Pushpa Raj Pradhan

Social Service:

• Chairman: Samukta Shakti Saving and Investment Cooperatives Ltd.

In the Past:

• Chairman: Nepal-China Cultural Economic Journalists and Intellectuals Society (NCCEJIS)
• Senior Vice Chairman: Editors Society of Nepal (until June, 2024)
• Coordinator: ESON Library, Kathmandu; Treasurer: Late Gopal Gotame Memorial Academy, Kathmandu; Member, Ilameli Samaj (a social organisation dedicated to the development of Ilam district)
• Member: Chiyabari Club (An organisation dedicated to the field of the social sector;
• Founding Editor: Samrachana Vernacular Weekly (1980-1993)
• Editor: Hindu vernacular daily (1991-92); Editor: Chiyabari (1985)
• Editor: Samrachana monthly literary magazine (1976-83)
• Editor: Pritibha, monthly magazine (1979); Editor Vidyarthi (Ilam) (1978)
• Professional Activities: Executive Member: Nepal Journalists’ Association (presently Federation of Nepalese Journalists), Central Committee (1992-95); Founder Member: Nepal Environmental Journalists’ Forum (1991-94)
• Other Activities: Executive Member: Nationalist Independent Students’ Organisation (Rastravadi Swatantra Vidyarthi Mandal) (NISO), Ilam (1976); General Secretary NISO, Ilam, (1977-79)
• M. A. in Economics from Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal, in 1989
• Medals: Gaddhi Aarohan Rajat Mohatsab Padak (2053 B.S.) Birendra-Aishwarya Sewa Padak (2058 B.S.)Prabal Gorkhadxin Bahu 2061 BS
• Foreign Visits: Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, including Tibetan Autonomous Region, Pakistan, Bangladesh and India.
• Publications: Articles, features, columns and commentaries – especially in social, economic, environmental and political issues – published in several newspapers.
  Also, published short poems, short stories and essays in literary magazines.
• Personal: Born in Ilam, Ilam District, Nepal, married to (late) Jasuda Pradhan in 1981; married to Sushma Pradhan in 2012, one son and one daughter. Religion: Hindu
• Address: Pipalbot, Dilli Bazar, Kathmandu, Nepal. Tel: 977-1-4517352
• E-mail: pushparajpradhan@gmail.com
• Updated on 16 July 2021