CIM launches mission to enhance business connectivity

Kathmandu, Jan. 15

With the aim of further strengthening cooperation between industrial development and regional businesses in Koshi Province, the Chamber of Industries Morang (CIM) is set to launch a three-day ‘Koshi Connect Business Mission’ from Friday to Sunday – January 16-18.

The Mission is being initiated to play a catalytic role in promoting industrial development, regional collaboration and business-to-business cooperation, the CIM said in a statement on Thursday. Under the mission, a delegation from the organisation will visit Udayapur, Khotang and Bhojpur districts, where interactions will be held with local industries and businesses on investment opportunities and areas of cooperation, according to the organisation.

The organisational delegation includes President Nand Kishore Rathi, Immediate Past President Rakesh Surana, Senior Vice-President Bholeshwar Dulal, Vice-Presidents Surendra Golchha, Bipin Kabra and Subodh Koirala, Treasurer Paras Luniya, and Executive Committee Members Saurabh Sarda, Birendra Rathi, Dipak Agrawal, Santosh Bhagat, Siddharth Kabra, Kiran Byas, Paras Golchha, Ukesh Agrawal; entrepreneur Nirmal Kochar; women entrepreneurs Pratibha Paudel Niraula, Sabitra Dhakal and Bimala Thapa, among other members.

Rathi said that the business mission is expected to contribute towards strengthening regional trade, promoting local products and supporting the goal of building a pathway to shared prosperity.

He expressed confidence that, through this initiative, the CIM will help advance the hills and the Tarai on a shared development journey, expand business-to-business relationships, facilitate the exchange of knowledge and ideas, and establish a common voice on economic agendas.

Likewise, Rathi also noted that the mission will support the ‘Koshi Tourism Year 2082’ campaign launched by the Koshi Provincial Government, and will further assist in strengthening tourism promotion led by the private sector, expanding regional ties and reinforcing cooperation.

According to the CIM, the Mission aims to establish inter-district business networks and partnerships, promote investment and trade opportunities, market domestic products through the ‘My Country, My Products’ campaign, virtually connect businesses through a B2B platform, encourage entrepreneurship and innovation, and develop a shared perspective on economic agendas.

Under the programme, interactions on various dimensions of B2B engagement and cooperation will be held with representatives of Triyuga Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Khotang Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Bhojpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 16 January 2026.