Anjan Shrestha assumes presidentship of FNCCI

Kathmandu, May 7

Anjan Shrestha has assumed the presidentship of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI), the largest business body in the country.

The incumbent senior vice-president succeeded Chandra Prasad Dhakal as the 21^st President of the FNCCI. As per the FNCCI statute, senior VP assumes presidency upon completion of the term.

As Shrestha was elevated to the coveted post during the 60^th General Assembly of the FNCCI held in Kathmandu on 4-5 May, he said that the private sector is the partner of the government in economic affairs and development. He has challenges in the form of international conflict, impact on supply chain, and rising cost of raw materials and finished goods and opportunities like the stable government and abundant liquidity in the financial system.

Shrestha leads business houses Laxmi Group that runs businesses and industries in food, steel, motors and dairy. He joined the FNCCI in 2002 and served as chair of various committees and VP.

The 60^th General Assembly elected Naresh Lal Shrestha as the VP (Commodity); he defeated Shiva Prasad Ghimire. Likewise, Krishna Prasad Sharma and Dil Sundar Shrestha were elected as VPs of the District and Municipal Chambers defeating Umesh Dalmia and Kalpana Gaire while Prabal Jung Pandey was elected VP (Associate) against Jyotsna Shrestha Subba.

Earlier, the FNCCI would elect three VPs and one senior VP but the recent amendment of the statute has provisioned for additional VP for district and municipal chambers group. 

Arjun Kumar Shrestha, Ujjwal Prasad Kasaju, Keshav Prasad Bhandari, Krishna Katuwal, Gokul Shrestha, Tara Bahadur Karki, Dipak Nepal, Prayas Karki, Mohan Prasad Shrestha, Laxman Raj Paudel, Shankar Giri, Santosh Khadka, Surdarshan Karki and Hari Prasad Aryal were elected district and municipal members.

Gita Amatya and Hira Bhattarai were elected as women members for this group.

The General Assembly also elected 14 provincial members – two from each province. They include Jiban Parajuli and Ramesh Bishwakarma from Koshi, Amar Nath Shah and Bikash Kumar Sarada from Madhes, Prakash Manandhar and Sabin Shrestha from Bagmati, Pavindra Kumar Shrestha and Subin Shrestha from Gandaki, Yagya Prasad Bhattarai and Bal Krishna Subedi from Lumbini, Padam Bahadur Shahi and Purichandra Devkota from Karnali, and Pitambar Joshi from Sudurpaschim.

Likewise, elected members in the commodity group include Araniko Rajbhandari, Nani Raj Ghimire, Pashupati Dev Pandey, Bidur Dhamala, Bhakta Bahadur Hamal, Rabin Puri, Raj Kumar Karki (Raju), Lilendra Prasad Pradhan, Sangharsh Bista, Sagar Dhakal and Hom Prasad Ghimire.

Sunita Nhemaphuki was elected as woman member in this group while Bishwanath Khanal and Sunaina Ghimire were elected for the two positions under the commodity federation members.

Similarly, in the associate category, 17 members were elected, including Ambika Prasad Paudel, Ishwar Bahadur GC, Ujjwal Kumar Shrestha, Rishi Agrawal, Krishna Lal Maharjan, Dibas Neupane, Priya Raj Regmi, Batu Lamichhane, Babu Kaji Karki, Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, Ramsharan Bhandari, Shakti Kumar Begani, Sachin Dhakal, Suyash Pyakurel, Suraj Upreti, Sushil Thapa and Hemanta Golchha.

Abhigya Malla and Juna Mathema were elected as the commodity federation members.

Manoj Paudel was elected in the bilateral chambers category, while Gopal Shrestha and Suman Kumar Shrestha were elected under the founder members’ group. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 8 May 2026.