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Special Address
Right Honorable Puspa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’
Prime Minister
Honorable Sher Bahadur Deuba
President, Nepali Congress, Member of Legislature Parliament and Former Prime Minister
Honorable KP Sharma Oli
Chairman, Communist Party of Nepal (UML), Member of Legislature Parliament and Former Prime Minister
Honorable Krishna Bahadur Mahara
Deputy Prime Minister/Minister for Finance
Honorable Nabindra Raj Joshi
Minister for Industry
Honorable Ramesh Lekhak
Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport
Honorable Janardan Sharma ‘Prabhakar’
Minister for Energy
Honorable Romi Gauchan Thakali
Honorable Minister for Commerce
Honorable Jeevan Bahadur Shahi
Minster for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation
Honorable Kanchan Chandra Bade
State Minister of Industry
Speakers/Session Chairs From Government
Honorable Dr. Min Bahadur Shrestha
Vice Chairman, National Planning Commission
Honorable Dr. Swarnim Wagle
Member, National Planning Commission
Honoarable Dr. Chandra Kanta Paudel
Honorable Member, National Planning Commission
Dr. Chiranjibi Nepal
Governor, Nepal Rastra Bank
Mr. Shankar Das Bairagi
Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mr. Shankar Prasad Koirala
Secretary, Ministry of Industry
Mr. Maha Prasad Adhikari
CEO, Office of the Investment Board Nepal
Mr. Rajendra Prasad Khanal
DG, Department of Mines
Mr. Birendra Kumar Misra
DG, Department of Information Technology
Mr. Sugat Ratna Kansakar
MD, Nepal Airlines Corporation
Mr. Kulman Ghising
MD, Nepal Electricity Authority
Dr. Er. Chandika Prasad Bhatta
Executive Director, SEZ
Mr. Deepak Raj Joshi
CEO, Nepal Tourism Board
Panelists/ Session Chairs
Mr. Allen Bailochan Tuladhar
Country Director, Microsoft Innovation Center, Nepal
Mr. Anand Bagaria
Managing Director, NIMBUS
Mr. Anil Shah
President, Nepal Bankers Association/CEO, Mega Bank
H.E. Asfaw Dingamo Kame
Ambassador of Ethiopia to India
Mr. Ashish Garg
Executive Member, IPPAN/Executive Director, Lower Solu Hydro Electric Project
Mr. Bharat Kunwar
Chairman, Rolpa Cement
Mrs. Bhawani Rana
Senior Vice President, FNCCI
Dr. Bimala Rai Paudyal
Former Member, National Planning Commission
Mr. Biswas Dhakal
Chairman and President, F1soft
Mr. Hari Bhakta Sharma
President, CNI
Mr. Harvinder Manocha
Chief Operating Officer, GMR Energy, India
Dr Jagadish C. Pokharel
Former Vice Chair, National Planning Commission
Mr. Joseph Silvanus
CEO, Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited
Mr. Karmath Dangol
VP of Engineering, Cloud Factory
Mr. Krishna Bahadur Manandhar
Former Acting Governor
Prof. Krishna Prasad Kaphle
Senior Geologist
Mr. Li Yanfeng
Chief Representative, Power China Resources Ltd., Nepal.
Ms. Liu Yunxia
Executive Committee, Vice President of Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd
Tan Sri Dr. M. Kayveas
Current Advisor to Ministry of Transport/Former Minister, Malaysia
Mr. Manohar Bhattarai
Former Vice-Chair, High Level Commission for Information Technology
Ms. Michelle Simmons
General Manager, Southeast Asia New Markets, Microsoft
Mr. Neeraj Rathi
Managing Director, Rakura Group of Tea Companies
Mr. Nirvana Chaudhary
Managing Director, CG Corp Global
Mr. Padma Jyoti
President, Jyoti Group of Companies
Mr. Prachanda Man Shrestha
Former CEO, Nepal Tourism Board
Mr. Puneet Varshney
MD, Bottlers Nepal (Coca-Cola)
Mr. Rabendra Raj Pandey
Past President, NATTA
Dr. Ramesh Prasad Bashyal
Petroleum Expert
H.E. Mr. Richard Morris
Ambassador, British Embassy in Kathmandu
Ms. Saraswati Rai Gurung
Manager, Himalayan Bio Trade
Mr. Satish Kumar More
Director, Hongshi-Shivam Cements, Chairman, Lucky Group
Dr. Shankar P. Sharma
Former Vice-Chairman of National Planning Commission, Former Ambassador of Nepal to the United States
Mr. Shekhar Golchha
Director, Golchha Organization
Mr. Shyam Prasad Giri
President, FNCSI
Mr. Siddhant Raj Pandey
CEO, Business Oxygen
Mr. Suraj Vaidya
President, SAARC CCI
Mr. Suresh Kanthaliya
General Manager, Patanjali Ayurved Ltd.
Mr. Suyash Chauhan
MD, Unilever Nepal
Mr. Tim Gocher
CEO, Dolma Development Fund
Dr. Upendra Mahato
Former President, NRNA
Ms Wendy Jo Werner
Country Manager, IFC
Mr. Yogendra Man Sakya
Director, ACE Hotels & Resorts