The Sherpa are one of the Tibetan ethnic groups native to the most mountainous regions of Nepal, Tingri County in the Tibet Autonomous Region and the Himalayas. The term sherpa or sherwa derives from the Sherpa-language words ཤར shar ("east") and པ pa ("people"), which refer to their geographical origin in eastern Tibet.
The Nepali Congress is a democratic socialist political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country. The party has 870,106 members as of the party's 14th general convention in December 2021 making them the largest party by membership in Nepal.
Rastriya Janamorcha is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy Prime Minister, Chitra Bahdur KC is the chairman of the party.
The Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU) (Nepali: कृषि तथा वन विज्ञान विश्वविद्यालय) is a public agricultural university with central offices in Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal. It was established by the Parliament of Nepal through a bill passed in June 2010 merging two constituent campuses of Tribhuvan University: the Rampur Agriculture Campus of the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science and the Forestry Campus, Hetauda of the Institute of Forestry in Hetauda, Makwanpur. The university is the country's first technical university that offers agricultural workforce development and promotes research in agriculture, forestry, and allied disciplines through teaching, research, and extension programs across the country. The main features of the university is to produce mainpower for agriculture and forest industry.
The President of Nepal is the head of state of Nepal and the commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Armed Forces.
Arjun Narasingha K.C., also known as ANKC, is a Nepali politician and former professor, currently serving as a Member of Parliament (MP) from Nuwakot representing the Nepali Congress Party. KC has served as minister five times in different coalition governments holding Education, Health, Housing & Physical Planning and Urban Development portfolios. He most recently served as the Minister of Urban Development in the Second Dahal Cabinet from 2016 to 2017. KC has been elected to the national legislature a total of four times from his constituency of Nuwakot.
Prithvi Narayan Campus or P.N. Campus,(Nepali: पृथ्वीनारायण क्याम्पस) is a public co-educational institution located in the northern part of the Pokhara city and is one of the largest campuses affiliated to the TU. The institution offers undergraduate(Bachelors) and graduate programmes. It is named after the great king; Prithvi Narayan Shah.
The Hyolmo are a people mainly from the Eastern and Northern Himalayan Regions of Nepal. They refer to themselves as the "hyolmo" or "Yolmopa" and are native residents of the Helambu valleys and the surrounding regions of Northeastern Nepal. Their combined population in these regions is around 11,000. They also have sizeable communities in Bhutan, Darjeeling, Sikkim and some regions of South-Western Tibet. They are among the 59 indigenous groups officially recognized by the Government of Nepal as having a distinct cultural identity and are also listed as one of the 645 Scheduled Tribes of India.
Nepal Law Campus, originally called Nepal Law College, is the oldest college under the Faculty of Law of Tribhuvan University - the oldest and largest university of Nepal. Nepal Law Campus was established in 1954 by three professors of Tri-Chandra College under the leadership of Prof. Ram Raj Pant, who also served as its founding Principal. Two others instrumental in the establishment were Prof. Ratna Bahadur Bista and Prof. Ashutosh Ganguli. Initially, the College operated under the affiliation of Patna University of India. Before shifting to its present location at Exhibition Road in Kathmandu, the College operated as evening school at Durbar High School in Rani Pokhari, Kathmandu.
Dor Bahadur Bista is a Nepalese anthropologist, social scientist and activist. Bista is considered the Father of Nepali anthropology, and has published popular books such as Fatalism and Development and People of Nepal. Bista mysteriously disappeared in 1995.
Sudurpaschim University is a university in Nepal, located in Mahendranagar, Kanchanpur. It was established on August 2010 by the Act of the Constituent Assembly by the Government of Nepal. It came into operation in 2011, after the appointment of the university officials. Prime Minister of Nepal serves as the Chancellor of the university.
Yuba Raj Khatiwada is a former Nepali politician and economist who has served as the Ambassador of Nepal to the United States since 17 February 2021. As the residential ambassador of Nepal to the US, he was also the non-residential ambassador to Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala and was entitled to look after the affairs related to the World Bank, IMF, and the World Bank Group. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2018 to 2020 and was a minister in the cabinet of KP Sharma Oli from February 2018 to September 2020. He previously served as the governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank, as well as the vice-chair of the National Planning Commission.
Bahujan Shakti Party is a political party in Nepal led by Vishwendra Paswan.
Bidya Devi Bhandari is a former Nepali politician who served as the second president of Nepal from 2015 to 2023. She formerly served as the minister of defence and minister of environment and population.
Sushma Shakya is a Nepalese woman visual artist who works on printmaking, painting, illustrations for books, video art, and installations. She has held many exhibitions of her art work across Nepal.
Ananda Prasad Pokharel is Nepali politician and former Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal. He is currently holding position of Central Committee Member and also Bagmati Province Committee Secretary of Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He was elected Member of Parliament from 2056 to 2063 BS as Dolakha Constituent. He again got elected in 2070 BS as a Member of the Second Constitutional Assembly, after the failure of the first assembly to promulgate a constitution. Also, he is chairman of Nepal China Himalayan Friendship Society (NeCHiFS) Nepal, which has been major contributor in construction of School and Community building in Nepal-China border districts since decade.
Ganga Chaudhary Satgauwa, popularly known as Ganga Chaudhary is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. She is also a member of the Women and Social Welfare Committee of the parliament.
Rajarshi Janak University is a national university of Nepal. It was founded in October 2017 by the legislature-parliament after passing a bill as per the Constitution under special co-ordination of former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Bimalendra Nidhi. The university is focused in Madhesh Province. The central office of the university is in Janakpur. The name of university is based on King Janak, the legendary king of Mithila.
Darai people (Nepali:दरै) are an indigenous ethnic tribal community native to Nepal. Most of their population live in hills and inner terai of Nepal in the banks of Narayani river and Madi river with the largest concentration in Chitwan, Tanahu and Nawalparasi districts. According to census of 2071 BS (2014-2015), their population is 11,595.
