Personalities (Business Age)

Personalities

Dynamism Personified with many Firsts

Mrs. Ambika Shrestha, educated in Kalimpong, Darjeeling, caused quite a stir with her modern ideas after she was married into the orthodox family of Dwarika Das Shrestha in 1955. She came out of her home and worked with USIS in 1959 and then as Managing Director of Kathmandu Travel & Tours, one of the first travel agencies in Nepal, which was started by her husband. After her husband’s death in 1992, it was her task to complete his vision of building a grand heritage hotel, which she did by completing the final wing of what it is today. From a High School teacher, she graduated to a full fledged tourism entrepreneur, President of Nepal Jaycees and the first National Woman President of Jaycees in the world, President of SKAL club of Kathmandu, Director of Nepal Tourism Board, Hon. Consul of Spain to Nepal, Managing Director of Nepal Treks and Natural History Expedition, President of Dwarika’s hotel and just became member B.O.A.C. forum for Asia... with so many feathers in her cap, Mrs. Shrestha certainly is a busy, outstanding and renowned lady. A Social Worker by nature, she is President of the Federation of Business and Professional Women.

In spite of a whole day’s hectic schedule, she manages to squeeze out precious time for music and art. Passionate about classical music, be it Nepali, Indian or Western; Mozart, Belayat Khan, Ravi Shanker or Colonial Cousins, all are her favorites. She has a zeal for opera, theatre and a fondness for reading as well. She follows in the footsteps of Lord Ganesha and the preaching of Sai Baba and believes that religion is an anchor, which keeps her steady through all the trials and tribulations of life.

An Up and Up Banker

Mr. Geha N. Dhungana Manager Operation at Kumari Bank, a Commerce graduate started his career as Trainee in Mabil Bank from Birgunj. He also worked as a branch Manager treasury and banking operation. He is an experienced banker having more than 14 year of banking experience of having worked in all areas of banking. His current job involves managing overall operations of Kumari bank, which ahs projected itself as a different bank emphasizing on technology and convenient banking.

He is more into computers and is energetic, quick and intelligent and he is all the time at the trouble-spots.

Artistic and Industrious

Mr. Arun Parajuli has recently joined Nepal Industrial & Commercial Bank Limited as the Chief Account Officer.

He had been working with KPMG Nepal, a leading Chartered Accountants firm, as Assistant Manager for more than 5 years. During his tenure at KPMG, he had been performing auditing including financial review, cost and accounting system design and implementation at many Joint Stock Companies, INGO’s, UN Organizations, World Bank, manufacturing industries, Services industries, Public Sector undertaking, Banks and Financial Institutions in Nepal, Bangladesh and Bhutan. He has also performed as a supervising in-charge in the financial review of Rastriya Banijya Bank and Nepal Bank Limited under Nepal Banking Reform Project. The project was implemented jointly with KPMG/Barent inc. and KPMG Australia.

Married to Pratibhanjali, Parajuli is interested in music, reading and traveling.

Experience-Unlimited

Mr. G.S. Pangti, Chief Executive of Nepal Life Insurance Company (NLIC) started his career as class I officer in Life Insurance Company (LIC) of India in 1968. Apart from the comprehensive practical and theoretical training by the LIC, he attended numerous training sessions for Middle and Higher management cadres covering life insurance subjects, behavioral science, leadership, communication, team building, counseling, marketing, financial management, audit and inspection, Human Resource Development, disciplinary proceeding etc. He had the honor of getting declared the best trainee officer of his batch.

He worked in higher management cadres in the different parts of India in Life insurance marketing, personnel, human resource development etc. Moving up fast in the organizational hierarchy he held charge of very large Division like Karnal (Haryana) and Jaipur. Prior to his retirement, he has been working as Security, Marketing, at LIC.

He worked for two years each in the Board of Directors of Haryana finance Corporation, Haryana Co-operative Federation and Rajasthan Corporation.