Youth Initiative Awards
2004
Profile of Award Winners
- Gayatri Amatya, 18 yrs
- Bhuban Raj Acharya, 22 yrs
- Samrat Katwal, 21 yrs
- Surya Prakash Gurung, 27 yrs
- Ram Prasad Rimal, 24 yrs
Gayatri Amatya
 Gayatri
Amatya, 18 year is currently doing Bachelor’s in Information
Management (BIM) at St. Xavier’s Campus. She did her
schooling from Lalitpur Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, and Intermediate
in Science (I.Sc) from St. Xavier’s Campus. Currently
she is also working part-time in the Guidance and Counseling
Office. She is involved in a range of activities; coordinator
for IMAGE magazine as well as coordinator of Cultural and
Dance Committee, runs talk forums for teenagers, manages inter
college events, master of ceremony in various events. She
was class captain during Grade 4,7 and 10. Apart from that
she participated in various school activities such as debate
contest, essay writing contest, and elocution contest. She
performed songs and dances in various Parents day and Anniversary
day programs. She also participated in inter-school literary
contests. She won the best actress award for the English One-Act
Play drama “Pen of my Aunt”.
She has taught at Man Mohan Memorial School during her SLC
vacation, worked as a library staff at St. Xavier’s
Godavari School during ISc break.
In the future she aspire to be a manager or part of an administrative
body, especially an International Organization such as UN
or ALICO. After all these participations and experiences,
she wants to become a self-reliant person, successful in her
career.
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Bhuban Raj Acharya
 Bhuban
Raj Acharya, 22 years was born in Rasuwa district. He did
his primary schooling at Rasuwa and at the age of 12, moved
to Kathmandu for further studies.
He has keen interest in computer programming and website
development. At the age of 17, he got enrolled in a correspondence
course at Sikkim Manipal University (India) to study a diploma
in Information Technology. He was actively involved in publishing
websites for himself and other private companies. In 2000
he got his first job as Webmaster in World Link. He has also
travelled to South East Asia studying and working, in April
2001 attending a course, focusing on e-commerce development
and application. He obtained an assignment to build up e-commerce
website for company called “Asian Arts”, located
in Bangkok.
Currently, he is involved in running of two e-commerce websites
which are a part of his family business. Apart from that
he
is has taken several youth development initiatives: ICT (information
Communication Technology) is a Research and development
Programe.
This project aims to cater to the information and communication
problems of village communities. It primarily focuses on
education,
communication, media, bio-technology, agro-business, management
of natural resources. (For more details: www.nvkc.org.np)
National Village Knowledge Center (NVKC) this project
aims
to establish a knowledge resource center for rural people
of Rasuwa Dictrict at Nilakantha Secondary School, I am working
to impart training to youth for setting up small businesses
to make them more productive for their families and for the
community. For more details please see www.bhuban.com.np/ict.php.
I am a involved with the several youth foundations and the
Langtang Foundation society Rasuwa, Nepal who are working
to improve the welfare of children and their communities
in rural Nepal.
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Samrat Katwal
 Samrat
Katwal, 21 years, was born in Charpane, Jhapa. He completed
his high school from St. Xavier’s School in Sikkim.
Currently, he is doing his Bachelor in Development Studies
at Centre for Development Studies at National College, Kathmandu.
The reason he chose this subject is to be familiar with the
real development scenario of this country and to contribute
in the development process of not only Nepal but also all
other developing countries in the future. Development Studies
for him is to understand why this country has not been able
to compete with other nations despite being rich in terms
of natural resources.
Besides his studies, he works as a volunteer for Environment
Department, Community Mobilization Unit at Kathmandu Metropolitan
City. His task there is to look after nature clubs in schools
and to guide the young kids to manage their eco-clubs. The
other activity he is involved is Rotoract Club of Kathmandu
Metro where he serves as the Secretary of the Club.
Samrat's aim in life is to excel in academic qualification.
He also long to become a Development expert and assist in
solving the problems faced by Nepal in its development process.
His special interest is to bring about economic importance
of the youth. He believes that once youths are economically
independent and can solve all their wants by themselves, they
will become more responsible citizens and hence contribute
to bring about positive change in the society. His greatest
achievement in life is that he considers himself to be a responsible
youth who takes keen interest for the development of Nepal.
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Surya Prakash Gurung
 Surya
Prakash Gurung, 27 years, is from Pokhara. He did his schooling
from a government school in Pokhara. Having come from a community
that doesn't put emphasis on education, there was tremendous
family (community) pressure to give up his education and join
the British Army or head for abroad work. But he was determined
to his singular pursuit of higher education and was successful
in completing his Masters (MSc) in Chemistry from Tribhuwan
University.
Currently, he is teaching at the School of Pharmaceutical
and Biomedical Sciences, Pokhara University. Teaching is a
respected profession, yet his members and relatives still
persuade his to go abroad to earn 'more' money. This is one
temptation he has been resisting since school.
He thinks his school years were wasted because they had hardly
any opportunities for intellectual growth and this has been
constantly haunting him. He feels that the younger generation
of youths should not go through the similar experience. So
his efforts of late has been to explore the possibilities
of providing today's with youths forums for intellectual growth.
This has led to him establihsing YOUTH FOR CHANGE, NEPAL,
a youth organization for youth empowerment. Through this organisation
he aims to help empower the youth.
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Ram Prasad Rimal
 Ram
Prasad Rimal, 24 years, was born as a twin to his brother
Laxman Prasad Rimal in Nuwakot district. He did all his schooling
from local school in Nuwakot. During school time, he was successful
in practising improved local technologies like seiving machines,
threshing machines, on/off switches, etc. After school, he
came with his brother in Kathmandu to continue with further
college education. During that time he was constantly involved
in inventing new devices that makes life easy for them like
alarm bell to notify that the bucket is filled, or automatic
door latch. Though a student of management, he with his brother
were constantly invovled in research and innovating of science
and engineering.
To all problems and challenges they found a new solution.
Till date they have developed automatic water pump, machine
to stop buglary, a calendar for 120 years, maize plantation
machine, rural electicification, etc.
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