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Dhakal becomes FNCCI President, prioritizes investment promotion, employment generation

Kathmandu, 14 April:  Chandra Prasad Dhakal has become the President of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI). Dhakal came to the rein of Nepal’s apex businessmen’s umbrella organization following the  57th Annual General Meeting.

As per FNCCI statute that Senior Vice President is the one in a role to become the President. He is the 20th President of FNCCI. He has assumed the office from yesterday. Talking briefly to media, Dhakal said he was always for electing leadership in consensus. He lauded the role played by former Presidents of FNCCI including Umesh Lal Shrestha. “Investment promotion and employment generation is my first priority,” he said.

Dhakal is a successful entrepreneur and industrialist of the first generation. He was member of executive committee of FNCCI for two terms. He continued climbing leadership ladder from investment committee to employment council’s chair, vice chair of associate, FNCCI Vice President and finally the President now.

Dhakal is the founding chair of IME Group. He has  experience of over three decades of entrepreneurship and business. Born at Amalachaur of Baglung district in 1965, Dhakal had begun entrepreneurship since 1988.

People’s News Monitoring Service

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