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| "Almost all industries are either losing money or operating at breakeven " |
Chairman and Managing Director of Saurabh Group (SG), BISHNU PRASAD NEUPANE hails from a business family that migrated to Nepal from Burma. Also a civil engineer, Neupane now heads the group that churns out a variety of products including cement, steel, tea and spun yarn. With ov ... More |
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| “Nepal can learn from the steady economic development of Romania” |
Social Entrepreneur SARIKA KHETAN has recently been appointed the honorary consul of Romania for Kathmandu, Nepal.
Khetan is also involved in the Khetan Group, which has interests in fast-moving consumer goods, finance and stock, as well as life and non-life insurance. More |
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| "Pessimism is not an option for us" |
Minister for Industry ANIL KUMAR JHA is accredited for the Indo-Nepal Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPPA) as well as his efforts to materialise the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).
Jha spoke about the industrial scenario in Nepal, cu ... More |
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| "Avishkar is making investment in very young people and those in business for the first time or those who have failed in the past" |
Vineet Rai is founder and CEO of Aavishkaar, a rapidly successful non government organisation working effective social entrepreneurship programmes. Rai has also co-authored several papers on issues concerning rural and micro innovations.
He spoke with THT Perspectives on the importance of ... More |
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| "There are still a lot of things that need to be done here to create an environment for investment and trade" |
Ivo Hlavac is the deputy minister of Environment and director of the Directorate of Technical Protection of the Environment. Hlavac is leading a high-level Czech delegation comprising of top government officials and private sector representatives that held discussions wit ... More |
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| "We are number one when it comes to enjoying market share in most of the categories that we are in" |
Vincent Yip is the general manager of Sony, Singapore Channel Marketing Centre.
He was in town to launch the exclusive Sony Centre at Kantipath. He spoke with Terence Lee of THT Perspectives about Sony’s plans for Nepal.
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| "Without a strong national carrier‚ Nepal's tourism industry can never really achieve its full potential" |
Pavitra Kumar Karki is the managing director of Danfe Travel Centre, GSA for Druk Air. He is also the vice
president of Nepal Association of Tour and Travel Agents (NATTA) and has been involved with the association for the last 16 years in various capacities. He spoke ... More |
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| "We expect to keep growing at 20 to 30 per cent and within three years double our turnover in Nepal" |
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Indranil Sinha is the director of exports for Whirlpool home appliances at Whirlpool South Asia which is based in New Delhi, India. He was in town to launch two Whirlpool brand showrooms that will showcase the entire range of premium products from every part of the world. He spoke with Terence Le ... More |
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| "Emirates looks forward to strengthening ties with Nepal" |
Srijana Prasai Koirala is the director of public relations at Universal Tours & Travels Pvt Ltd, the GSA for Emirates in Nepal.
She spoke with THT Perspectives about plans of Emirates for the future.
As GSA of Emirates, how is the airline connecting and contrib ... More |
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| “Labour issues have largely to do with political parties” |
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Diwakar Golchha is a well known industrialist in the Nepali business world. The CA member is the vice president of Golchha Organisation as well as advisor to FNCCI. The Golchha Organisation’s business interests include aluminum, steel, agro based products and export and ... More |
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| "Our market share in Nepal is growing" |
Ali Jaleel, general manager of South Asia Developing Markets Group at Dell was in town to launch their new Inspiron R series and also to launch their School In a Box educational initiative. He spoke to THT Perspectives about Dells plans and projec ... More |
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| "It's important that real estate companies sell at realistic prices and forget about speculative prices" |
Bijay Rajbhandary is committed to enhance professionalism in social-techno development activities. He has established diversified ventures with CE Construction Pvt Ltd as a core business enterprise. Having gained experience and exposure ... More |
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| "The current business scenario is volatile... confidence amongst entrepreneurs is very low" |
Bhaskar Raj Rajkarnikar is senior vice president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI). Also the
executive chairman of Avenues Television, he spoke to Surendra Tandukar of THT Perspectives about the current b ... More |
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| "It is evident that the level playing field was not available to UTL" |
Arun Gupta is the CEO of United Telecom Limited (UTL). He did his MSc in Engineering (Advanced Electronics) and joined the prestigious Indian Telecom Service in 1982. While he also holds a MBA in finance, he is an international expert on digital electronics and was the archit ... More |
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| "SAFTA could be a catalyst for greater cooperation" |
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed is the newly appointed secretary general of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Appointed the first woman secretary general of SAARC by the foreign minister-level meeting of SAARC held in Thimphu of Bhutan in F ... More |
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| "Educate people about the advantages of banking" |
William Westgate is the director of the London School of Management and Leadership. A veteran banker, he was also the senior vice president of Midland Bank within the investment banking division which was acquired by HSBC. Along with his team of management experts, he is launchin ... More |
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| "Technical education could be instrumental in resolving the problem of unemployment" |
Dr Jay Bahadur Tandan is member secretary of theCouncil for Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT). Established in 1989, the Council is a national autonomous apex body of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) committed to the
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| "In terms of proposition for business‚ I think we are very excited about the future" |
Bobby Johnson is the senior consumer marketing manager, export, Asia Pacific for Philips consumer lifestyle. He was in town for the Philips Consumer Lifestyle Distributors Seminar and spoke with Terence Lee of THT Perspectives about the plans o ... More |
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| "With just two Boeings and five twin otters‚ NAC is in a sorry state" |
Sugat Ratna Kansakar, executive chairman of Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC), has been reinstated and given a clean chit over the fiasco that ensued following his attempts to purchase badly needed aircraft from Airbus. Vindicated and vehemently ... More |
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| "The biggest hindrance in the power issue is that it is not profitable" |
SURAJ VAIDYA is the newly elected president of FNCCI. He spoke with Terence Lee of THT Perspectives on his plans and priorities as the head honcho at Nepal’s apex business federation. Excerpts:
As the newly elected president of FNCCI, what are your immediate priorities ... More |
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| "Political parties are using labourers as party cadres for their own vested interests" |
After 18 years of involvement with Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC), Suresh Basnet was recently elected as the president of NCC. The chairperson of Basnyat Company Limited, proprietor of Sujit Concern & Brothers, proprietor of Om Shanti Pashmina Udyog and director of Jal Pure Drinking Water is ... More |
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| "The biggest challenges at TIA are toilets‚ trolleys‚ telephones and taxis" |
Ratish Chandra Lal Suman is the general manager of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), Nepal’s only
international terminal. TIA handles 27 international airlines and 13 domestic carriers and has long been criticised for
being congested. He spoke to Terence Lee of THT Pers ... More |
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| "When it comes to telecommunications our plan is definitely to be the number one in our field" |
Pasi Koistinen is the CEO of Ncell, the telecom service provider that has been painting the town purple — a year after the telecommunications company TeliaSonera re-branded it from Mero Mobile . He spoke to THT Perspectives about achievements and plans f ... More |
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| "We would like to see new contacts built and more trade between the business communities in the two countries" |
Miloslav Stasek is the ambassador of the Czech Republic to India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Maldives. Earlier he served as a diplomat in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Africa. He was in Kathmandu to present his credentials to the President of Nepal and spoke with Terence Lee of THT P ... More |
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| "We need to understand the difference between trading and value addition" |
Ashish Garg is the executive director of Clean Developers Private Limited, which is involved in eco-friendly construction projects. Celebrity Malvika Subba had a tête-à-tête with him.
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How did you start Clean Developers?
This is basically an i ... More |
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