Nabindra Raj Joshi

Nabindra Raj Joshi (Born on 8 January 1964, Kathmandu) is the leader of Nepali Congress. He was elected as Constituent Assembly Member representing Kathmandu, Capital of Nepal in 2006 [1] and serves as a member of State Restructuring Committee on assembly. He is also Spokesperson of Nepali Congress, Parliamentary Party.

Joshi started his political career as a student leader. He was elected as Central Committee Member of Nepal Student Union in 1980 and later became General Secretary in 1986. He was elected as Secretary of Free Student Union at Trichandra College (1982–1984), first college of Nepal.

He is one of youngest office bearer at Kathmandu Metropolitan City, where he was elected as Deputy Mayor at the age of 27 in the first election of local bodies held after the restoration of democracy in 1990. During his tenure (1992–1997), he contributed significantly both on modernizations of the city and preservation of cultural heritages.

Nabindra Raj Joshi grew up listening the daring stories of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala and Ganesh Man Singh and was influenced by their social democratic values and ideologies. Joshi is also a board member in Kantipur College of Management & information Technology (KCMIT)[2] and president of Bir Ganeshman Academy. He was the executive producer of Bir Ganeshman, a movie depicting life and time of late Ganeshman Singh.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Constituent Assembly Election 2064: List of Winning Candidates" (PDF). NepalResearch.org. 2007. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  2. ↑ Archived January 28, 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Archived July 16, 2011 at the Wayback Machine


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