 8 km along with doing some yoga. He loves playing badminton, which compliments his personal and fitness interest. Usually his badminton partner is his wife. Along with this strict health and fitness regime, Belbase devotes some of his morning time to perform religious prayers and rituals. He offers his morning prayers along with his daughter at home. He has a small 4-member happy family that includes him, his wife and two children.</div> <div> </div> <div> Belbase spends his spare time at home playing with his children and tending his home garden. He finds pleasure in walking around his garden and watering flowers.</div> <div> </div> <div> His love for nature has taken him to various places that are blessed by natural beauty. “Natural Beauty attracts me than anything artificial”, he shares remembering Mustang as one of his favourite places he has visited. Peace loving Belbase shares that he tries to avoid crowded and cramped places especially when he is on his vacation.</div> <div> </div> <div> He follows daily news and events across the world, and still manages time for reading popular books from popular writers in town. He believes that a person can imply so many things from a book in their practical life. In non-fiction, he prefers reading books on economics.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite holding important position and despite making continuous contribution to the welfare of the society and the nation, he still strives to serve better in the days ahead. He believes that humans shouldn’t only live for themselves and opines that as human, “One should utilise their precious life and time for contributing to the welfare of whole mankind.” While conceding to the notion that everyone has limited time in this world, Belbase believes that we should utilize the allocated time in doing things that are creative and productive for the society, nation and the whole of human kind.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-10', 'modified' => '2013-12-17', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Hari Narayan Belbase, Director at the Department of Commerce and Supply Management, is a man with a tight professional schedule. Despite that Belbase does not hold grudges and enjoys it as part of his responsibility. He opines that it is the right time for him to do something and be someone, rather than seeking leisure.', 'sortorder' => '2107', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2221', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Positive Thinker', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> M<span style="font-size: 12px;">oti Dugar is a positive person with positive energy and thoughts. A very religious person, Dugar believes that there is a super power which protects all of us. </span></div> <div> </div> <div> He rarely thinks anything negative about anything and anybody. And this attitude has earned him many friends in life. Dugar finds very easy to get accustomed with any environment. </div> <div> </div> <div> “I take it as my achievement that I don’t have enemies”, he shares, “if you do good, good will come to you.” Dugar believes that one should always be honest with his\her life and other people. As a businessman, Dugar believes that honesty is the biggest policy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Despite being a busy Dugar manages his time well for his family too. As far as possible, he spends his entire spare time with his family. He says his family complains when he can’t manage much time for them, but maintains that they are very supportive and understanding about his busy schedules. He often goes on family outing that includes going for movies. He loves comedy movies and has a soft-corner desire for acting too. He says that he always aspired to be an actor but has not got any such opportunities so far. He thinks that he would have been an actor if he wasn’t a businessman.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar loves travelling. He finds his honeymoon trip to Kashmir as the most memorable trip of his life. Blushing joyously with a big smile he says, “The feeling cannot be replaced with anything.”Out of many countries and places Dugar visited, he says Biratnagar, which is his birthplace too, is and will always be his favourite. “There is no place more beautiful than own birthplace”, he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar has a happy joint family including his 3 kids and a lovely wife, whom he describes as helpful and encouraging.</div> <div> </div> <div> Along with love for acting, Dugar also has love for reading suspense novels and biographies of great people. Dugar’s interest list does not end here though. He loves sports too. In his college days he was an active cricket player. Besides cricket he loves playing Table Tennis too, when he has time. </div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar is not much fond of social networking sites. He is available on them but is merely active. He says he’d rather choose to do something creative than spending time on them. </div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar loves peace and tries to avoid crowded areas as far as possible. He doesnot like being bothered by unnecessary people and things especially when he is on his vacation. He tries to avoid meetings and wish he isn’t bothered by unnecessary calls when he is spending little bit of his time in his personal space.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar believes that it is very important for a person to take a break from the daily hustle bustle. “We have to deal with so many things at a time”, he says,” Taking break is thus necessary to overcome and relax our mental weariness.”</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-03', 'modified' => '2013-12-16', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Moti Dugar is a positive person with positive energy and thoughts. 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He spends most of his spare time for the welfare of the society. Shrestha says if he gets more time and opportunity he would like to contribute in making our society a better place to live. Of other social welfare activities, he has keen interest in contributing to the cause of orphanage and orphan children’s education</div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from social welfare, Shrestha is concerned towards the development of internal tourism. Being a person who loves travelling, Shrestha says, “Nepal is extremely beautiful place to visit. I have been to many countries across the world, but Nepal itself has always been my favourite”, he says. “Travelling abroad is fun for some period of time, but at the end of the day, you feel comfortable and good in your own home or your own country.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha feels lack of words to praise the beauty of Nepal. Nagarkot, Pokhara, Baglung and Palpa are some places Shrestha loves to travel time and again. “The view keeps me mesmerised”, he says. According to Shrestha, Lumbini has always been his all-time favourite place to be. </div> <div> </div> <div> He updates himself on current affairs but spends his leisure time reading biographies of great people around the world. “Jawaharlal Nehru and Bill Gates are some people, I love reading about”, he says, “It inspires me getting to know about struggles and obstacles they faced in life and what made them great.”He prefers reading books which present reality about the world rather than fiction. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha has a soft corner for Music too and plays guitar when he finds himself in an appropriate situation. He thinks that if he wasn’t a businessman, he’d probably been a musician.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite these multiple personal interest, and his official responsibilities, Shrestha remains a committed family plan. 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A very positive person by nature, Bajracharya believes that problems are always solvable. “Where there is a will, there is a way” says Bajracharya who loves spending time with his family and sometimes even cooking for them. He leads a well-planned life and though he remains busy in work, he finds no problem in balancing work and home.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is very fond of travelling. He prefers visiting new places every time and this preference has dragged him to many countries across the world. “I like visiting new places because they are exciting” he says. Last year he went to Peru and Brazil along with his family. “Holidays instil positive feelings and increases self-confidence. Similarly, it also helps enhancing productivity and vigour at work”he said while sharing that he goes on a two-week vacation every year.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is very fond of reading books, especially non-fictions that motivate readers. Though he does not play any games, he loves watching games like tennis, football and cricket on TV. As a person who loathes idleness, he is always involved in something, be it at home or at office.</div> <div> </div> <div> He loves listening to old Hindi, English and Nepali songs.He admires logical and sensible people and engages in rational discussions with them whether on social networking sites or in the real world. He has huge friendship base on facebook and opines that logical people are the asset of the nation.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is passionate about his profession and has desires to make some contribution to the society for which he wishes to engage in social work in future. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'A very positive person by nature, Bajracharya believes that problems are always solvable.', 'sortorder' => '2578', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2717', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Pharma, Hockey And Poetry', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Umesh Lal Shrestha, president of Association of Pharmaceuticals Producers of Nepal (APPON) regards himself as a very simple person. Very humble person by nature, Shrestha is hardly found annoyed or angry. Highly inspired by his own father, he walks on his path. ‘Treating Everybody Equally’ is the principle around which Shrestha’s life revolves. “Hierarchy in our society and discriminations in any form frustrates me a lot”, he shares adding, “I don’t believe in the caste system.”</div> <div> </div> <div> This scenario of the society makes Shrestha write too. He shares that he has wrote number of poems based on the contemporary social issues. However, only one of his poems is published so far. He has limitedhis writings within his own diary.</div> <div> </div> <div> Besides writing hobby, Shrestha loves reading too in his spare time. He particularly loves reading biographies. Akio Morita’s biography remains his all time favourite. Apart from that Shrestha loves listening to music too. Old Hindi songs, and songs of Narayan Gopal are his preferred taste in music.He shares that he also likes to sing, but that is also his personal pleasure.</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha has been sporty person in his times. He shares that was an active cricket and hockey player in the past but stopped playing them as his age grew gradually. However, hestill updates himself with the events. This interest in sports has made him the Vice-President of Nepal Olympic Committee and president of Nepal Hockey Association. </div> <div> </div> <div> In spite of being loaded with a host of responsibilities, Shrestha doesn’t find it difficult to manage his personal and professional life. He hates having to attend unnecessary calls when he is on holidays and believes in keeping office and home separate. “I keep it very simple”, he shares, “Don’t take your work home;don’t bring your home to office.” This way he manages well to carry his family and office together. </div> <div> </div> <div> Along with his office responsibilities, he says that he has been successful in managing time for his family. He shares that he often goes on vacation with his family, which consists of his mother, wife and two daughters. Pokhara has always been his favourite within the country, when it comes for vacation or refreshment and spending time with family. Likewise, Europe is his favourite destination overseas. “The scenery and the natural beauty is amazing in Europe”, he shares, “America is good too, but we don’t get to see history and human cultures there as in Europe,” he shares.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-03', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Umesh Lal Shrestha, president of Association of Pharmaceuticals Producers of Nepal (APPON) regards himself as a very simple person. Very humble person by nature, Shrestha is hardly found annoyed or angry. Highly inspired by his own father, he walks on his path. ‘Treating Everybody Equally’ is the principle around which Shrestha’s life revolves. “Hierarchy in our society and discriminations in any form frustrates me a lot”, he shares adding, “I don’t believe in the caste system.”', 'sortorder' => '2563', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2651', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'An Art Loving Entrepreneur', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.”<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.</p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-23', 'modified' => '2014-03-03', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => '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.', 'sortorder' => '2498', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2630', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'An Entrepreneur’s Love For Music', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Bajra and Bajracharya Enterprises’ Managing Director Prakas Bajracharya is a man of balance. Along with being a successful businessman, he has equally managed his beyond office hours for his family. He claims that he is devoted and committed to his family and spends his weekly holidays and spare time with his family. </div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya shares that he often makes foreign business visits and that he enjoys such trips with his family as much as possible. While doing his work, he also makes the best of it and enjoys business trips. He finds New York as the best place for shopping and Mauritius as the best place for family holiday.</div> <div> </div> <div> Everything he has is the outcome of his meticulous planning, according to him. Bajracharya has a unique habit of working during the mid-night hours, between 10 pm to 2 am. “It’s peaceful during these hours and it allows me to focus,” he shares. He thinks it is the perfect time to work and make business plans because no one disturbs him these hours from concentrating.“This planning helps me stay ahead and remain on guard to cater to the needs of customers and the business during my office hours”, he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is fitness conscious. Every morning he goes to gym and sweats out for one to two hours. He also loves swimming for refreshment but that is only in summer. He believes that health is our biggest asset and opines that if we have a good health, we have everything. When he is in peace and to himself, Bajracharya loves scribbling poems and has deep love for writing. He has written several songs and even got recorded some of them in the voice of prominent Bollywood singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, and Kollywood singers like Babin Pradhan, Hemanta Rana, among others. An containing five songs in the voices of these singers with music composition of Om Bikram Bista is already launched.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya remembers that he had been in love for writing since childhood and maintained a diary. “My writing habit started with diary writing”, he shares. “I used to write all the things that I did throughout the day, things I need to do, and the surprising and unplanned things that happened to me,” he shares, “This gradually improved my writing habit and the quality of writing.” He remembers the gradual development of his diary writing habit into love for writing poems and then into songs writing. </div> <div> </div> <div> As a passionate music lover, he has his own list of favourite musical figures. Michael Jackson, Enrique, and Jennifer Lopez top the list among western singers and Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and Adnan Sami in Bollywood singers. Bajracharya acted in one of his album’s video and is happy with his musical journey and the feedback he’s got so far. Apart from the love for music, Bajracharya also has love for books. He prefers reading non-fiction to fiction, especially those that provide creative ideas. He also loves reading biographies of prominent people. His all time favourite has been the book on Steve Jobs. He doesn’t miss even a single book by American entrepreneur Donald Trump.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-18', 'modified' => '2014-02-23', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bajra and Bajracharya Enterprises’ Managing Director Prakas Bajracharya is a man of balance. Along with being a successful businessman, he has equally managed his beyond office hours for his family. He claims that he is devoted and committed to his family and spends his weekly holidays and spare time with his family.', 'sortorder' => '2474', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2565', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Balancing Office And Family', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Ratish Chandra Lal Suman, likes to describe himself as a ‘positive’ person. Suman has always been positive regarding life and the people around him. A modest and calm person by nature, he tries hard to manage as much as time he could for his family despite his tight business schedule. “I try my best to take my home and my office parallel,” he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman thinks that it’s even harder when one is at the peak of his/her career to balance his/her family and office together. And stresses on the role of family also in understanding one’s professional needs. “My family does complain of my busy schedule but at the same time also understands it,” he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Whatever free time Suman gets, he shares it with his family that comprises of his wife and three children. He spends this time at home as well as on outing with them. </div> <div> </div> <div> When it comes to travelling, Suman has a deep love to visit heritage sites. “I love places with historical values,” he shares while adding that Paris is among his most loved places. Out of his many trips, Suman remembers his recent trip to Dubai as the most memorable one. “Desert drive in Dubai was something worth doing once,” he shares, “It was the most unforgettable thing I’ve done so far.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from that, Suman has his love for reading books too. He loves reading informative books. “I read the books, which increase my general knowledge”, he shares. He shares that he often reads encyclopaedia and even the I.Q books of his children. “The Earth” by Oxford publication is what Suman is currently going through.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman in his good old days used to play badminton but has given up now days. However, he loves watching Cricket and follows it on regular basis.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman’s taste in music can be recognised in his love for old songs. Tara Devi and Narayan Gopal are among his favourites and he listens to them whenever he gets time and whenever he feels the desire to. He particularly likes Gazals and his present day favourite is Anju Panta.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman who was a teacher by profession before joining CAAN, thinks that he would probably teaching somewhere if had not joined CAAN. </div> <div> </div> <div> Largely inspired by his elder brother, Suman believes in destiny. “Everything comes at a right time and no one gets more than his fate,” he opines.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-09', 'modified' => '2014-02-18', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'A modest and calm person by nature, he tries hard to manage as much as time he could for his family despite his tight business schedule.', 'sortorder' => '2410', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2539', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Family Comes First', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Sanjeev Subba, CEO of National Banking Training Institute, describes himself as a transparent and fair person. A realistic person by nature, Subba considers his family to be his greatest wealth. Life for him is very simple. “Life is all about being normal and happy while doing well to everyone”, he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba considers his family to be his first and the foremost priority. In his free time, he loves doing anything that would engage his family members as well. “I don’t go golfing because it takes me away from my family,” says Subba. He does not want to miss any opportunity to see his children growing up and so, he always manages time for his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba regards his family to be his inspiration. He believes that everyone learns from the family. “It is the family that teaches a person to be patient and helps them learn new things”,he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba finds no difficulty in managing his work and family. He believes that management is all about learning how to do proper things at proper time. “9 to 5 is my office time and the rest is my personal time”, says Subba. He opines that one must learn to value family more than their job because jobs can be replaced, but not family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba hates nothing in particular. However, he has a strong dislike for gossips and office politics. He considers himself and his staffs lucky for getting to enjoy two days holiday in a week. He says that it is necessary for every organization to give their staffs at least two days of holiday in a week to help them re-charge themselves.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba loves gardening and invests some amount of his time in his home garden. He also loves travelling and wants to visit each and every place of Nepal. When asked about his most memorable trip, he said that each of his trips is always memorable. “The destination does not make any trip memorable. It is up to you to make any trip memorable,” he explains. He has travelled 52 countries all over the world. He had recently been to the eastern part of Nepal and describes the places to be extremely beautiful.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba is also a sporty person. He loves watching football and cricket. He also loves swimming. He often goes for trekking and hiking. Every day, he goes for jogging. He believes that hiking, trekking and jogging help him remain fit and healthy.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba is a music lover. His favourite singers are Narayan Gopal, Aruna Lama and Arun Thapa. However, he does not like hard rock and metal.</div> <div> </div> <div> Books are an inevitable part of Subba’s life. He used to read fictions in the past. But, now, he reads books related to leadership, management and banking. His work requires him remaining updated on issues related to management and banking. He recalls his favourite book to be “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Subba is equally active on social networking sites. He uses facebook and twitter. “I have been using facebook since 2003-2004”, he recalls.</div> <div> </div> <div> Highly inspired by a Japanese proverb “Action without vision is a daydream, vision without action is a nightmare”, Subba thinks that everyone should have an ambition in life.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-27', 'modified' => '2014-02-09', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Sanjeev Subba, CEO of National Banking Training Institute, describes himself as a transparent and fair person. A realistic person by nature, Subba considers his family to be his greatest wealth. Life for him is very simple. “Life is all about being normal and happy while doing well to everyone”, he says.', 'sortorder' => '2384', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2477', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Voracious Reader', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Krishna Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Industries (MoI), is a person who lives life in a simple manner. He describes himself as a positive person and loves to be viewed as a person with a clean-image. He follows Mahamta Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and tries to translate it in his lifestyle. Life, according to him, has to be taken easily and no one should be over-ambitious. “A person who is over-ambitious often fails to enjoy the simplicity of life,” says Gyawali. He further adds, “Accepting the people and situation as they are, makes life beautiful.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali loves to walk and often goes for hiking. He is a nature-lover and loves peaceful places. He is equally fascinated by cinemas and takes reading as his utmost hobby. He loves to spend his leisure time discussing political and social issues with like-minded people. He equally loves to listen to music and regards sleeping to be his favourite time-pass. However, he holds a strong dislike towards playing cards.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali is a voracious reader. He is a fiction lover and believes that fiction has the power to take the reader to a different world. Likewise, he also reads philosophical books and biographies. He loves the work of Shankar Lamichhane and Bhupi Sherchan. But since his childhood, he has never liked Maths and Science. Gyawali’s favourite book is ‘Nepal’s Failed Development’ by Devendra Raj Pandey. Currently he is reading ‘India And Its Contradictions’ by Amatya Sen and Jean Drèze.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali is a balanced person. He finds no difficulty in managing his professional and family life. He believes that the only way to balance these two is to take them together. “Taking work as fun is the way to find peace even while working,” he says. He suggests everyone to have positive attitude towards work to enjoy professional life. </div> <div> </div> <div> Though Gyawali wishes he had some more free time for himself and his family, and though he wishes for two day weekend holidays, he believes that public holidays are way too much in number and should be decreased. </div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali loves visiting new places. He has been to many places in Nepal and describes Nepal as a place blessed by nature.He recalls visiting beautiful places like- Mustang, Pokhara, Chitwan, Swargadwari etc with his family members. Besides that he has also been to Pakistan and India and remembers these places to be also very beautiful. Gyawali recalls Disney land of Paris to be one of the most fascinating holiday destinations. </div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali aspires to write two books in his lifetime. He wants to write a novel that reflects the reality of society. He also wants to give it a personal touch by adding elements of his life. Likewise, he wants to write a book that focuses on Nepal’s poverty and prosperity and wants to link it with Nepal’s development. Gyawali considers B.P Koirala, Nelson Mandela and his father to be his inspirational figures.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali believes in Rajnish’s saying of being happy with what you have. His motto in life is to be happy and see everyone around him happy. He encourages everyone to be dutiful towards the nation and asks them to be service-oriented.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-20', 'modified' => '2014-01-27', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Krishna Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Industries (MoI), is a person who lives life in a simple manner. He describes himself as a positive person and loves to be viewed as a person with a clean-image. He follows Mahamta Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and tries to translate it in his lifestyle. Life, according to him, has to be taken easily and no one should be over-ambitious. “A person who is over-ambitious often fails to enjoy the simplicity of life,” says Gyawali. He further adds, “Accepting the people and situation as they are, makes life beautiful.”', 'sortorder' => '2345', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2445', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Zeal To Work', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Barsha Shrestha, Acting CEO of Clean Energy Development Bank defines herself as a very humble and hard working person. Shrestha enjoys her professional and personal life equally and therefore finds no difficulty in managing time for both. She considers her family as her biggest strength and shares that they are very supportive. “My husband and my children are very supportive, they appreciate my work and are very proud of me,” she said.She regards her parents as her inspiration and credits them for her present standing. Next to them, she finds Mother Teresa’s idealsvery muchinspirational.</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha wishes to spend maximum time with her family and in-laws. However, she hardly gets time to do due to her hectic professional schedules. She loves engaging herself in household activities like cooking, cleaning house, gardening and watching television. She is very fond of pickles and likes making variety of pickles in her spare time.</div> <div> </div> <div> She loves travelling and has visited various countries including the United States of America, Australia, France and Germany. She is fond of visiting exotic places and recalls her tripsto Myanmar and Cambodia as one of the most memorable trips.</div> <div> </div> <div> As a positive person she perceives life as a beautiful gift. Shrestha believes in respecting others for being happy in life. She says, “My motto in life is to be happy and true happiness can only be attained if we respect others”. She likes to spend most of her free time in socializing with different people. Shrestha feels proud to be part of the Nepali culture and thinks that Nepali culture has always taught her to respect and love others.</div> <div> </div> <div> As a socially active person she is involved with many organizations such as the Confederation of Nepalese Industries- Women Entrepreneurs and Professional Forum (CNI-WEPF). She is among the Board of Directors of Samriddhi Foundation and is also engaged in many other social activities. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha likes reading economic news but has no interest in political issues. She has fascination towards music and watches many music reality shows on television. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha believes poor time management as one of her weaknesses and sometimes finds trouble in prioritizing her work properly. She believes her staff and customers to be her biggest strength and is thankful towards them for trusting her.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-19', 'modified' => '2014-01-20', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Barsha Shrestha, Acting CEO of Clean Energy Development Bank defines herself as a very humble and hard working person. Shrestha enjoys her professional and personal life equally and therefore finds no difficulty in managing time for both. She considers her family as her biggest strength and shares that they are very supportive. “My husband and my children are very supportive, they appreciate my work and are very proud of me,” she said.She regards her parents as her inspiration and credits them for her present standing. Next to them, she finds Mother Teresa’s idealsvery muchinspirational.', 'sortorder' => '2288', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2432', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Vivacious Personality', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Prabindra Singh, Resident Director of Hotel Indreni Himalaya, is a very humble person. He considers life as a challenge because it has many ups and downs and he is ready to face all the hurdles in life. He is a very family person and spends most of his time with his family. Singh loves doing meditation and is involved in many spiritual activities organized by The Art of Living and Osho. He thinks that meditation is very important because it helps one to save time for one self and helps to refresh.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh frequently goes to movies with his family. He likes watching movies that have good moral message and teach good lessons about life. Singh loves listening to music and reading spiritual books. He dislikes staying idle and is always engaged in exploring things around.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh believes that when a person is involved in the service and hospitality sector, life becomes very tough. As one is mostly engaged with clients, it’s hard to allocate adequate time for family and spouse. However, he thinks that if things are scheduled they can be very easily managed. “I believe in smart work rather than planned work,” says Singh.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh thinks that holidays are very important stating that everybody needs a break from hectic routine. He likes going to different places. Last year, Singh visited South-East India and Thailand. His favourite holiday destination is Hua-Hin, Thailand. However, he wants to visit many places like Annapurna Base Camp, Lukla and Ghale Gaun .Among all the trips, Singh’s most memorable trip was his honeymoon trip to Pokhara.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh is very much interested in sports but due to hectic schedule, he hardly manages times for it. In his school days he was the skipper of his school’s football team and used to be a Table Tennis champion.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh is a very positive and a high-spirited person. He loves reading books that deal about problems of life and also teaches how to lead life with positives attitude. Summing up his attitude towards life, he borrows Osho’s quote “Forget the time when you suffered but not the lesson it taught to you”. Singh believes that problems are part of life and one must deal with them positively.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh loves interacting with new people and exploring different cultures. He is available on some social networking sites but is barely active due to his hectic schedule. He uses social media channels for professional purposes also.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-07', 'modified' => '2014-01-19', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Prabindra Singh, Resident Director of Hotel Indreni Himalaya, is a very humble person. He considers life as a challenge because it has many ups and downs and he is ready to face all the hurdles in life. He is a very family person and spends most of his time with his family. Singh loves doing meditation and is involved in many spiritual activities organized by The Art of Living and Osho. He thinks that meditation is very important because it helps one to save time for one self and helps to refresh.', 'sortorder' => '2275', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2391', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Determined Banker', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju is very gentle and a soft-spoken person. She has no hobby in particular. However, she loves watching news on TV. Apart from that, she is a family person and dedicates most of her time to her family.</div> <div> </div> <div> She finds no trouble in managing her daily life that swings between her home and officer. “To balance work and home, one must not mingle office work with household matter and vice-versa,” Sainju opines. As a person who considers her family to be her biggest strength, she always tries to spend some extra time with her family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju has love for long holidays and loves exploring new places whenever she manages to go on holidays. She is a spontaneous person and so, believes that holiday become fun when it is planned randomly. Sainju has explored many places of Nepal for her official work. However, due to her busy schedule, she has not been able to visit many places outside Nepal. Her last holiday destination was Malaysia, one and half years ago. She believes that every vacation holds good memories with it. Though busy schedules have not given her to opportunity to go on vacations recently, she has desires to visit new places if she ever has free time. </div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju, like every other woman, loves shopping. However, that does not mean that she likes to wander from shop to shop to buy a single good. She shops very fast and is not very choosy with items.</div> <div> </div> <div> In her youth, she used to play Table Tennis and recollects that she was very good at it. Nowadays considering time constraints she has given it up. Though she loves reading biographies, nowadays she has been not able to allocate time for it as well. She is not active in social networking sites also.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite being in a respectable position and having many responsibilities, Sainju strives to do something good for the society. She is a peace loving person and wants everyone around her to be at peace.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-01', 'modified' => '2014-01-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. 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He finds himself successful in managing time for his work and for his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Family has an important place in his life. “Family and work are like the two wheels of a cart which need to be balanced well,” says Udas while opining that one should never have problem in managing time for one’s family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Udas has no specific hobby as such and thus enjoys everything. For him holidays provide space for oneself and help in rejuvenating mind. He stresses on the need for taking holidays at regular intervals. </div> <div> </div> <div> He finds himself lucky for having Pokhara as his hometown. He goes there when he feels the need to relax. Of his vacation visits, Udas recalls his South India trip to be one of the most memorable trips. He had trekked there with backpacks.</div> <div> </div> <div> Udas is an adventurous person too and likes sports bike. He loves riding bikes on highways. “Long rides on outskirts of the city, helps a person to explore new destination and save time for oneself,” he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> He has extreme fascination for football and enjoys playing it most of the time. </div> <div> </div> <div> In his leisure, Udas watches BBC, National Geographic and other informational channels. He also loves watching inspirational videos on YouTube. He likes reading short books and articles on business and philosophy and scans the web for them on regular basis. He dislikes reading long books. </div> <div> </div> <div> He believes in meeting new people for rejuvenating perception and ideas. He has active profiles on social media channels and uses them when he gets some moment </div> <div> for himself.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-24', 'modified' => '2014-01-01', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Sachin Udas, Marketing Manager at Tele Talk Pvt Ltd, is a very straight forward person. He believes of being a diplomatically straightforward and a family person. He finds himself successful in managing time for his work and for his family.', 'sortorder' => '2195', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2302', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Joyful Achiever', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Rajan Singh Bhandari, President of Nepal Bankers’ Association and CEO of Citizens Bank International, is a very straightforward person and dislikes liars. “Being an honest person, I expect the same from everyone around,” he says. He remains busy in his tight professional schedules, and this makes him find single weekend holiday insufficient. He wishes to have holiday on Sundays as well.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bhandari balances his professional and personal life perfectly, and manages his time for both. “My family is my pride. I always save time for my family,” says Bhandari.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bhandari is a very high-spirited person. He wakes up early in the morning and updates himself on current affairs. He plays badminton as a creative leisure activity for keeping his mind and body healthy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Besides that, he loves old Hindi songs and has deep fascination for music and dance. He believes in enjoying life to the fullest and hates nothing in particular.</div> <div> </div> <div> He considers vacations as an important aspect of life. Vacation, for him, is an escape from the daily hustles of life and manages to go on vacation, once a year. He loves to visit new places and thus his vacation destinations vary every year. Last year, he went to America. He has visited India, China, among other nations. </div> <div> </div> <div> He loves interacting with new people and is always amazed by people’s opinions and their personal characteristics. His love for interacting with people has taken him to Facebook. However, due to his busy schedules he is not very active there. “I check my Facebook only once a day. Other than that, I don’t use other networking sites,” says Bhandari. </div> <div> </div> <div> Reading book is another of his personal interests but he rarely gets opportunity to fulfill it because of his hectic professional schedules. </div> <div> </div> <div> He has a strong dislike for wasting time unnecessarily and thinks that time should be used in creative purposes that foster individual and national growth.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-17', 'modified' => '2013-12-24', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Rajan Singh Bhandari, President of Nepal Bankers’ Association and CEO of Citizens Bank International, is a very straightforward person and dislikes liars. “Being an honest person, I expect the same from everyone around,” he says. He remains busy in his tight professional schedules, and this makes him find single weekend holiday insufficient. He wishes to have holiday on Sundays as well.', 'sortorder' => '2153', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2263', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Work Loving Bureaucrat', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Hari Narayan Belbase, Director at the Department of Commerce and Supply Management, is a man with a tight professional schedule. Despite that Belbase does not hold grudges and enjoys it as part of his responsibility. He opines that it is the right time for him to do something and be someone, rather than seeking leisure. </div> <div> </div> <div> He does not find it difficult to fulfil office and family responsibilities together and opines that it’s all about how well one can manage their time. Belabase manages his time well for his office and his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Along with his professional and familial responsibilities, he has been updating his education also. He is currently working on his PhD and says that it is the right time for him to take his career to another level while contributing to the society.</div> <div> </div> <div> Belbase is conscious about his health and fitness. He wakes up at 4:30 sharp every morning and jogs around 8 km along with doing some yoga. He loves playing badminton, which compliments his personal and fitness interest. Usually his badminton partner is his wife. Along with this strict health and fitness regime, Belbase devotes some of his morning time to perform religious prayers and rituals. He offers his morning prayers along with his daughter at home. He has a small 4-member happy family that includes him, his wife and two children.</div> <div> </div> <div> Belbase spends his spare time at home playing with his children and tending his home garden. He finds pleasure in walking around his garden and watering flowers.</div> <div> </div> <div> His love for nature has taken him to various places that are blessed by natural beauty. “Natural Beauty attracts me than anything artificial”, he shares remembering Mustang as one of his favourite places he has visited. Peace loving Belbase shares that he tries to avoid crowded and cramped places especially when he is on his vacation.</div> <div> </div> <div> He follows daily news and events across the world, and still manages time for reading popular books from popular writers in town. He believes that a person can imply so many things from a book in their practical life. In non-fiction, he prefers reading books on economics.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite holding important position and despite making continuous contribution to the welfare of the society and the nation, he still strives to serve better in the days ahead. He believes that humans shouldn’t only live for themselves and opines that as human, “One should utilise their precious life and time for contributing to the welfare of whole mankind.” While conceding to the notion that everyone has limited time in this world, Belbase believes that we should utilize the allocated time in doing things that are creative and productive for the society, nation and the whole of human kind.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-10', 'modified' => '2013-12-17', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Hari Narayan Belbase, Director at the Department of Commerce and Supply Management, is a man with a tight professional schedule. Despite that Belbase does not hold grudges and enjoys it as part of his responsibility. He opines that it is the right time for him to do something and be someone, rather than seeking leisure.', 'sortorder' => '2107', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2221', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Positive Thinker', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> M<span style="font-size: 12px;">oti Dugar is a positive person with positive energy and thoughts. A very religious person, Dugar believes that there is a super power which protects all of us. </span></div> <div> </div> <div> He rarely thinks anything negative about anything and anybody. And this attitude has earned him many friends in life. Dugar finds very easy to get accustomed with any environment. </div> <div> </div> <div> “I take it as my achievement that I don’t have enemies”, he shares, “if you do good, good will come to you.” Dugar believes that one should always be honest with his\her life and other people. As a businessman, Dugar believes that honesty is the biggest policy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Despite being a busy Dugar manages his time well for his family too. As far as possible, he spends his entire spare time with his family. He says his family complains when he can’t manage much time for them, but maintains that they are very supportive and understanding about his busy schedules. He often goes on family outing that includes going for movies. He loves comedy movies and has a soft-corner desire for acting too. He says that he always aspired to be an actor but has not got any such opportunities so far. He thinks that he would have been an actor if he wasn’t a businessman.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar loves travelling. He finds his honeymoon trip to Kashmir as the most memorable trip of his life. Blushing joyously with a big smile he says, “The feeling cannot be replaced with anything.”Out of many countries and places Dugar visited, he says Biratnagar, which is his birthplace too, is and will always be his favourite. “There is no place more beautiful than own birthplace”, he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar has a happy joint family including his 3 kids and a lovely wife, whom he describes as helpful and encouraging.</div> <div> </div> <div> Along with love for acting, Dugar also has love for reading suspense novels and biographies of great people. Dugar’s interest list does not end here though. He loves sports too. In his college days he was an active cricket player. Besides cricket he loves playing Table Tennis too, when he has time. </div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar is not much fond of social networking sites. He is available on them but is merely active. He says he’d rather choose to do something creative than spending time on them. </div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar loves peace and tries to avoid crowded areas as far as possible. He doesnot like being bothered by unnecessary people and things especially when he is on his vacation. He tries to avoid meetings and wish he isn’t bothered by unnecessary calls when he is spending little bit of his time in his personal space.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar believes that it is very important for a person to take a break from the daily hustle bustle. “We have to deal with so many things at a time”, he says,” Taking break is thus necessary to overcome and relax our mental weariness.”</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-03', 'modified' => '2013-12-16', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Moti Dugar is a positive person with positive energy and thoughts. 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He spends most of his spare time for the welfare of the society. Shrestha says if he gets more time and opportunity he would like to contribute in making our society a better place to live. Of other social welfare activities, he has keen interest in contributing to the cause of orphanage and orphan children’s education</div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from social welfare, Shrestha is concerned towards the development of internal tourism. Being a person who loves travelling, Shrestha says, “Nepal is extremely beautiful place to visit. I have been to many countries across the world, but Nepal itself has always been my favourite”, he says. “Travelling abroad is fun for some period of time, but at the end of the day, you feel comfortable and good in your own home or your own country.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha feels lack of words to praise the beauty of Nepal. Nagarkot, Pokhara, Baglung and Palpa are some places Shrestha loves to travel time and again. “The view keeps me mesmerised”, he says. According to Shrestha, Lumbini has always been his all-time favourite place to be. </div> <div> </div> <div> He updates himself on current affairs but spends his leisure time reading biographies of great people around the world. “Jawaharlal Nehru and Bill Gates are some people, I love reading about”, he says, “It inspires me getting to know about struggles and obstacles they faced in life and what made them great.”He prefers reading books which present reality about the world rather than fiction. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha has a soft corner for Music too and plays guitar when he finds himself in an appropriate situation. He thinks that if he wasn’t a businessman, he’d probably been a musician.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite these multiple personal interest, and his official responsibilities, Shrestha remains a committed family plan. 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A very positive person by nature, Bajracharya believes that problems are always solvable. “Where there is a will, there is a way” says Bajracharya who loves spending time with his family and sometimes even cooking for them. He leads a well-planned life and though he remains busy in work, he finds no problem in balancing work and home.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is very fond of travelling. He prefers visiting new places every time and this preference has dragged him to many countries across the world. “I like visiting new places because they are exciting” he says. Last year he went to Peru and Brazil along with his family. “Holidays instil positive feelings and increases self-confidence. Similarly, it also helps enhancing productivity and vigour at work”he said while sharing that he goes on a two-week vacation every year.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is very fond of reading books, especially non-fictions that motivate readers. Though he does not play any games, he loves watching games like tennis, football and cricket on TV. As a person who loathes idleness, he is always involved in something, be it at home or at office.</div> <div> </div> <div> He loves listening to old Hindi, English and Nepali songs.He admires logical and sensible people and engages in rational discussions with them whether on social networking sites or in the real world. He has huge friendship base on facebook and opines that logical people are the asset of the nation.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is passionate about his profession and has desires to make some contribution to the society for which he wishes to engage in social work in future. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'A very positive person by nature, Bajracharya believes that problems are always solvable.', 'sortorder' => '2578', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2717', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Pharma, Hockey And Poetry', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Umesh Lal Shrestha, president of Association of Pharmaceuticals Producers of Nepal (APPON) regards himself as a very simple person. Very humble person by nature, Shrestha is hardly found annoyed or angry. Highly inspired by his own father, he walks on his path. ‘Treating Everybody Equally’ is the principle around which Shrestha’s life revolves. “Hierarchy in our society and discriminations in any form frustrates me a lot”, he shares adding, “I don’t believe in the caste system.”</div> <div> </div> <div> This scenario of the society makes Shrestha write too. He shares that he has wrote number of poems based on the contemporary social issues. However, only one of his poems is published so far. He has limitedhis writings within his own diary.</div> <div> </div> <div> Besides writing hobby, Shrestha loves reading too in his spare time. He particularly loves reading biographies. Akio Morita’s biography remains his all time favourite. Apart from that Shrestha loves listening to music too. Old Hindi songs, and songs of Narayan Gopal are his preferred taste in music.He shares that he also likes to sing, but that is also his personal pleasure.</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha has been sporty person in his times. He shares that was an active cricket and hockey player in the past but stopped playing them as his age grew gradually. However, hestill updates himself with the events. This interest in sports has made him the Vice-President of Nepal Olympic Committee and president of Nepal Hockey Association. </div> <div> </div> <div> In spite of being loaded with a host of responsibilities, Shrestha doesn’t find it difficult to manage his personal and professional life. He hates having to attend unnecessary calls when he is on holidays and believes in keeping office and home separate. “I keep it very simple”, he shares, “Don’t take your work home;don’t bring your home to office.” This way he manages well to carry his family and office together. </div> <div> </div> <div> Along with his office responsibilities, he says that he has been successful in managing time for his family. He shares that he often goes on vacation with his family, which consists of his mother, wife and two daughters. Pokhara has always been his favourite within the country, when it comes for vacation or refreshment and spending time with family. Likewise, Europe is his favourite destination overseas. “The scenery and the natural beauty is amazing in Europe”, he shares, “America is good too, but we don’t get to see history and human cultures there as in Europe,” he shares.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-03', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Umesh Lal Shrestha, president of Association of Pharmaceuticals Producers of Nepal (APPON) regards himself as a very simple person. Very humble person by nature, Shrestha is hardly found annoyed or angry. Highly inspired by his own father, he walks on his path. ‘Treating Everybody Equally’ is the principle around which Shrestha’s life revolves. “Hierarchy in our society and discriminations in any form frustrates me a lot”, he shares adding, “I don’t believe in the caste system.”', 'sortorder' => '2563', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2651', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'An Art Loving Entrepreneur', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.”<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.</p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-23', 'modified' => '2014-03-03', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => '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.', 'sortorder' => '2498', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2630', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'An Entrepreneur’s Love For Music', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Bajra and Bajracharya Enterprises’ Managing Director Prakas Bajracharya is a man of balance. Along with being a successful businessman, he has equally managed his beyond office hours for his family. He claims that he is devoted and committed to his family and spends his weekly holidays and spare time with his family. </div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya shares that he often makes foreign business visits and that he enjoys such trips with his family as much as possible. While doing his work, he also makes the best of it and enjoys business trips. He finds New York as the best place for shopping and Mauritius as the best place for family holiday.</div> <div> </div> <div> Everything he has is the outcome of his meticulous planning, according to him. Bajracharya has a unique habit of working during the mid-night hours, between 10 pm to 2 am. “It’s peaceful during these hours and it allows me to focus,” he shares. He thinks it is the perfect time to work and make business plans because no one disturbs him these hours from concentrating.“This planning helps me stay ahead and remain on guard to cater to the needs of customers and the business during my office hours”, he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is fitness conscious. Every morning he goes to gym and sweats out for one to two hours. He also loves swimming for refreshment but that is only in summer. He believes that health is our biggest asset and opines that if we have a good health, we have everything. When he is in peace and to himself, Bajracharya loves scribbling poems and has deep love for writing. He has written several songs and even got recorded some of them in the voice of prominent Bollywood singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, and Kollywood singers like Babin Pradhan, Hemanta Rana, among others. An containing five songs in the voices of these singers with music composition of Om Bikram Bista is already launched.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya remembers that he had been in love for writing since childhood and maintained a diary. “My writing habit started with diary writing”, he shares. “I used to write all the things that I did throughout the day, things I need to do, and the surprising and unplanned things that happened to me,” he shares, “This gradually improved my writing habit and the quality of writing.” He remembers the gradual development of his diary writing habit into love for writing poems and then into songs writing. </div> <div> </div> <div> As a passionate music lover, he has his own list of favourite musical figures. Michael Jackson, Enrique, and Jennifer Lopez top the list among western singers and Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and Adnan Sami in Bollywood singers. Bajracharya acted in one of his album’s video and is happy with his musical journey and the feedback he’s got so far. Apart from the love for music, Bajracharya also has love for books. He prefers reading non-fiction to fiction, especially those that provide creative ideas. He also loves reading biographies of prominent people. His all time favourite has been the book on Steve Jobs. He doesn’t miss even a single book by American entrepreneur Donald Trump.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-18', 'modified' => '2014-02-23', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bajra and Bajracharya Enterprises’ Managing Director Prakas Bajracharya is a man of balance. Along with being a successful businessman, he has equally managed his beyond office hours for his family. He claims that he is devoted and committed to his family and spends his weekly holidays and spare time with his family.', 'sortorder' => '2474', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2565', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Balancing Office And Family', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Ratish Chandra Lal Suman, likes to describe himself as a ‘positive’ person. Suman has always been positive regarding life and the people around him. A modest and calm person by nature, he tries hard to manage as much as time he could for his family despite his tight business schedule. “I try my best to take my home and my office parallel,” he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman thinks that it’s even harder when one is at the peak of his/her career to balance his/her family and office together. And stresses on the role of family also in understanding one’s professional needs. “My family does complain of my busy schedule but at the same time also understands it,” he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Whatever free time Suman gets, he shares it with his family that comprises of his wife and three children. He spends this time at home as well as on outing with them. </div> <div> </div> <div> When it comes to travelling, Suman has a deep love to visit heritage sites. “I love places with historical values,” he shares while adding that Paris is among his most loved places. Out of his many trips, Suman remembers his recent trip to Dubai as the most memorable one. “Desert drive in Dubai was something worth doing once,” he shares, “It was the most unforgettable thing I’ve done so far.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from that, Suman has his love for reading books too. He loves reading informative books. “I read the books, which increase my general knowledge”, he shares. He shares that he often reads encyclopaedia and even the I.Q books of his children. “The Earth” by Oxford publication is what Suman is currently going through.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman in his good old days used to play badminton but has given up now days. However, he loves watching Cricket and follows it on regular basis.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman’s taste in music can be recognised in his love for old songs. Tara Devi and Narayan Gopal are among his favourites and he listens to them whenever he gets time and whenever he feels the desire to. He particularly likes Gazals and his present day favourite is Anju Panta.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman who was a teacher by profession before joining CAAN, thinks that he would probably teaching somewhere if had not joined CAAN. </div> <div> </div> <div> Largely inspired by his elder brother, Suman believes in destiny. “Everything comes at a right time and no one gets more than his fate,” he opines.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-09', 'modified' => '2014-02-18', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'A modest and calm person by nature, he tries hard to manage as much as time he could for his family despite his tight business schedule.', 'sortorder' => '2410', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2539', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Family Comes First', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Sanjeev Subba, CEO of National Banking Training Institute, describes himself as a transparent and fair person. A realistic person by nature, Subba considers his family to be his greatest wealth. Life for him is very simple. “Life is all about being normal and happy while doing well to everyone”, he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba considers his family to be his first and the foremost priority. In his free time, he loves doing anything that would engage his family members as well. “I don’t go golfing because it takes me away from my family,” says Subba. He does not want to miss any opportunity to see his children growing up and so, he always manages time for his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba regards his family to be his inspiration. He believes that everyone learns from the family. “It is the family that teaches a person to be patient and helps them learn new things”,he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba finds no difficulty in managing his work and family. He believes that management is all about learning how to do proper things at proper time. “9 to 5 is my office time and the rest is my personal time”, says Subba. He opines that one must learn to value family more than their job because jobs can be replaced, but not family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba hates nothing in particular. However, he has a strong dislike for gossips and office politics. He considers himself and his staffs lucky for getting to enjoy two days holiday in a week. He says that it is necessary for every organization to give their staffs at least two days of holiday in a week to help them re-charge themselves.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba loves gardening and invests some amount of his time in his home garden. He also loves travelling and wants to visit each and every place of Nepal. When asked about his most memorable trip, he said that each of his trips is always memorable. “The destination does not make any trip memorable. It is up to you to make any trip memorable,” he explains. He has travelled 52 countries all over the world. He had recently been to the eastern part of Nepal and describes the places to be extremely beautiful.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba is also a sporty person. He loves watching football and cricket. He also loves swimming. He often goes for trekking and hiking. Every day, he goes for jogging. He believes that hiking, trekking and jogging help him remain fit and healthy.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba is a music lover. His favourite singers are Narayan Gopal, Aruna Lama and Arun Thapa. However, he does not like hard rock and metal.</div> <div> </div> <div> Books are an inevitable part of Subba’s life. He used to read fictions in the past. But, now, he reads books related to leadership, management and banking. His work requires him remaining updated on issues related to management and banking. He recalls his favourite book to be “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Subba is equally active on social networking sites. He uses facebook and twitter. “I have been using facebook since 2003-2004”, he recalls.</div> <div> </div> <div> Highly inspired by a Japanese proverb “Action without vision is a daydream, vision without action is a nightmare”, Subba thinks that everyone should have an ambition in life.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-27', 'modified' => '2014-02-09', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Sanjeev Subba, CEO of National Banking Training Institute, describes himself as a transparent and fair person. A realistic person by nature, Subba considers his family to be his greatest wealth. Life for him is very simple. “Life is all about being normal and happy while doing well to everyone”, he says.', 'sortorder' => '2384', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2477', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Voracious Reader', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Krishna Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Industries (MoI), is a person who lives life in a simple manner. He describes himself as a positive person and loves to be viewed as a person with a clean-image. He follows Mahamta Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and tries to translate it in his lifestyle. Life, according to him, has to be taken easily and no one should be over-ambitious. “A person who is over-ambitious often fails to enjoy the simplicity of life,” says Gyawali. He further adds, “Accepting the people and situation as they are, makes life beautiful.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali loves to walk and often goes for hiking. He is a nature-lover and loves peaceful places. He is equally fascinated by cinemas and takes reading as his utmost hobby. He loves to spend his leisure time discussing political and social issues with like-minded people. He equally loves to listen to music and regards sleeping to be his favourite time-pass. However, he holds a strong dislike towards playing cards.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali is a voracious reader. He is a fiction lover and believes that fiction has the power to take the reader to a different world. Likewise, he also reads philosophical books and biographies. He loves the work of Shankar Lamichhane and Bhupi Sherchan. But since his childhood, he has never liked Maths and Science. Gyawali’s favourite book is ‘Nepal’s Failed Development’ by Devendra Raj Pandey. Currently he is reading ‘India And Its Contradictions’ by Amatya Sen and Jean Drèze.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali is a balanced person. He finds no difficulty in managing his professional and family life. He believes that the only way to balance these two is to take them together. “Taking work as fun is the way to find peace even while working,” he says. He suggests everyone to have positive attitude towards work to enjoy professional life. </div> <div> </div> <div> Though Gyawali wishes he had some more free time for himself and his family, and though he wishes for two day weekend holidays, he believes that public holidays are way too much in number and should be decreased. </div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali loves visiting new places. He has been to many places in Nepal and describes Nepal as a place blessed by nature.He recalls visiting beautiful places like- Mustang, Pokhara, Chitwan, Swargadwari etc with his family members. Besides that he has also been to Pakistan and India and remembers these places to be also very beautiful. Gyawali recalls Disney land of Paris to be one of the most fascinating holiday destinations. </div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali aspires to write two books in his lifetime. He wants to write a novel that reflects the reality of society. He also wants to give it a personal touch by adding elements of his life. Likewise, he wants to write a book that focuses on Nepal’s poverty and prosperity and wants to link it with Nepal’s development. Gyawali considers B.P Koirala, Nelson Mandela and his father to be his inspirational figures.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali believes in Rajnish’s saying of being happy with what you have. His motto in life is to be happy and see everyone around him happy. He encourages everyone to be dutiful towards the nation and asks them to be service-oriented.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-20', 'modified' => '2014-01-27', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Krishna Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Industries (MoI), is a person who lives life in a simple manner. He describes himself as a positive person and loves to be viewed as a person with a clean-image. He follows Mahamta Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and tries to translate it in his lifestyle. Life, according to him, has to be taken easily and no one should be over-ambitious. “A person who is over-ambitious often fails to enjoy the simplicity of life,” says Gyawali. He further adds, “Accepting the people and situation as they are, makes life beautiful.”', 'sortorder' => '2345', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2445', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Zeal To Work', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Barsha Shrestha, Acting CEO of Clean Energy Development Bank defines herself as a very humble and hard working person. Shrestha enjoys her professional and personal life equally and therefore finds no difficulty in managing time for both. She considers her family as her biggest strength and shares that they are very supportive. “My husband and my children are very supportive, they appreciate my work and are very proud of me,” she said.She regards her parents as her inspiration and credits them for her present standing. Next to them, she finds Mother Teresa’s idealsvery muchinspirational.</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha wishes to spend maximum time with her family and in-laws. However, she hardly gets time to do due to her hectic professional schedules. She loves engaging herself in household activities like cooking, cleaning house, gardening and watching television. She is very fond of pickles and likes making variety of pickles in her spare time.</div> <div> </div> <div> She loves travelling and has visited various countries including the United States of America, Australia, France and Germany. She is fond of visiting exotic places and recalls her tripsto Myanmar and Cambodia as one of the most memorable trips.</div> <div> </div> <div> As a positive person she perceives life as a beautiful gift. Shrestha believes in respecting others for being happy in life. She says, “My motto in life is to be happy and true happiness can only be attained if we respect others”. She likes to spend most of her free time in socializing with different people. Shrestha feels proud to be part of the Nepali culture and thinks that Nepali culture has always taught her to respect and love others.</div> <div> </div> <div> As a socially active person she is involved with many organizations such as the Confederation of Nepalese Industries- Women Entrepreneurs and Professional Forum (CNI-WEPF). She is among the Board of Directors of Samriddhi Foundation and is also engaged in many other social activities. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha likes reading economic news but has no interest in political issues. She has fascination towards music and watches many music reality shows on television. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha believes poor time management as one of her weaknesses and sometimes finds trouble in prioritizing her work properly. She believes her staff and customers to be her biggest strength and is thankful towards them for trusting her.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-19', 'modified' => '2014-01-20', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Barsha Shrestha, Acting CEO of Clean Energy Development Bank defines herself as a very humble and hard working person. Shrestha enjoys her professional and personal life equally and therefore finds no difficulty in managing time for both. She considers her family as her biggest strength and shares that they are very supportive. “My husband and my children are very supportive, they appreciate my work and are very proud of me,” she said.She regards her parents as her inspiration and credits them for her present standing. Next to them, she finds Mother Teresa’s idealsvery muchinspirational.', 'sortorder' => '2288', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2432', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Vivacious Personality', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Prabindra Singh, Resident Director of Hotel Indreni Himalaya, is a very humble person. He considers life as a challenge because it has many ups and downs and he is ready to face all the hurdles in life. He is a very family person and spends most of his time with his family. Singh loves doing meditation and is involved in many spiritual activities organized by The Art of Living and Osho. He thinks that meditation is very important because it helps one to save time for one self and helps to refresh.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh frequently goes to movies with his family. He likes watching movies that have good moral message and teach good lessons about life. Singh loves listening to music and reading spiritual books. He dislikes staying idle and is always engaged in exploring things around.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh believes that when a person is involved in the service and hospitality sector, life becomes very tough. As one is mostly engaged with clients, it’s hard to allocate adequate time for family and spouse. However, he thinks that if things are scheduled they can be very easily managed. “I believe in smart work rather than planned work,” says Singh.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh thinks that holidays are very important stating that everybody needs a break from hectic routine. He likes going to different places. Last year, Singh visited South-East India and Thailand. His favourite holiday destination is Hua-Hin, Thailand. However, he wants to visit many places like Annapurna Base Camp, Lukla and Ghale Gaun .Among all the trips, Singh’s most memorable trip was his honeymoon trip to Pokhara.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh is very much interested in sports but due to hectic schedule, he hardly manages times for it. In his school days he was the skipper of his school’s football team and used to be a Table Tennis champion.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh is a very positive and a high-spirited person. He loves reading books that deal about problems of life and also teaches how to lead life with positives attitude. Summing up his attitude towards life, he borrows Osho’s quote “Forget the time when you suffered but not the lesson it taught to you”. Singh believes that problems are part of life and one must deal with them positively.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh loves interacting with new people and exploring different cultures. He is available on some social networking sites but is barely active due to his hectic schedule. He uses social media channels for professional purposes also.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-07', 'modified' => '2014-01-19', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Prabindra Singh, Resident Director of Hotel Indreni Himalaya, is a very humble person. He considers life as a challenge because it has many ups and downs and he is ready to face all the hurdles in life. He is a very family person and spends most of his time with his family. Singh loves doing meditation and is involved in many spiritual activities organized by The Art of Living and Osho. He thinks that meditation is very important because it helps one to save time for one self and helps to refresh.', 'sortorder' => '2275', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2391', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Determined Banker', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju is very gentle and a soft-spoken person. She has no hobby in particular. However, she loves watching news on TV. Apart from that, she is a family person and dedicates most of her time to her family.</div> <div> </div> <div> She finds no trouble in managing her daily life that swings between her home and officer. “To balance work and home, one must not mingle office work with household matter and vice-versa,” Sainju opines. As a person who considers her family to be her biggest strength, she always tries to spend some extra time with her family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju has love for long holidays and loves exploring new places whenever she manages to go on holidays. She is a spontaneous person and so, believes that holiday become fun when it is planned randomly. Sainju has explored many places of Nepal for her official work. However, due to her busy schedule, she has not been able to visit many places outside Nepal. Her last holiday destination was Malaysia, one and half years ago. She believes that every vacation holds good memories with it. Though busy schedules have not given her to opportunity to go on vacations recently, she has desires to visit new places if she ever has free time. </div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju, like every other woman, loves shopping. However, that does not mean that she likes to wander from shop to shop to buy a single good. She shops very fast and is not very choosy with items.</div> <div> </div> <div> In her youth, she used to play Table Tennis and recollects that she was very good at it. Nowadays considering time constraints she has given it up. Though she loves reading biographies, nowadays she has been not able to allocate time for it as well. She is not active in social networking sites also.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite being in a respectable position and having many responsibilities, Sainju strives to do something good for the society. She is a peace loving person and wants everyone around her to be at peace.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-01', 'modified' => '2014-01-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. 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He finds himself successful in managing time for his work and for his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Family has an important place in his life. “Family and work are like the two wheels of a cart which need to be balanced well,” says Udas while opining that one should never have problem in managing time for one’s family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Udas has no specific hobby as such and thus enjoys everything. For him holidays provide space for oneself and help in rejuvenating mind. He stresses on the need for taking holidays at regular intervals. </div> <div> </div> <div> He finds himself lucky for having Pokhara as his hometown. He goes there when he feels the need to relax. Of his vacation visits, Udas recalls his South India trip to be one of the most memorable trips. He had trekked there with backpacks.</div> <div> </div> <div> Udas is an adventurous person too and likes sports bike. He loves riding bikes on highways. “Long rides on outskirts of the city, helps a person to explore new destination and save time for oneself,” he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> He has extreme fascination for football and enjoys playing it most of the time. </div> <div> </div> <div> In his leisure, Udas watches BBC, National Geographic and other informational channels. He also loves watching inspirational videos on YouTube. He likes reading short books and articles on business and philosophy and scans the web for them on regular basis. He dislikes reading long books. </div> <div> </div> <div> He believes in meeting new people for rejuvenating perception and ideas. He has active profiles on social media channels and uses them when he gets some moment </div> <div> for himself.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-24', 'modified' => '2014-01-01', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Sachin Udas, Marketing Manager at Tele Talk Pvt Ltd, is a very straight forward person. He believes of being a diplomatically straightforward and a family person. He finds himself successful in managing time for his work and for his family.', 'sortorder' => '2195', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2302', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Joyful Achiever', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Rajan Singh Bhandari, President of Nepal Bankers’ Association and CEO of Citizens Bank International, is a very straightforward person and dislikes liars. “Being an honest person, I expect the same from everyone around,” he says. He remains busy in his tight professional schedules, and this makes him find single weekend holiday insufficient. He wishes to have holiday on Sundays as well.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bhandari balances his professional and personal life perfectly, and manages his time for both. “My family is my pride. I always save time for my family,” says Bhandari.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bhandari is a very high-spirited person. He wakes up early in the morning and updates himself on current affairs. He plays badminton as a creative leisure activity for keeping his mind and body healthy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Besides that, he loves old Hindi songs and has deep fascination for music and dance. He believes in enjoying life to the fullest and hates nothing in particular.</div> <div> </div> <div> He considers vacations as an important aspect of life. Vacation, for him, is an escape from the daily hustles of life and manages to go on vacation, once a year. He loves to visit new places and thus his vacation destinations vary every year. Last year, he went to America. He has visited India, China, among other nations. </div> <div> </div> <div> He loves interacting with new people and is always amazed by people’s opinions and their personal characteristics. His love for interacting with people has taken him to Facebook. However, due to his busy schedules he is not very active there. “I check my Facebook only once a day. Other than that, I don’t use other networking sites,” says Bhandari. </div> <div> </div> <div> Reading book is another of his personal interests but he rarely gets opportunity to fulfill it because of his hectic professional schedules. </div> <div> </div> <div> He has a strong dislike for wasting time unnecessarily and thinks that time should be used in creative purposes that foster individual and national growth.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-17', 'modified' => '2013-12-24', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Rajan Singh Bhandari, President of Nepal Bankers’ Association and CEO of Citizens Bank International, is a very straightforward person and dislikes liars. “Being an honest person, I expect the same from everyone around,” he says. He remains busy in his tight professional schedules, and this makes him find single weekend holiday insufficient. He wishes to have holiday on Sundays as well.', 'sortorder' => '2153', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2263', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Work Loving Bureaucrat', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Hari Narayan Belbase, Director at the Department of Commerce and Supply Management, is a man with a tight professional schedule. Despite that Belbase does not hold grudges and enjoys it as part of his responsibility. He opines that it is the right time for him to do something and be someone, rather than seeking leisure. </div> <div> </div> <div> He does not find it difficult to fulfil office and family responsibilities together and opines that it’s all about how well one can manage their time. Belabase manages his time well for his office and his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Along with his professional and familial responsibilities, he has been updating his education also. He is currently working on his PhD and says that it is the right time for him to take his career to another level while contributing to the society.</div> <div> </div> <div> Belbase is conscious about his health and fitness. He wakes up at 4:30 sharp every morning and jogs around 8 km along with doing some yoga. He loves playing badminton, which compliments his personal and fitness interest. Usually his badminton partner is his wife. Along with this strict health and fitness regime, Belbase devotes some of his morning time to perform religious prayers and rituals. He offers his morning prayers along with his daughter at home. He has a small 4-member happy family that includes him, his wife and two children.</div> <div> </div> <div> Belbase spends his spare time at home playing with his children and tending his home garden. He finds pleasure in walking around his garden and watering flowers.</div> <div> </div> <div> His love for nature has taken him to various places that are blessed by natural beauty. “Natural Beauty attracts me than anything artificial”, he shares remembering Mustang as one of his favourite places he has visited. Peace loving Belbase shares that he tries to avoid crowded and cramped places especially when he is on his vacation.</div> <div> </div> <div> He follows daily news and events across the world, and still manages time for reading popular books from popular writers in town. He believes that a person can imply so many things from a book in their practical life. In non-fiction, he prefers reading books on economics.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite holding important position and despite making continuous contribution to the welfare of the society and the nation, he still strives to serve better in the days ahead. He believes that humans shouldn’t only live for themselves and opines that as human, “One should utilise their precious life and time for contributing to the welfare of whole mankind.” While conceding to the notion that everyone has limited time in this world, Belbase believes that we should utilize the allocated time in doing things that are creative and productive for the society, nation and the whole of human kind.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-10', 'modified' => '2013-12-17', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Hari Narayan Belbase, Director at the Department of Commerce and Supply Management, is a man with a tight professional schedule. Despite that Belbase does not hold grudges and enjoys it as part of his responsibility. He opines that it is the right time for him to do something and be someone, rather than seeking leisure.', 'sortorder' => '2107', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2221', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Positive Thinker', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> M<span style="font-size: 12px;">oti Dugar is a positive person with positive energy and thoughts. A very religious person, Dugar believes that there is a super power which protects all of us. </span></div> <div> </div> <div> He rarely thinks anything negative about anything and anybody. And this attitude has earned him many friends in life. Dugar finds very easy to get accustomed with any environment. </div> <div> </div> <div> “I take it as my achievement that I don’t have enemies”, he shares, “if you do good, good will come to you.” Dugar believes that one should always be honest with his\her life and other people. As a businessman, Dugar believes that honesty is the biggest policy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Despite being a busy Dugar manages his time well for his family too. As far as possible, he spends his entire spare time with his family. He says his family complains when he can’t manage much time for them, but maintains that they are very supportive and understanding about his busy schedules. He often goes on family outing that includes going for movies. He loves comedy movies and has a soft-corner desire for acting too. He says that he always aspired to be an actor but has not got any such opportunities so far. He thinks that he would have been an actor if he wasn’t a businessman.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar loves travelling. He finds his honeymoon trip to Kashmir as the most memorable trip of his life. Blushing joyously with a big smile he says, “The feeling cannot be replaced with anything.”Out of many countries and places Dugar visited, he says Biratnagar, which is his birthplace too, is and will always be his favourite. “There is no place more beautiful than own birthplace”, he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar has a happy joint family including his 3 kids and a lovely wife, whom he describes as helpful and encouraging.</div> <div> </div> <div> Along with love for acting, Dugar also has love for reading suspense novels and biographies of great people. Dugar’s interest list does not end here though. He loves sports too. In his college days he was an active cricket player. Besides cricket he loves playing Table Tennis too, when he has time. </div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar is not much fond of social networking sites. He is available on them but is merely active. He says he’d rather choose to do something creative than spending time on them. </div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar loves peace and tries to avoid crowded areas as far as possible. He doesnot like being bothered by unnecessary people and things especially when he is on his vacation. He tries to avoid meetings and wish he isn’t bothered by unnecessary calls when he is spending little bit of his time in his personal space.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar believes that it is very important for a person to take a break from the daily hustle bustle. “We have to deal with so many things at a time”, he says,” Taking break is thus necessary to overcome and relax our mental weariness.”</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-03', 'modified' => '2013-12-16', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Moti Dugar is a positive person with positive energy and thoughts. 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He spends most of his spare time for the welfare of the society. Shrestha says if he gets more time and opportunity he would like to contribute in making our society a better place to live. Of other social welfare activities, he has keen interest in contributing to the cause of orphanage and orphan children’s education</div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from social welfare, Shrestha is concerned towards the development of internal tourism. Being a person who loves travelling, Shrestha says, “Nepal is extremely beautiful place to visit. I have been to many countries across the world, but Nepal itself has always been my favourite”, he says. “Travelling abroad is fun for some period of time, but at the end of the day, you feel comfortable and good in your own home or your own country.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha feels lack of words to praise the beauty of Nepal. Nagarkot, Pokhara, Baglung and Palpa are some places Shrestha loves to travel time and again. “The view keeps me mesmerised”, he says. According to Shrestha, Lumbini has always been his all-time favourite place to be. </div> <div> </div> <div> He updates himself on current affairs but spends his leisure time reading biographies of great people around the world. “Jawaharlal Nehru and Bill Gates are some people, I love reading about”, he says, “It inspires me getting to know about struggles and obstacles they faced in life and what made them great.”He prefers reading books which present reality about the world rather than fiction. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha has a soft corner for Music too and plays guitar when he finds himself in an appropriate situation. He thinks that if he wasn’t a businessman, he’d probably been a musician.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite these multiple personal interest, and his official responsibilities, Shrestha remains a committed family plan. 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A very positive person by nature, Bajracharya believes that problems are always solvable. “Where there is a will, there is a way” says Bajracharya who loves spending time with his family and sometimes even cooking for them. He leads a well-planned life and though he remains busy in work, he finds no problem in balancing work and home.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is very fond of travelling. He prefers visiting new places every time and this preference has dragged him to many countries across the world. “I like visiting new places because they are exciting” he says. Last year he went to Peru and Brazil along with his family. “Holidays instil positive feelings and increases self-confidence. Similarly, it also helps enhancing productivity and vigour at work”he said while sharing that he goes on a two-week vacation every year.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is very fond of reading books, especially non-fictions that motivate readers. Though he does not play any games, he loves watching games like tennis, football and cricket on TV. As a person who loathes idleness, he is always involved in something, be it at home or at office.</div> <div> </div> <div> He loves listening to old Hindi, English and Nepali songs.He admires logical and sensible people and engages in rational discussions with them whether on social networking sites or in the real world. He has huge friendship base on facebook and opines that logical people are the asset of the nation.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is passionate about his profession and has desires to make some contribution to the society for which he wishes to engage in social work in future. </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-10', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'A very positive person by nature, Bajracharya believes that problems are always solvable.', 'sortorder' => '2578', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2717', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Pharma, Hockey And Poetry', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Umesh Lal Shrestha, president of Association of Pharmaceuticals Producers of Nepal (APPON) regards himself as a very simple person. Very humble person by nature, Shrestha is hardly found annoyed or angry. Highly inspired by his own father, he walks on his path. ‘Treating Everybody Equally’ is the principle around which Shrestha’s life revolves. “Hierarchy in our society and discriminations in any form frustrates me a lot”, he shares adding, “I don’t believe in the caste system.”</div> <div> </div> <div> This scenario of the society makes Shrestha write too. He shares that he has wrote number of poems based on the contemporary social issues. However, only one of his poems is published so far. He has limitedhis writings within his own diary.</div> <div> </div> <div> Besides writing hobby, Shrestha loves reading too in his spare time. He particularly loves reading biographies. Akio Morita’s biography remains his all time favourite. Apart from that Shrestha loves listening to music too. Old Hindi songs, and songs of Narayan Gopal are his preferred taste in music.He shares that he also likes to sing, but that is also his personal pleasure.</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha has been sporty person in his times. He shares that was an active cricket and hockey player in the past but stopped playing them as his age grew gradually. However, hestill updates himself with the events. This interest in sports has made him the Vice-President of Nepal Olympic Committee and president of Nepal Hockey Association. </div> <div> </div> <div> In spite of being loaded with a host of responsibilities, Shrestha doesn’t find it difficult to manage his personal and professional life. He hates having to attend unnecessary calls when he is on holidays and believes in keeping office and home separate. “I keep it very simple”, he shares, “Don’t take your work home;don’t bring your home to office.” This way he manages well to carry his family and office together. </div> <div> </div> <div> Along with his office responsibilities, he says that he has been successful in managing time for his family. He shares that he often goes on vacation with his family, which consists of his mother, wife and two daughters. Pokhara has always been his favourite within the country, when it comes for vacation or refreshment and spending time with family. Likewise, Europe is his favourite destination overseas. “The scenery and the natural beauty is amazing in Europe”, he shares, “America is good too, but we don’t get to see history and human cultures there as in Europe,” he shares.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-03', 'modified' => '2014-03-10', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Umesh Lal Shrestha, president of Association of Pharmaceuticals Producers of Nepal (APPON) regards himself as a very simple person. Very humble person by nature, Shrestha is hardly found annoyed or angry. Highly inspired by his own father, he walks on his path. ‘Treating Everybody Equally’ is the principle around which Shrestha’s life revolves. “Hierarchy in our society and discriminations in any form frustrates me a lot”, he shares adding, “I don’t believe in the caste system.”', 'sortorder' => '2563', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2651', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'An Art Loving Entrepreneur', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<p> <br /> 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).<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.”<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.</p>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-23', 'modified' => '2014-03-03', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => '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.', 'sortorder' => '2498', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2630', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'An Entrepreneur’s Love For Music', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Bajra and Bajracharya Enterprises’ Managing Director Prakas Bajracharya is a man of balance. Along with being a successful businessman, he has equally managed his beyond office hours for his family. He claims that he is devoted and committed to his family and spends his weekly holidays and spare time with his family. </div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya shares that he often makes foreign business visits and that he enjoys such trips with his family as much as possible. While doing his work, he also makes the best of it and enjoys business trips. He finds New York as the best place for shopping and Mauritius as the best place for family holiday.</div> <div> </div> <div> Everything he has is the outcome of his meticulous planning, according to him. Bajracharya has a unique habit of working during the mid-night hours, between 10 pm to 2 am. “It’s peaceful during these hours and it allows me to focus,” he shares. He thinks it is the perfect time to work and make business plans because no one disturbs him these hours from concentrating.“This planning helps me stay ahead and remain on guard to cater to the needs of customers and the business during my office hours”, he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya is fitness conscious. Every morning he goes to gym and sweats out for one to two hours. He also loves swimming for refreshment but that is only in summer. He believes that health is our biggest asset and opines that if we have a good health, we have everything. When he is in peace and to himself, Bajracharya loves scribbling poems and has deep love for writing. He has written several songs and even got recorded some of them in the voice of prominent Bollywood singers like Sunidhi Chauhan, and Kollywood singers like Babin Pradhan, Hemanta Rana, among others. An containing five songs in the voices of these singers with music composition of Om Bikram Bista is already launched.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bajracharya remembers that he had been in love for writing since childhood and maintained a diary. “My writing habit started with diary writing”, he shares. “I used to write all the things that I did throughout the day, things I need to do, and the surprising and unplanned things that happened to me,” he shares, “This gradually improved my writing habit and the quality of writing.” He remembers the gradual development of his diary writing habit into love for writing poems and then into songs writing. </div> <div> </div> <div> As a passionate music lover, he has his own list of favourite musical figures. Michael Jackson, Enrique, and Jennifer Lopez top the list among western singers and Sunidhi Chauhan, Sonu Nigam and Adnan Sami in Bollywood singers. Bajracharya acted in one of his album’s video and is happy with his musical journey and the feedback he’s got so far. Apart from the love for music, Bajracharya also has love for books. He prefers reading non-fiction to fiction, especially those that provide creative ideas. He also loves reading biographies of prominent people. His all time favourite has been the book on Steve Jobs. He doesn’t miss even a single book by American entrepreneur Donald Trump.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-18', 'modified' => '2014-02-23', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Bajra and Bajracharya Enterprises’ Managing Director Prakas Bajracharya is a man of balance. Along with being a successful businessman, he has equally managed his beyond office hours for his family. He claims that he is devoted and committed to his family and spends his weekly holidays and spare time with his family.', 'sortorder' => '2474', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2565', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Balancing Office And Family', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Director General of Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) Ratish Chandra Lal Suman, likes to describe himself as a ‘positive’ person. Suman has always been positive regarding life and the people around him. A modest and calm person by nature, he tries hard to manage as much as time he could for his family despite his tight business schedule. “I try my best to take my home and my office parallel,” he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman thinks that it’s even harder when one is at the peak of his/her career to balance his/her family and office together. And stresses on the role of family also in understanding one’s professional needs. “My family does complain of my busy schedule but at the same time also understands it,” he shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Whatever free time Suman gets, he shares it with his family that comprises of his wife and three children. He spends this time at home as well as on outing with them. </div> <div> </div> <div> When it comes to travelling, Suman has a deep love to visit heritage sites. “I love places with historical values,” he shares while adding that Paris is among his most loved places. Out of his many trips, Suman remembers his recent trip to Dubai as the most memorable one. “Desert drive in Dubai was something worth doing once,” he shares, “It was the most unforgettable thing I’ve done so far.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from that, Suman has his love for reading books too. He loves reading informative books. “I read the books, which increase my general knowledge”, he shares. He shares that he often reads encyclopaedia and even the I.Q books of his children. “The Earth” by Oxford publication is what Suman is currently going through.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman in his good old days used to play badminton but has given up now days. However, he loves watching Cricket and follows it on regular basis.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman’s taste in music can be recognised in his love for old songs. Tara Devi and Narayan Gopal are among his favourites and he listens to them whenever he gets time and whenever he feels the desire to. He particularly likes Gazals and his present day favourite is Anju Panta.</div> <div> </div> <div> Suman who was a teacher by profession before joining CAAN, thinks that he would probably teaching somewhere if had not joined CAAN. </div> <div> </div> <div> Largely inspired by his elder brother, Suman believes in destiny. “Everything comes at a right time and no one gets more than his fate,” he opines.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-02-09', 'modified' => '2014-02-18', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'A modest and calm person by nature, he tries hard to manage as much as time he could for his family despite his tight business schedule.', 'sortorder' => '2410', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2539', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Family Comes First', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Sanjeev Subba, CEO of National Banking Training Institute, describes himself as a transparent and fair person. A realistic person by nature, Subba considers his family to be his greatest wealth. Life for him is very simple. “Life is all about being normal and happy while doing well to everyone”, he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba considers his family to be his first and the foremost priority. In his free time, he loves doing anything that would engage his family members as well. “I don’t go golfing because it takes me away from my family,” says Subba. He does not want to miss any opportunity to see his children growing up and so, he always manages time for his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba regards his family to be his inspiration. He believes that everyone learns from the family. “It is the family that teaches a person to be patient and helps them learn new things”,he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba finds no difficulty in managing his work and family. He believes that management is all about learning how to do proper things at proper time. “9 to 5 is my office time and the rest is my personal time”, says Subba. He opines that one must learn to value family more than their job because jobs can be replaced, but not family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba hates nothing in particular. However, he has a strong dislike for gossips and office politics. He considers himself and his staffs lucky for getting to enjoy two days holiday in a week. He says that it is necessary for every organization to give their staffs at least two days of holiday in a week to help them re-charge themselves.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba loves gardening and invests some amount of his time in his home garden. He also loves travelling and wants to visit each and every place of Nepal. When asked about his most memorable trip, he said that each of his trips is always memorable. “The destination does not make any trip memorable. It is up to you to make any trip memorable,” he explains. He has travelled 52 countries all over the world. He had recently been to the eastern part of Nepal and describes the places to be extremely beautiful.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba is also a sporty person. He loves watching football and cricket. He also loves swimming. He often goes for trekking and hiking. Every day, he goes for jogging. He believes that hiking, trekking and jogging help him remain fit and healthy.</div> <div> </div> <div> Subba is a music lover. His favourite singers are Narayan Gopal, Aruna Lama and Arun Thapa. However, he does not like hard rock and metal.</div> <div> </div> <div> Books are an inevitable part of Subba’s life. He used to read fictions in the past. But, now, he reads books related to leadership, management and banking. His work requires him remaining updated on issues related to management and banking. He recalls his favourite book to be “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. Subba is equally active on social networking sites. He uses facebook and twitter. “I have been using facebook since 2003-2004”, he recalls.</div> <div> </div> <div> Highly inspired by a Japanese proverb “Action without vision is a daydream, vision without action is a nightmare”, Subba thinks that everyone should have an ambition in life.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-27', 'modified' => '2014-02-09', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Sanjeev Subba, CEO of National Banking Training Institute, describes himself as a transparent and fair person. A realistic person by nature, Subba considers his family to be his greatest wealth. Life for him is very simple. “Life is all about being normal and happy while doing well to everyone”, he says.', 'sortorder' => '2384', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2477', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Voracious Reader', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Krishna Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Industries (MoI), is a person who lives life in a simple manner. He describes himself as a positive person and loves to be viewed as a person with a clean-image. He follows Mahamta Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and tries to translate it in his lifestyle. Life, according to him, has to be taken easily and no one should be over-ambitious. “A person who is over-ambitious often fails to enjoy the simplicity of life,” says Gyawali. He further adds, “Accepting the people and situation as they are, makes life beautiful.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali loves to walk and often goes for hiking. He is a nature-lover and loves peaceful places. He is equally fascinated by cinemas and takes reading as his utmost hobby. He loves to spend his leisure time discussing political and social issues with like-minded people. He equally loves to listen to music and regards sleeping to be his favourite time-pass. However, he holds a strong dislike towards playing cards.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali is a voracious reader. He is a fiction lover and believes that fiction has the power to take the reader to a different world. Likewise, he also reads philosophical books and biographies. He loves the work of Shankar Lamichhane and Bhupi Sherchan. But since his childhood, he has never liked Maths and Science. Gyawali’s favourite book is ‘Nepal’s Failed Development’ by Devendra Raj Pandey. Currently he is reading ‘India And Its Contradictions’ by Amatya Sen and Jean Drèze.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali is a balanced person. He finds no difficulty in managing his professional and family life. He believes that the only way to balance these two is to take them together. “Taking work as fun is the way to find peace even while working,” he says. He suggests everyone to have positive attitude towards work to enjoy professional life. </div> <div> </div> <div> Though Gyawali wishes he had some more free time for himself and his family, and though he wishes for two day weekend holidays, he believes that public holidays are way too much in number and should be decreased. </div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali loves visiting new places. He has been to many places in Nepal and describes Nepal as a place blessed by nature.He recalls visiting beautiful places like- Mustang, Pokhara, Chitwan, Swargadwari etc with his family members. Besides that he has also been to Pakistan and India and remembers these places to be also very beautiful. Gyawali recalls Disney land of Paris to be one of the most fascinating holiday destinations. </div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali aspires to write two books in his lifetime. He wants to write a novel that reflects the reality of society. He also wants to give it a personal touch by adding elements of his life. Likewise, he wants to write a book that focuses on Nepal’s poverty and prosperity and wants to link it with Nepal’s development. Gyawali considers B.P Koirala, Nelson Mandela and his father to be his inspirational figures.</div> <div> </div> <div> Gyawali believes in Rajnish’s saying of being happy with what you have. His motto in life is to be happy and see everyone around him happy. He encourages everyone to be dutiful towards the nation and asks them to be service-oriented.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-20', 'modified' => '2014-01-27', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Krishna Gyawali, Secretary at the Ministry of Industries (MoI), is a person who lives life in a simple manner. He describes himself as a positive person and loves to be viewed as a person with a clean-image. He follows Mahamta Gandhi’s philosophy of ‘Simple Living, High Thinking’ and tries to translate it in his lifestyle. Life, according to him, has to be taken easily and no one should be over-ambitious. “A person who is over-ambitious often fails to enjoy the simplicity of life,” says Gyawali. He further adds, “Accepting the people and situation as they are, makes life beautiful.”', 'sortorder' => '2345', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2445', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'Zeal To Work', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Barsha Shrestha, Acting CEO of Clean Energy Development Bank defines herself as a very humble and hard working person. Shrestha enjoys her professional and personal life equally and therefore finds no difficulty in managing time for both. She considers her family as her biggest strength and shares that they are very supportive. “My husband and my children are very supportive, they appreciate my work and are very proud of me,” she said.She regards her parents as her inspiration and credits them for her present standing. Next to them, she finds Mother Teresa’s idealsvery muchinspirational.</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha wishes to spend maximum time with her family and in-laws. However, she hardly gets time to do due to her hectic professional schedules. She loves engaging herself in household activities like cooking, cleaning house, gardening and watching television. She is very fond of pickles and likes making variety of pickles in her spare time.</div> <div> </div> <div> She loves travelling and has visited various countries including the United States of America, Australia, France and Germany. She is fond of visiting exotic places and recalls her tripsto Myanmar and Cambodia as one of the most memorable trips.</div> <div> </div> <div> As a positive person she perceives life as a beautiful gift. Shrestha believes in respecting others for being happy in life. She says, “My motto in life is to be happy and true happiness can only be attained if we respect others”. She likes to spend most of her free time in socializing with different people. Shrestha feels proud to be part of the Nepali culture and thinks that Nepali culture has always taught her to respect and love others.</div> <div> </div> <div> As a socially active person she is involved with many organizations such as the Confederation of Nepalese Industries- Women Entrepreneurs and Professional Forum (CNI-WEPF). She is among the Board of Directors of Samriddhi Foundation and is also engaged in many other social activities. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha likes reading economic news but has no interest in political issues. She has fascination towards music and watches many music reality shows on television. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha believes poor time management as one of her weaknesses and sometimes finds trouble in prioritizing her work properly. She believes her staff and customers to be her biggest strength and is thankful towards them for trusting her.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-19', 'modified' => '2014-01-20', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Barsha Shrestha, Acting CEO of Clean Energy Development Bank defines herself as a very humble and hard working person. Shrestha enjoys her professional and personal life equally and therefore finds no difficulty in managing time for both. She considers her family as her biggest strength and shares that they are very supportive. “My husband and my children are very supportive, they appreciate my work and are very proud of me,” she said.She regards her parents as her inspiration and credits them for her present standing. Next to them, she finds Mother Teresa’s idealsvery muchinspirational.', 'sortorder' => '2288', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 8 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2432', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Vivacious Personality', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Rashika Pokharel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Prabindra Singh, Resident Director of Hotel Indreni Himalaya, is a very humble person. He considers life as a challenge because it has many ups and downs and he is ready to face all the hurdles in life. He is a very family person and spends most of his time with his family. Singh loves doing meditation and is involved in many spiritual activities organized by The Art of Living and Osho. He thinks that meditation is very important because it helps one to save time for one self and helps to refresh.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh frequently goes to movies with his family. He likes watching movies that have good moral message and teach good lessons about life. Singh loves listening to music and reading spiritual books. He dislikes staying idle and is always engaged in exploring things around.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh believes that when a person is involved in the service and hospitality sector, life becomes very tough. As one is mostly engaged with clients, it’s hard to allocate adequate time for family and spouse. However, he thinks that if things are scheduled they can be very easily managed. “I believe in smart work rather than planned work,” says Singh.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh thinks that holidays are very important stating that everybody needs a break from hectic routine. He likes going to different places. Last year, Singh visited South-East India and Thailand. His favourite holiday destination is Hua-Hin, Thailand. However, he wants to visit many places like Annapurna Base Camp, Lukla and Ghale Gaun .Among all the trips, Singh’s most memorable trip was his honeymoon trip to Pokhara.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh is very much interested in sports but due to hectic schedule, he hardly manages times for it. In his school days he was the skipper of his school’s football team and used to be a Table Tennis champion.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh is a very positive and a high-spirited person. He loves reading books that deal about problems of life and also teaches how to lead life with positives attitude. Summing up his attitude towards life, he borrows Osho’s quote “Forget the time when you suffered but not the lesson it taught to you”. Singh believes that problems are part of life and one must deal with them positively.</div> <div> </div> <div> Singh loves interacting with new people and exploring different cultures. He is available on some social networking sites but is barely active due to his hectic schedule. He uses social media channels for professional purposes also.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-07', 'modified' => '2014-01-19', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Prabindra Singh, Resident Director of Hotel Indreni Himalaya, is a very humble person. He considers life as a challenge because it has many ups and downs and he is ready to face all the hurdles in life. He is a very family person and spends most of his time with his family. Singh loves doing meditation and is involved in many spiritual activities organized by The Art of Living and Osho. He thinks that meditation is very important because it helps one to save time for one self and helps to refresh.', 'sortorder' => '2275', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 9 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2391', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Determined Banker', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju is very gentle and a soft-spoken person. She has no hobby in particular. However, she loves watching news on TV. Apart from that, she is a family person and dedicates most of her time to her family.</div> <div> </div> <div> She finds no trouble in managing her daily life that swings between her home and officer. “To balance work and home, one must not mingle office work with household matter and vice-versa,” Sainju opines. As a person who considers her family to be her biggest strength, she always tries to spend some extra time with her family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju has love for long holidays and loves exploring new places whenever she manages to go on holidays. She is a spontaneous person and so, believes that holiday become fun when it is planned randomly. Sainju has explored many places of Nepal for her official work. However, due to her busy schedule, she has not been able to visit many places outside Nepal. Her last holiday destination was Malaysia, one and half years ago. She believes that every vacation holds good memories with it. Though busy schedules have not given her to opportunity to go on vacations recently, she has desires to visit new places if she ever has free time. </div> <div> </div> <div> Sainju, like every other woman, loves shopping. However, that does not mean that she likes to wander from shop to shop to buy a single good. She shops very fast and is not very choosy with items.</div> <div> </div> <div> In her youth, she used to play Table Tennis and recollects that she was very good at it. Nowadays considering time constraints she has given it up. Though she loves reading biographies, nowadays she has been not able to allocate time for it as well. She is not active in social networking sites also.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite being in a respectable position and having many responsibilities, Sainju strives to do something good for the society. She is a peace loving person and wants everyone around her to be at peace.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-01', 'modified' => '2014-01-07', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Jasoda Sainju, CEO of H&B Development Bank, is a person who believes in simple living and high thinking. She describes herself as a simple person leading her life in a simple manner that is limited to her office and her home.', 'sortorder' => '2233', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 10 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2352', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Balanced Personality', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By TC Correspondent </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Sachin Udas, Marketing Manager at Tele Talk Pvt Ltd, is a very straight forward person. He believes of being a diplomatically straightforward and a family person. He finds himself successful in managing time for his work and for his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Family has an important place in his life. “Family and work are like the two wheels of a cart which need to be balanced well,” says Udas while opining that one should never have problem in managing time for one’s family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Udas has no specific hobby as such and thus enjoys everything. For him holidays provide space for oneself and help in rejuvenating mind. He stresses on the need for taking holidays at regular intervals. </div> <div> </div> <div> He finds himself lucky for having Pokhara as his hometown. He goes there when he feels the need to relax. Of his vacation visits, Udas recalls his South India trip to be one of the most memorable trips. He had trekked there with backpacks.</div> <div> </div> <div> Udas is an adventurous person too and likes sports bike. He loves riding bikes on highways. “Long rides on outskirts of the city, helps a person to explore new destination and save time for oneself,” he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> He has extreme fascination for football and enjoys playing it most of the time. </div> <div> </div> <div> In his leisure, Udas watches BBC, National Geographic and other informational channels. He also loves watching inspirational videos on YouTube. He likes reading short books and articles on business and philosophy and scans the web for them on regular basis. He dislikes reading long books. </div> <div> </div> <div> He believes in meeting new people for rejuvenating perception and ideas. He has active profiles on social media channels and uses them when he gets some moment </div> <div> for himself.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-24', 'modified' => '2014-01-01', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Sachin Udas, Marketing Manager at Tele Talk Pvt Ltd, is a very straight forward person. He believes of being a diplomatically straightforward and a family person. He finds himself successful in managing time for his work and for his family.', 'sortorder' => '2195', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 11 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2302', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Joyful Achiever', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Angila Sharma</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Rajan Singh Bhandari, President of Nepal Bankers’ Association and CEO of Citizens Bank International, is a very straightforward person and dislikes liars. “Being an honest person, I expect the same from everyone around,” he says. He remains busy in his tight professional schedules, and this makes him find single weekend holiday insufficient. He wishes to have holiday on Sundays as well.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bhandari balances his professional and personal life perfectly, and manages his time for both. “My family is my pride. I always save time for my family,” says Bhandari.</div> <div> </div> <div> Bhandari is a very high-spirited person. He wakes up early in the morning and updates himself on current affairs. He plays badminton as a creative leisure activity for keeping his mind and body healthy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Besides that, he loves old Hindi songs and has deep fascination for music and dance. He believes in enjoying life to the fullest and hates nothing in particular.</div> <div> </div> <div> He considers vacations as an important aspect of life. Vacation, for him, is an escape from the daily hustles of life and manages to go on vacation, once a year. He loves to visit new places and thus his vacation destinations vary every year. Last year, he went to America. He has visited India, China, among other nations. </div> <div> </div> <div> He loves interacting with new people and is always amazed by people’s opinions and their personal characteristics. His love for interacting with people has taken him to Facebook. However, due to his busy schedules he is not very active there. “I check my Facebook only once a day. Other than that, I don’t use other networking sites,” says Bhandari. </div> <div> </div> <div> Reading book is another of his personal interests but he rarely gets opportunity to fulfill it because of his hectic professional schedules. </div> <div> </div> <div> He has a strong dislike for wasting time unnecessarily and thinks that time should be used in creative purposes that foster individual and national growth.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-17', 'modified' => '2013-12-24', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Rajan Singh Bhandari, President of Nepal Bankers’ Association and CEO of Citizens Bank International, is a very straightforward person and dislikes liars. “Being an honest person, I expect the same from everyone around,” he says. He remains busy in his tight professional schedules, and this makes him find single weekend holiday insufficient. He wishes to have holiday on Sundays as well.', 'sortorder' => '2153', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 12 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2263', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Work Loving Bureaucrat', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Hari Narayan Belbase, Director at the Department of Commerce and Supply Management, is a man with a tight professional schedule. Despite that Belbase does not hold grudges and enjoys it as part of his responsibility. He opines that it is the right time for him to do something and be someone, rather than seeking leisure. </div> <div> </div> <div> He does not find it difficult to fulfil office and family responsibilities together and opines that it’s all about how well one can manage their time. Belabase manages his time well for his office and his family.</div> <div> </div> <div> Along with his professional and familial responsibilities, he has been updating his education also. He is currently working on his PhD and says that it is the right time for him to take his career to another level while contributing to the society.</div> <div> </div> <div> Belbase is conscious about his health and fitness. He wakes up at 4:30 sharp every morning and jogs around 8 km along with doing some yoga. He loves playing badminton, which compliments his personal and fitness interest. Usually his badminton partner is his wife. Along with this strict health and fitness regime, Belbase devotes some of his morning time to perform religious prayers and rituals. He offers his morning prayers along with his daughter at home. He has a small 4-member happy family that includes him, his wife and two children.</div> <div> </div> <div> Belbase spends his spare time at home playing with his children and tending his home garden. He finds pleasure in walking around his garden and watering flowers.</div> <div> </div> <div> His love for nature has taken him to various places that are blessed by natural beauty. “Natural Beauty attracts me than anything artificial”, he shares remembering Mustang as one of his favourite places he has visited. Peace loving Belbase shares that he tries to avoid crowded and cramped places especially when he is on his vacation.</div> <div> </div> <div> He follows daily news and events across the world, and still manages time for reading popular books from popular writers in town. He believes that a person can imply so many things from a book in their practical life. In non-fiction, he prefers reading books on economics.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite holding important position and despite making continuous contribution to the welfare of the society and the nation, he still strives to serve better in the days ahead. He believes that humans shouldn’t only live for themselves and opines that as human, “One should utilise their precious life and time for contributing to the welfare of whole mankind.” While conceding to the notion that everyone has limited time in this world, Belbase believes that we should utilize the allocated time in doing things that are creative and productive for the society, nation and the whole of human kind.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-10', 'modified' => '2013-12-17', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Hari Narayan Belbase, Director at the Department of Commerce and Supply Management, is a man with a tight professional schedule. Despite that Belbase does not hold grudges and enjoys it as part of his responsibility. He opines that it is the right time for him to do something and be someone, rather than seeking leisure.', 'sortorder' => '2107', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 13 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2221', 'article_category_id' => '202', 'title' => 'A Positive Thinker', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> M<span style="font-size: 12px;">oti Dugar is a positive person with positive energy and thoughts. A very religious person, Dugar believes that there is a super power which protects all of us. </span></div> <div> </div> <div> He rarely thinks anything negative about anything and anybody. And this attitude has earned him many friends in life. Dugar finds very easy to get accustomed with any environment. </div> <div> </div> <div> “I take it as my achievement that I don’t have enemies”, he shares, “if you do good, good will come to you.” Dugar believes that one should always be honest with his\her life and other people. As a businessman, Dugar believes that honesty is the biggest policy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Despite being a busy Dugar manages his time well for his family too. As far as possible, he spends his entire spare time with his family. He says his family complains when he can’t manage much time for them, but maintains that they are very supportive and understanding about his busy schedules. He often goes on family outing that includes going for movies. He loves comedy movies and has a soft-corner desire for acting too. He says that he always aspired to be an actor but has not got any such opportunities so far. He thinks that he would have been an actor if he wasn’t a businessman.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar loves travelling. He finds his honeymoon trip to Kashmir as the most memorable trip of his life. Blushing joyously with a big smile he says, “The feeling cannot be replaced with anything.”Out of many countries and places Dugar visited, he says Biratnagar, which is his birthplace too, is and will always be his favourite. “There is no place more beautiful than own birthplace”, he says.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar has a happy joint family including his 3 kids and a lovely wife, whom he describes as helpful and encouraging.</div> <div> </div> <div> Along with love for acting, Dugar also has love for reading suspense novels and biographies of great people. Dugar’s interest list does not end here though. He loves sports too. In his college days he was an active cricket player. Besides cricket he loves playing Table Tennis too, when he has time. </div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar is not much fond of social networking sites. He is available on them but is merely active. He says he’d rather choose to do something creative than spending time on them. </div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar loves peace and tries to avoid crowded areas as far as possible. He doesnot like being bothered by unnecessary people and things especially when he is on his vacation. He tries to avoid meetings and wish he isn’t bothered by unnecessary calls when he is spending little bit of his time in his personal space.</div> <div> </div> <div> Dugar believes that it is very important for a person to take a break from the daily hustle bustle. “We have to deal with so many things at a time”, he says,” Taking break is thus necessary to overcome and relax our mental weariness.”</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-12-03', 'modified' => '2013-12-16', 'keywords' => 'the corporate weekly from Nepal, nepali corporate events – news – interviews – reviews, nepali corporate focus, nepali corporate status and news, news from nepali corporate industry, corporate happenings – events – news from nepal', 'description' => 'Moti Dugar is a positive person with positive energy and thoughts. 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He spends most of his spare time for the welfare of the society. Shrestha says if he gets more time and opportunity he would like to contribute in making our society a better place to live. Of other social welfare activities, he has keen interest in contributing to the cause of orphanage and orphan children’s education</div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from social welfare, Shrestha is concerned towards the development of internal tourism. Being a person who loves travelling, Shrestha says, “Nepal is extremely beautiful place to visit. I have been to many countries across the world, but Nepal itself has always been my favourite”, he says. “Travelling abroad is fun for some period of time, but at the end of the day, you feel comfortable and good in your own home or your own country.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha feels lack of words to praise the beauty of Nepal. Nagarkot, Pokhara, Baglung and Palpa are some places Shrestha loves to travel time and again. “The view keeps me mesmerised”, he says. According to Shrestha, Lumbini has always been his all-time favourite place to be. </div> <div> </div> <div> He updates himself on current affairs but spends his leisure time reading biographies of great people around the world. “Jawaharlal Nehru and Bill Gates are some people, I love reading about”, he says, “It inspires me getting to know about struggles and obstacles they faced in life and what made them great.”He prefers reading books which present reality about the world rather than fiction. </div> <div> </div> <div> Shrestha has a soft corner for Music too and plays guitar when he finds himself in an appropriate situation. He thinks that if he wasn’t a businessman, he’d probably been a musician.</div> <div> </div> <div> Despite these multiple personal interest, and his official responsibilities, Shrestha remains a committed family plan. 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Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25