Kathmandu, Sept. 4
Pashupati Dev Pandey
is reelected unanimously the President of the Garment Association of Nepal
(GAN).
The 30th
Annual General Meeting of the Association held in Kathmandu on Wednesday and
Thursday elected Pandey to the post.
The new executive
committee includes Basanta Raj Adhikari as first Vice-President, Bhupendra
Kumar Basnet as second VP, Bhim Kumar Giri as General Secretary, Thomnath
Basyal as Joint-Secretary and Sanjay Kumar Agrawal as Treasurer.
Members of the
committee are Krishna Prasad Pandey, Suresh Man Shrestha, Sachindra
Pradhananga, Satish Giri, Hirakaji Muktan, Ramesh Kumar Karna and Sandip
Poudel.
Speaking at the AGM's
inaugural on Wednesday evening, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supplies
Damodar Bhandari appreciated the role played by the textile industries in
creating employment, earning foreign currency and promoting economic
development.
He also expressed the
government's commitment to provide policy facilitation for promoting domestic
products, upskilling, and expanding exports.
Likewise, Pandey urged
the government to accord priority to garment industry in order to increase the
export.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 5 September 2025.
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