Academia & Science

अभि सुवेदी

Poet, playwright, and academic who taught English literature at Tribhuvan University for four decades

विश्वनाथ पौडेल

18th Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank

चित्तरञ्जन नेपाली

Historian and writer known for his biography of Bhimsen Thapa, Janaral Bhimsen Thapa Ra Tatkalin Nepal

देवेन्द्रराज पाण्डे

Development economist, former Finance Minister, and leading civil society figure known for decades of anti-corruption and pro-democracy advocacy

डोर बहादुर बिष्ट

Regarded as the father of Nepali anthropology, author of People of Nepal and Fatalism and Development; disappeared without a trace in 1995

गोविन्द केसी

Orthopedic surgeon and activist known for repeated hunger strikes demanding reform of Nepal's medical education system

जगतलाल मास्टर

Educator who ran a home school in defiance of Rana-era restrictions, teaching students who became notable writers and freedom fighters

जगतसुन्दर मल्ल

Honoured as one of the Four Pillars of Nepal Bhasa; opened a school defying Rana-era bans on modern education

कमल प्रकाश मल्ल

Linguist and historian, professor emeritus of Newar studies at Tribhuvan University, known for critical essays challenging Nepali nationalist orthodoxy

खिमलाल गौतम

Government surveyor and the only Nepali civil servant to have climbed Mount Everest twice; helped measure Everest's official new height

Former UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF

कुलरत्न तुलाधर

Nepal's first Chief Engineer of the Public Works Department, oversaw construction of the Tribhuvan Highway, Nepal's first highway

महावीर पुन

Founder of the Nepal Wireless Networking Project, which brought wireless internet to remote Himalayan villages; Ramon Magsaysay Award winner and current Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation

महेशचन्द्र रेग्मी

Historian and archivist of Nepal's economic history; first Nepali to win the Ramon Magsaysay Award

पद्मसुन्दर मल्ल

Nepal's first electrical engineer and the first Nepali to visit the United States

सन्दुक रूइत

Ophthalmologist known as the "God of Sight," pioneer of low-cost small-incision cataract surgery that has restored sight to more than 180,000 people across Asia and Africa

सत्यमोहन जोशी

Cultural historian and folklorist honoured as "Shatabdi Purush" (Man of the Century), first director of Nepal's Department of Archaeology

शुक्रराज शास्त्री

Intellectual and fighter for democracy honoured as one of the four martyrs of the Nepalese revolution

सूर्यविक्रम ज्ञवाली

Historian known for his biographies of Prithvi Narayan Shah and poet Bhanubhakta Acharya

स्वर्णिम वाग्ले

Economist and current Minister of Finance of Nepal; vice-chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party

युवराज खतिवडा

Veteran economist who served as Nepal Rastra Bank Governor, Finance Minister, and Ambassador to the United States