Kathmandu, Mar. 21
Young entrepreneur Sudeep
Koirala has received the 'Gopal-Kamala Rajbhandari Rotary Award for Vocational
Excellence' that comes with a purse of Rs. 1 million.
The director of Didi
Foundation received the award for playing an important role in social entrepreneurship
and social change.
Koirala, 33, has managed
to receive the biggest award in the Rotary field at a young age. Established in
the name of Rotarian Gopal-Kamala Rajbhandari, founding members of Rotary Club
in Nepal, this award has been given to those who have contributed to various
fields of society. It is said that this award will be given annually from this year, which
was previously given every two years.
Amod Rajbhandari,
grandson of Gopal-Kamala honoured Koirala with the award at a programme organised
recently on the occasion of the 15th National Conference of Rotary
Club District 3292.
Dr. Ramkantha Makaju
Shrestha, Chairman of Dhulikhel Hospital, Dr. Sureshraj Sharma, former vice
chancellor of Kathmandu University, Satyamohan Joshi, cultural expert, Indira
Rana Magar, President of Prisoners Nepal, and Biswas Dhakal, president of F1Soft
International had received the award in the past.
Amod Rajbhandari said
that the award was given to young entrepreneur Koirala with the aim of
encouraging those who play an important role in social change. According to
him, a six-member award selection committee was formed under the chairmanship
of Basudev Golyan.
Koirala said that he would invest the amount of the award for
the betterment of the society.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 22 March 2023.
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