Social & Public Service

आदित्य झा

Canadian-Nepali entrepreneur and philanthropist; recipient of the Order of Canada

अंशिका शर्मा

Miss Universe Nepal 2020 and founder of the Anshika Education Welfare Foundation

Founder of Maiti Nepal; named CNN Hero of the Year (2010) for her work combating human trafficking

भिमदत्त पन्त

Farmer-rights martyr who led a salt protest against landlord elites in far-western Nepal; a city is named after him

भूमिका श्रेष्ठ

Nepal's first transgender woman member of parliament and longtime LGBTQ+ rights activist

दावा स्टेभन शेर्पा

Mountaineer, entrepreneur, and environmentalist who leads Asian Trekking and Nepal's Eco Everest Expedition clean-up campaigns

देवेन्द्रराज पाण्डे

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

दुर्गा घिमिरे

Founding president of ABC Nepal, one of the first organisations in Nepal to campaign against human trafficking

गोविन्द केसी

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

कनकमणि दीक्षित

Founding editor of Himal Southasian; Nepali journalist, publisher and civil rights activist

कर्ण शाक्य

Hotel entrepreneur and conservationist who helped establish Nepal's first national park and saved the Garden of Dreams from demolition

केकी अधिकारी

Actress known for I Am Sorry, Masan, and Mero Best Friend; one of Nepal's highest-paid actresses

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

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

माल्बिका सुब्बा

Miss Nepal 2002 titleholder who became a longtime television host, actress, and social activist

पुष्पा बस्नेत

Founder of the Early Childhood Development Center and Butterfly Home for children of incarcerated parents; 2012 CNN Hero of the Year

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

Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal; lawyer and women's rights advocate whose litigation led to more than 60 discriminatory laws being struck down

शेष घले

Nepali-Australian businessman and co-founder of the Melbourne Institute of Technology; former president of the Non-Resident Nepali Association

शिशिर खनाल

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal and founder of Teach for Nepal

सुदन गुरुङ

Home Minister of Nepal; founder of Hami Nepal and a leading figure of the 2025 Gen Z protest movement

उपेन्द्र महतो

Businessman and founding president of the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA)