Bharat Koirala

Nepalese journalist
Bharat Koirala
NationalityNepali
Occupation(s)Journalist, author

Bharat Dutta Koirala, the winner of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts, is one of the most prominent senior journalists of Nepal with a professional career of over four decades.[1] He started his career in journalism as the chief reporter of The Rising Nepal in 1965 and became editor of Gorkhapatra and executive chairman and general manager of Gorkhapatra Corporation. He is also the founder of many organizations such as Nepal Press Institute, Nepal Forum for Environmental Journalist, Media Services International, and Radio Sagarmatha, the first independent private FM radio station. Awarded the Knight International Press Fellowship Award by the International Center for Journalists in Washington, D.C. and the Ramon Magsaysay Foundation in Manila, Philippines, he also pioneered the publication of a Nepalese Wall Newspaper, and is credited with introducing reporting on development of rural Nepal. Presently, he is the Secretary General of Nepal Press Institute, Chairman of Media Services International, and Chairman of Himal Association. He is a prominent media teacher in Nepal who produces many professional journalists.

References

  1. ^ "Outstanding Individuals", Philippine Daily Inquirer Aug. 25, 2002.
  • v
  • t
  • e
Nepali
SanskritLimbuNepalbhasha
EnglishHindiTamangAvadhiMagarMaithiliChinese
  • v
  • t
  • e
Government Service (1958–2008)
 Cambodia
  • Ek Sonn Chan
 China
 India
 Indonesia
 Japan
 Laos
  • Keo Viphakone
 Malaysia
 Pakistan
 Philippines
 Singapore
 Thailand
 Taiwan
Public Service (1958–2008)
 Burma
 Ceylon
  • Mary H. Rutnam
 China
 India
 Indonesia
 Pakistan
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Spain
based in  Philippines
  • Joaquin Villalonga
 Thailand
Community Leadership (1958–2008)
 Bangladesh
 Burma
 India
 Japan
 Laos
 Malaysia
   Nepal
 Philippines
 Thailand
 Tibet
Journalism, Literature, and the Creative Communication Arts (1958–2008)
 Bangladesh
 Burma
 Ceylon
or  Sri Lanka
 India
 Indonesia
 Japan
   Nepal
  • Bharat Koirala
 Philippines
 Thailand
 Great Britain
based in  Philippines
  • Robert McCulloch Dick
Peace and International Understanding (1958–2008)
 China
 India
 Indonesia
 Japan
   Nepal
 Pakistan
 Philippines
 South Korea
 Thailand
 United States
based in  Thailand
Emergent Leadership (2001–)
 Burma
 China
 Cambodia
 India
 Indonesia
 Philippines
 South Korea
  • Yoon Hye-ran
 Sri Lanka
  • Ananda Galappatti
 East Timor
 United States
based in  Hong Kong
Uncategorized (2009–)
 Bangladesh
 Cambodia
  • Yang Saing Koma
  • Koul Panha
 China
 India
 Indonesia
  • Hasanain Juaini
  • Tri Mumpuni
 Japan
 Philippines
  • Alternative Indigenous Development Foundation, Inc. (AIDFI)
  • Christopher Bernido
  • Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido
  • Romulo Davide
  • Antonio Oposa Jr.
 Taiwan
 Thailand


This article about a Nepalese journalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e