April 6: NIC Asia Bank has organised a financial literacy training and stationery distribution programme in Barpak,…
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Issuing a statement on Thursday, April 5, the bank said that the programme was organised with an aim of enhancing the financial literacy of the locals of Sulikot Rural Municipality, Barpak. “Locals of the area participated in the programme where trainings regarding saving and its benefits were provided,” the statement read, adding that the bank distributed educational supplies to Himalayan Secondary School as corporate social responsibility to the community. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-04-06', 'modified' => '2018-04-06', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '7661', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-04-06 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2796', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'MBA For Working Managers', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Along with MBA and BBA there were lot of other options available for fresh graduates or regular students who aspired to gain a degree in management studies. But the options were limited for the working entrepreneurs or managers who wanted to sharpen their skills or upgrade their status in their field or start their own enterprise. Now, they too have an option in the form of Executive MBA or EMBA. </div> <div> </div> <div> MBA or EMBA are graduate level business degree especially designed for working professionals of the same field. These are post-experience management education programmes that help managers learn to change and grow in their career. They are lot like a regular MBA programmes only that they are primarily designed to educate working executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and other business leaders. </div> <div> </div> <div> Executive MBA was started in the early 1980s as a response to the need of the post experience education was felt. It was introduced as MBA for working managers, for the people working in managerial sectors who had no MBA backgrounds. It aimed to furbish their managerial performance at their respective institutions. </div> <div> </div> <div> In Nepal, Ace Institute of Management started the EMBA programme in 1999 under the affiliation of Pokhara University, while Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) started its EMBA programme in 2000.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Different from MBA</strong></div> <div> EMBA and MBA programmes generally attract people of different ages and at points in their career lives. These programmes are somehow similar in content but the EMBA classes are of faster paces, which allow students to receive their degree in two years or less while working full time. EMBA Programme emphasises applied learning, leadership and personal skill development, and a global mindset. </div> <div> </div> <div> Subas KC, dean at KUSOM shares that the EMBA is more generalist programme while MBA is more specialised programme. “We’ve designed EMBA focusing more on the things like leadership and skills enhancement which is needed for a working professional to enhance their career,” he says, “We are focusing particularly on those skills which are direct and visibly necessary for them.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Similarly, Kumar Thapa, former Associate Director of EMBA programme at Ace Institute of Management also shares same feeling, “EMBA is more fundamental- general class which is elective not specialized and the course is more focused on what working professionals need in the workplace,” he says, “While MBA is more academic and specialized course.” </div> <div> </div> <div> With that, the cohorts also often turn into a valuable network that students can tap long after they receive their degree. KC shares there have been lot of cases where students from managerial background have switched to start their own enterprises as they develop a strong network from the wider range of opportunities provided by the college.</div> <div> </div> <div> There are various factors people join EMBA. KC shares that “most of the students join the programme to perform better in current job, some to upgrade their current position in their organisation. Basically, all want to develop their ability and skills to choose a better path in their career. Some people want to change their career also, so they join to gain a better perspective and opportunities.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Growing Trend</strong></div> <div> Executive MBA is a good opportunity that is made available for the working people who want to upgrade their career and the attraction towards it is increasing lately. People from various background: corporate sector, public and development sector, entrepreneurship sector, everyone is now willing to join the programme for various reasons. Mostly, senior level executives join the programme but Thapa believes that lately younger people are joining this programme with relatively short working experience.</div> <div> </div> <div> KC believes that the trend has been good so far and believes that it will remain same for some more years but he said that the course needs should be revised and redesigned after some years.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-10-10', 'modified' => '2014-11-21', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'Along with MBA and BBA there were lot of other options available for fresh graduates or regular students who aspired to gain a degree in management studies. But the options were limited for the working entrepreneurs or managers who wanted to sharpen their skills or upgrade their status in their field or start their own enterprise. Now, they too have an option in the form of Executive MBA or EMBA.', 'sortorder' => '2644', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2769', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Designing Your Dreams', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Shailaja Adhikary, Managing Director, IEC College of Art and Fashion" src="/userfiles/images/be3%20(Copy).jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 237px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Shailaja Adhikary</strong></div> <div> Managing Director</div> <div> IEC College of Art and Fashion</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> If you are passionate about designing your own imagination and flaunting the trendy designs, you can get the route by pursuing a career in the same world. IEC (Indian Education Centre) College of Art and Fashion, the pioneer in the country to introduce the course in fashion designing is providing you two courses where you can scribble your mind creatively and artistically: Bachelors in Fashion Design and Bachelors in Interior Design.</div> <div> </div> <div> Recognising the need and addressing the passion for fashion design course in Nepal, Shailaja Adhikary, started the institution on her sole initiation. Adhikary, who is the Managing Director at the college, shares that her step to introduce a new course and that too of fashion in Nepal was not easy but says it was worth the effort. Adhikary shares she was only 21, when she started IEC realising the need in the country to set up the institution for professional fashion designing training. </div> <div> </div> <div> IEC was started as an institution for computer trainings and fashion designing initially. Adhikary had to include the computer courses in her institution as people then were not so much willing to join the tailoring courses as it was attributed with the negative stereotypes. “I turned down the computer courses, when Ifelt the craze for fashion design increasing and computer slowing down”, she recalls, “That was the right time to gear up for the Fashion Designing course in Nepal.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>The Courses Offered</strong></span></div> <div> IEC Offers Bachelors degree in two courses: Fashion Design and Interior Design. The three-year Bachelor degree is segregated into six semesters.</div> <div> </div> <div> Fashion Designing course helps students learn draping, patternmaking, and sewing techniques in detail. Students are also provided with the opportunity to interact with the top designers of the country and abroad as they visit the college as guest speakers helping student understand and create designs that can be made public through on campus exhibitions. </div> <div> </div> <div> Interior Designing course provides student in-depth knowledge about field and gets opportunities to collaborate and interact with leading practitioners too. The college arranges field visits to the places with interior spaces like hotels and restaurants, hospitals, residences, stores and so on. Students are also provided with internship facilities in their last semester. “We are soon planning to send our students to India for internship”, she shares, “It’s a bigger platform and exposure there.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>After Graduation</strong></span></div> <div> Graduates of both the courses get ample career choices. Adhikary shares that there is a huge market for the graduates and they can be consumed very fast and easy. “Not only domestic market, students have to compete in the international arena too,” she shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Adhikary who herself believe in making your own identity always suggests her students to start entrepreneurship. “You shouldn’t give your hard work to somebody else,” she opines, “Have the experience of 2-3 years to work under other organisation and then start your own business.” Fashion Design graduates can pursue their career as costume designer, fashion consultants, fashion designer, fashion entrepreneurs, fashion photography coordinators, fashion show coordinators, fashion stylists, production supervisors, accessory designers, jewellery designers and so on.</div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, Interior Design Graduates can pursue their career as CAD (Computer-Aided Designs) designers, commercial interior designers, designer consultants, exhibition organizers, furniture designers, institutional interior designers, fashion show coordinators, lighting designers, and residential interior designers etc.</div> <div> </div> <div> Likewise, IEC has been supporting various fashion shows and beauty contest in Nepal which is a plus point for the students. It was also the joint organiser of first Fashion Week which was first of its kind in Nepal. “These kinds of shows provide bigger exposure to the designers” Adhikary opines, “They give bigger platforms to the new and talented designers in the country andneeded to be encouraged more.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="Business Education" src="/userfiles/images/be1%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 468px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Eligibility</strong></span></div> <div> Those who have passed their +2 level in any faculty are eligible for the entrance exams taken by the college. And one must pass the entrance test to get the admission. The College is affiliated to the Vinayaka Missions University, India.</div> <div> </div> <div> Started from 13 students, Adhikary recollects the memory of her initial days where she only had been able to make 35 students throughout the year.“The scenario now has thoroughly changed and the fashion designing course or fashion itself is not viewed with the stereotypes”, she shares.The college now is over flooded with the focused and determined studentswilling to pursue the courses and Adhikary is positive that the scenario will still get better.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-25', 'modified' => '2014-05-07', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'IEC, the pioneer in the country to introduce the course in fashion designing is providing you with the opportunity to scribble your mind creatively.', 'sortorder' => '2618', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2491', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'SAIM Producing Entrepreneurs', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.</div> <div> </div> <div> SAIM aims to address the demand for skilled managers and entrepreneurs in Asia, which is expected to grow as it is the most dynamic economic centre for global trade, investment and technology innovation.</div> <div> </div> <div> It envisions generating professional managers and entrepreneurs who have a deep understanding of the region, its people and their deep rooted cultural values. And it has been working hard for the same with high degree of commitment, dedication and perseverance to establish itself as a regional learning centre of excellence for management studies.</div> <div> </div> <div> SAIM provides best of management education with some of the Nepal’s best intellectual professionals in its faculty such as Dr Bijay KC, Dr Prakash Chandra Lohani, Ashok R. Pandey, Madhukar SJB Rana and alike. The College offers Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Global Business with affiliation from Pokhara University. </div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from that, SAIM has also collaborated with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok. With a purpose to upgrade education and research opportunities, SAIM signed an MOU with AIT in December 2009. The MOU focuses mainly on faculty and student exchange program, conducting joint research and studies. It also aims to build capacity of SAIM faculty members through degree and training programs at AIT. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>College Objectives</strong></span></div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To develop managers with sound management knowledge, skills and values along with leadership qualities and a positive attitude.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To build relevant, practical curricula grounded on sound theory and based on regional case studies and experience sharing.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To motivate students for bringing out the best in them and foster creativity, innovation and effective team building.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To inculcate creativity and innovativeness in the faculty through continuing education, faculty development programs, consulting and research.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong> “Be an entrepreneur not an employee”</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Dr Bijay KC, Dean, SAIM" src="/userfiles/images/bkc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 210px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Dr Bijay KC</strong></div> <div> Dean, SAIM</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> Any developed country is well-developed because it’s well-managed. Until a country can’t utilise its resources, it can’t be developed. Utilising human resource and natural resources needs proper management. MBA (Masters in Business Administration) produces skilled or appropriate manpower for the utilisation of the resources, be it natural or human.</div> <div> </div> <div> MBA is regarded as best education worldwide for the management studies. It is a course providing practical knowledge about management. It teaches management of property as well as problems. It also helps in developing leadership and an individual’s decision making ability. It provides knowledge about specialized management which includes management of every sector. It teaches skills to apply theoretical knowledge in practical life. It also sharpens communication skills and team work. Thus, MBA has drawn attraction among students lately than other management programmes. </div> <div> </div> <div> Our country moved ahead to privatization after the change in policy in 1991resulting in increase of economic activities. Number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial sectors also increased after that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. Need of proper management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. For which, people with proper management skills were needed. MBA’s importance was felt to generate that manpower.</div> <div> </div> <div> Most of the students pursuing MBA have a thought of working with some companies. We suggest them to be entrepreneurs themselves rather than working with any organisation. MBA graduates should create employment rather than be an employee. Students belonging to industrial family automatically incline towards business while others think of doing job under some company. MBA however is not a subject to continue the traditional occupations. MBA graduates should be innovative enough to create employment opportunities and be progressive to face possible challenges in the market. However, being an entrepreneur is much more challenging than working for other organisations. </div> <div> </div> <div> MBA Graduates have showed good results in the management of the organizations. They are paid well also. Thus, the number of students wanting to study MBA increased along with the number of management schools providing MBA course. However, looking at the present scenario, number of MBA graduates has become more than the opportunities available and the size of the market. Economic activities that accelerated after 1991 have slowed down lately due to political instability in the country. MBA graduates thus are more in numbers than the opportunities available in the market. </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>(Based on an interview with Dr Bijaya KC.)</em></span></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-22', 'modified' => '2014-01-24', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.', 'sortorder' => '2334', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2396', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'International Relations And Diplomacy Courses In TU', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in “International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).” Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed. </div> <div> </div> <div> Curriculum for this 4-semester program has been developed said KC while informing that that the course comprises of analytical academic discourse, seminars and workshops on current international relationship status of Nepal, and steps needed to strengthen its existing foreign policy and diplomacy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Course syllabus adheres to international standards and practice and has been launched after much research and homework, KC., added.</div> <div> </div> <div> Though similar courses have been in practice across the world, TU had not been able to launch them so far due to various constraints. </div> <div> </div> <div> The course will be moderated by senior faculty members affiliated to political science department of the TU, visiting faculty members from foreign universities and incumbent and former diplomats. </div> <div> </div> <div> IRD course is getting recognition globally as international relations are given much priority by most of the countries across the world. And it is even more important for a least developed country like Nepal to extend and maintain its bilateral relation with its neighbouring and other world countries. K. C. said that the discipline aims to produce capable and efficient IRD professionals to meet the nation’s growing need. </div> <div> </div> <div> Elaborating on the scope of the programme, K.C. said that the IRD programme is market friendly with global demand for IRD professionals. </div> <div> </div> <div> IRD graduates will have academic benefit over others for while vying for employment with foreign ministry and other formal and informal organizations specializing in foreign relations. Along with that K.C., said that the course is suitable for the students who want to pursue their career further in fields like media reporting, foreign service, corporate sector, and national security affairs.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong> Eligibility</strong></span></div> <div> Students who have completed Bachelor’s degree with at least second division or 2.0 CGPA in any discipline recognized by Tribhuvan University are elligble to appy for the course. Prospective student with better linguistic, analytic capacity will be preferred over other students during the admission, K.C., added. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fee Structure</strong></span></div> <div> According to K.C. the University is not financially aiding the department currently. He said that department is managing financial resources for the course on its own. “Thus fee structure is costlier than other courses of the university.” Total tuition fee for all the four semesters is set at Rs 1 lakhs and 50 thousand. </div> <div> </div> <div> <hr /> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Dr Khadga KC ,Programme Co-ordinator and Associate Professor" src="/userfiles/images/dkc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 207px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Dr Khadga KC</strong></div> <div> <em>Programme Co-ordinator and</em></div> <div> <em>Associate Professor</em></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What issues are included within the course?</strong></span></div> <div> The syllabus is developed tuning both practical and theoretical subjects. Students will be learning art of negotiation, methods of treaty making and agreement, of diplomatic protocols, public diplomacy, administration of managing foreign missions, promotion of cultural diplomacy, the job of work-attaché, diplomatic correspondence. They will also be taken for practical field visits to the ministries of the government which is associated with foreign matters.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What made you feel the necessity of this course in Nepal? And what is the scope of the programme?</strong></span></div> <div> International Relations as a discipline has been in practice worldwide since long. However, it is new in Nepal. Least developed countries like Nepal needs to expand its international relations even more. The discipline will generate the man power with new vision and skills for the same. Similarly, scope of this subject is not limited within domestic market. Graduates of the programme are sellable in international market too and can utilise their skills in various international organizations.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>As it is a new discipline in Nepal, do you have adequate resources to train the students?</strong></span></div> <div> We have good networks with government institutions. Similarly, we also have quite good number of skilled people in political science and other related faculties. Graduates in the same subjects will also be facilitating during the course. We will primarily be tapping available resources and manpower. We will also invite experts and career diplomats for cooperation. Guests’ lecturers from friendly countries also will be invited for assistance. </div> </div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-05', 'modified' => '2014-01-05', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in “International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).” Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed.', 'sortorder' => '2238', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2090', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => '‘MBA Is Not For Everyone’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/lp%20bhanu.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 131px; height: 161px;" /></div> <div> <strong>LP Bhanu Sharma is the Principal of Apex College, one of the leading management colleges of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of Chartered Academic International Pvt. Ltd. He has over 16 years of experience in management, teaching and training. He is also a spiritualist and trainer on positive living and mediation. In an interview with Keshab Raj Gautam of New Business Age, Sharma shared his opinion on trend of business education in Nepal. Excerpts:</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>You have been working in the education sector for a decade and half. What is your experience? </strong></div> <div> I have been working in education sector for more than 16 years. Education has transformed and it is not the same. The curriculum has changed, teachers and students’ mentality has changed and this sector is looking for newer changes. At present, students have realised the importance of global prospective. Due to these prospects, many students, even management students, are studying Chinese, French, German and Swiss language. Current students no longer thinks that classroom education are enough, they have understood the need of real experience in this competitive business world. The mentality that, unless I do very well I will not be able to do anything has developed among students. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Do you find any difference between the students five years back and students now? </strong></div> <div> Yes, there is a difference. Today’s students know how to make use of technology. Also, sense of competition has grown up and the number of serious students has increased. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>How do you evaluate the growing number of business schools in Nepal? </strong></div> <div> At present, number of colleges which offer MBA programme in Nepal has increased to 37.Even a small city like Narayanghat has four institutions offering MBA degree. I take this growing number of business schools as very positive step but this is just the start of journey. This shows that, business education has come up and students really desire for business and management education. Over 52 per cent of Nepali students into higher education study management in Nepal. If we look at USA data, only 25 per cent of graduate students are involved in MBA programme. Market will give these business school three to five years time to prove themselves. In business school, the researches brought into the classes are more important which many of the business school lack. Apparently, this is not the scenario of new institutions but market will give these institution times to stand out. Even older ones like Apex College are having new testing times and we are working on quality. If all these institution works on quality, things will change otherwise market will categorise these intuitions as A, B, C and D grade which ultimately lead these institutions to lose their ground. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>How to choose the best business institution? </strong></div> <div> Students have to be smarter in this case. Choice of the intuitions is very core. Unless the intuition or the founder have some good records, student must think twice before joining it. Many of the intuitions claim to be the business school but are founded and run by non business graduates. What do they know about business? How are they going to do? These are the sincere questions which students as well as the common people must ask before joining any institution. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>What are your suggestions to potential business students? </strong></div> <div> First of all, we must get out of this fashion race. MBA has become a fashion but it should not be. MBA is not for everyone. Everyone does not need to do an MBA. There are much other college options. Students must first need to analyze their strengths and define the expectation from the specific program. Secondly , MBA is not for fresher’s. I have a clear feeling that, not more than one third of present MBA students should be doing MBA. Because I found that fresher’s are unable to catch the sincerity and seriousness of MBA program. MBA is for people who have work experience of not less than three years. But it’s probably our compulsion to take fresher’s in our MBA program because the culture has not yet come where people with experience and different set of ambition apply for MBA. We are looking for more deserving students. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Where do you see today’s business students after 5 years? </strong></div> <div> Many business students will be working as entrepreneurs. This is very good sign. At present, around 50 per cent have gone to banking industry. In next five years, I would expect them to go into different NGOs, INGOs and trading companies. I also see some of these business students contributing to transportation, cooperatives, and managing schools of the country in next five years. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Nepali economy is growing at a slow pace. Where will these business graduates be absorbed? </strong></div> <div> We must be ready to face lot of upcoming challenges . But I think more than career searching, we should be more conscious about our own strength and weaknesses so that we could find the space to contribute.. Career changing is basically not the good options as professional managers are not among them who had changed their career track. . These are the people who knew what they are made for,what raw material they are and under what category they fall. This had led them to build their own career of interest. I run so many programs on career mapping. Only two days program will make an individual clear about how perfectly one can map his/her career. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>As you believe in spirituality, can you suggest how does it help to achieve full human potentials? </strong></div> <div> If we want to know how to do marketing, we learn marketing, if we want to know history we have to study history similarly if we want to know about our self, we need to study spirituality. If only we could know ourselves better, the contribution can be seen in much better way. This ultimately will help us to be a better member of a family; better member of institution, and also better citizen as a whole. In such a way, spirituality helps to achieve the full potential. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Where do you see Nepali economy in 10 years? </strong></div> <div> It’s a very difficult question; my only wish is to see the private sector free from politics. Today, politicians are at driving seat but basically entrepreneurs should be in driving seat of private sector. I see much better future of Nepal in next 10 years. But the thing we should not miss out is of our personal values which we should improve. For this, people like us should be more efficient, effective and more professional so that we wont have to face any internal conflict. Unless there is good foundation of values among us, it is very difficult for sustainable growth. So, Media and education should start cultivating those values.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'LP Bhanu Sharma is the Principal of Apex College, one of the leading management colleges of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of Chartered Academic International Pvt. Ltd. He has over 16 years of experience in management, teaching and training.', 'sortorder' => '1935', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2089', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Lifelong Learning', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>By Ajay Ghimire</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Not until much later in my life did I realize what Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote, “Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.” One of my favourites is from Polly B. Berends, “Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.” </div> <div> </div> <div> But don’t take knowing yourself for granted. In the words of GK Chesterton (1874-1936): “One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.” Recall how many times you have said, “I can’t believe I actually did or said that.” Even today, at this age, I am struggling to know what I must learn and do to realize my individual potential. My advice to you: cultivate the habit of making conscious efforts to learn about yourself. </div> <div> </div> <div> I would like to share with you two disciplines I have found quite useful for continual learning. They are from the book called The Road Less Travelled by M Scott Peck and the disciplines are named a) Acceptance of Responsibility, and b) Dedication to Truth. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Acceptance of Responsibility </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/lifelong.jpg" style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; height: 253px; width: 550px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> The first of the Four Noble Truths Buddha taught was “Life is a suffering”. We may accept or deny this assertion but there is overwhelming evidences in its favour. As we move on with our lives, we will inevitably encounter a series of problems. Of course, problems do not last forever. They come and go. But Dr Peck argues that problems must be worked through or else they remain, forever, a barrier to our growth and development. By accepting responsibility for problems, experiencing their pain, working through them in solving them, we learn and grow. </div> <div> </div> <div> In accepting responsibility, though, Dr Peck warns us of the extremes. On one extreme, which he terms Character Disorder, we blame others for everything that goes wrong, or when we are in conflict with others. On the other extreme, which he terms Neurosis, we blame ourselves for everything that goes wrong or when we are in conflict with others. In one extreme, we assume no responsibility and in the other we assume too much. </div> <div> </div> <div> We do not have the inherent capacity to realistically distinguish between what we are and what we are not responsible for. It develops only if we are willing to suffer continual self-examination, which at times can be painful. In Ace Institute’s short history of 14 years, this discipline of realistically distinguishing between what we are and we are not responsible for has helped us successfully navigate all sorts of problems, including coercion and threat of closure. In personal life also, application of this discipline has helped me work through what at times appeared to be insurmountable problems. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Dedication to Truth </strong></div> <div> As we view and interact with the world, we develop our own concepts of what is true and real. What was true and real to us as a child may not be so when we are grown up. What was true and real to a person when he was poor may not be so when he is rich. Dr Peck describes each of us as a mapmaker negotiating the terrain of our lives with maps of our own. We are not born with maps; we have to make them. And for our maps to be relevant and useful, we have to continually revise them. </div> <div> </div> <div> The problem he points out is that many of us stop revising our maps after certain time. The result: our maps remain small and sketchy and our view of the world narrow and misleading. His advice: we should subject ourselves to continual self-examination, expose ourselves to the criticism of other mapmakers, continually revise our map and thereby enlarge and refine our understanding of the world. </div> <div> </div> <div> Therefore, be prepared to accept that whatever you have learnt or you have been taught could be wrong, if not today, tomorrow. If it sounds strange and hard to accept, Gustave Falubert’s assertion “There is no truth. There is only perception” might help. If Flaubert’s assertion is not convincing enough, listen to this from Raman Maharshi: “There is no Truth. There is only Truth within each moment.” </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Some Parting Advice </strong></div> <div> We regularly encounter social pressure to conform and personal pressure to establish our uniqueness. You may want to listen to this advice from the Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004): “Our concern must be to live while we’re alive – to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a façade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.” Lisa Nichols warns, “No one else can dance your dance, no one else can sing your song, no one else can write your story.” </div> <div> </div> <div> And pleads John Mason with the title of his book: “You’re born original; don’t die a copy.” </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>- Ghimire is the Chairman of Ace Institute of Management. This article is adapted from his key-note speech made at the MBA and EMBA graduation ceremony 2013 of the institute.</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'Not until much later in my life did I realize what Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote, “Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.” One of my favourites is from Polly B. Berends, “Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.”', 'sortorder' => '1934', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2088', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Holistic Education For Complete Life', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/holistic.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 168px; height: 167px;" /></div> <div> One might ask a question: what is so lacking in current education that holistic education promises to fulfill? Education, as is understood and taken today, is an attempt to discover, understand and instill the various aspects of human living to each individual with the purpose of enhancing the living standard of people. This education teaches us all about our living. But it somehow fails to explore, discover and teach students about themselves, their own life and its dimensions. It teaches the students how to earn, but fails to talk anything about the person for whom the wealth is sought to be earned. It teaches about different aspects of life, but leaves no clue about the life itself. In a nutshell, it studies the objects in the exterior world but has nothing to do with the subject in the inner world. </div> <div> </div> <div> A basic premise of holistic education is the belief that our life has a meaning and purpose greater than the mechanistic laws described by science, and greater than the ‘consensus consciousness’ of any one culture. The current system conceives education as a “race”—a competition forcing schools, teachers, and students to contend for some sort of victory. This has poisoned the very human psyche which strives for understanding and meaning, more than just quantitative living. Defined as a competitive race, current education is not yet a collaborative art of mentoring and nurturing the young, but a harried and random effort to succeed according to some external measure of success—to reach some goal line established by those in authority. </div> <div> </div> <div> The past century witnessed the most intensive efforts in education, perhaps much more than the entire millennium put together. Many nations have been able to hit the literacy rate of close to one hundred percent. It was hoped that an educated world will bring all the wealth, happiness, friendliness and peace in the world. But the results, to our dismay, fail to meet any such targets. The entire human race is suffering from stress, negativities, worries, anxieties and uncertainties. Family ties are less than strong; distrust has become the rule of the day and threat of wars hover around our heads. And the credit for all this goes to the educated people. This is not to undermine their contributions to physical and financial well-being and all the progress in the science, technology and other disciplines. But, a deeper look at the minds and hearts of the individuals will show that they clearly lack something special in life. </div> <div> </div> <div> What is holistic education? First, holistic education attempts to nurture the development of the person as a whole. This includes the intellectual, emotional, physical, social, aesthetic, and spiritual elements. Perhaps the defining aspect of holistic education is the spiritual. </div> <div> </div> <div> Holistic education is based on the notion that there is an active creative force within each person, and that this force has an intrinsic purpose and direction. If properly explored, understood and channelised, this force will pave way for total development of each individual and a much better social ecosystem. It would provide opportunities for students to be creative, contemplative and imaginative, while also being scientific and truthful. It allows time to tell old and new stories of heroes, ideals and transformation. It encourages students to go deep into themselves, into nature and into human affairs. It values service to others and the world. </div> <div> </div> <div> Various dimensions of holistic education will be explored in the ensuing issues of New Business Age. </div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'One might ask a question: what is so lacking in current education that holistic education promises to fulfill? 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Issuing a statement on Thursday, April 5, the bank said that the programme was organised with an aim of enhancing the financial literacy of the locals of Sulikot Rural Municipality, Barpak. “Locals of the area participated in the programme where trainings regarding saving and its benefits were provided,” the statement read, adding that the bank distributed educational supplies to Himalayan Secondary School as corporate social responsibility to the community. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-04-06', 'modified' => '2018-04-06', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '7661', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-04-06 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2796', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'MBA For Working Managers', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Along with MBA and BBA there were lot of other options available for fresh graduates or regular students who aspired to gain a degree in management studies. But the options were limited for the working entrepreneurs or managers who wanted to sharpen their skills or upgrade their status in their field or start their own enterprise. Now, they too have an option in the form of Executive MBA or EMBA. </div> <div> </div> <div> MBA or EMBA are graduate level business degree especially designed for working professionals of the same field. These are post-experience management education programmes that help managers learn to change and grow in their career. They are lot like a regular MBA programmes only that they are primarily designed to educate working executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and other business leaders. </div> <div> </div> <div> Executive MBA was started in the early 1980s as a response to the need of the post experience education was felt. It was introduced as MBA for working managers, for the people working in managerial sectors who had no MBA backgrounds. It aimed to furbish their managerial performance at their respective institutions. </div> <div> </div> <div> In Nepal, Ace Institute of Management started the EMBA programme in 1999 under the affiliation of Pokhara University, while Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) started its EMBA programme in 2000.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Different from MBA</strong></div> <div> EMBA and MBA programmes generally attract people of different ages and at points in their career lives. These programmes are somehow similar in content but the EMBA classes are of faster paces, which allow students to receive their degree in two years or less while working full time. EMBA Programme emphasises applied learning, leadership and personal skill development, and a global mindset. </div> <div> </div> <div> Subas KC, dean at KUSOM shares that the EMBA is more generalist programme while MBA is more specialised programme. “We’ve designed EMBA focusing more on the things like leadership and skills enhancement which is needed for a working professional to enhance their career,” he says, “We are focusing particularly on those skills which are direct and visibly necessary for them.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Similarly, Kumar Thapa, former Associate Director of EMBA programme at Ace Institute of Management also shares same feeling, “EMBA is more fundamental- general class which is elective not specialized and the course is more focused on what working professionals need in the workplace,” he says, “While MBA is more academic and specialized course.” </div> <div> </div> <div> With that, the cohorts also often turn into a valuable network that students can tap long after they receive their degree. KC shares there have been lot of cases where students from managerial background have switched to start their own enterprises as they develop a strong network from the wider range of opportunities provided by the college.</div> <div> </div> <div> There are various factors people join EMBA. KC shares that “most of the students join the programme to perform better in current job, some to upgrade their current position in their organisation. Basically, all want to develop their ability and skills to choose a better path in their career. Some people want to change their career also, so they join to gain a better perspective and opportunities.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Growing Trend</strong></div> <div> Executive MBA is a good opportunity that is made available for the working people who want to upgrade their career and the attraction towards it is increasing lately. People from various background: corporate sector, public and development sector, entrepreneurship sector, everyone is now willing to join the programme for various reasons. Mostly, senior level executives join the programme but Thapa believes that lately younger people are joining this programme with relatively short working experience.</div> <div> </div> <div> KC believes that the trend has been good so far and believes that it will remain same for some more years but he said that the course needs should be revised and redesigned after some years.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-10-10', 'modified' => '2014-11-21', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'Along with MBA and BBA there were lot of other options available for fresh graduates or regular students who aspired to gain a degree in management studies. But the options were limited for the working entrepreneurs or managers who wanted to sharpen their skills or upgrade their status in their field or start their own enterprise. Now, they too have an option in the form of Executive MBA or EMBA.', 'sortorder' => '2644', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2769', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Designing Your Dreams', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Shailaja Adhikary, Managing Director, IEC College of Art and Fashion" src="/userfiles/images/be3%20(Copy).jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 237px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Shailaja Adhikary</strong></div> <div> Managing Director</div> <div> IEC College of Art and Fashion</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> If you are passionate about designing your own imagination and flaunting the trendy designs, you can get the route by pursuing a career in the same world. IEC (Indian Education Centre) College of Art and Fashion, the pioneer in the country to introduce the course in fashion designing is providing you two courses where you can scribble your mind creatively and artistically: Bachelors in Fashion Design and Bachelors in Interior Design.</div> <div> </div> <div> Recognising the need and addressing the passion for fashion design course in Nepal, Shailaja Adhikary, started the institution on her sole initiation. Adhikary, who is the Managing Director at the college, shares that her step to introduce a new course and that too of fashion in Nepal was not easy but says it was worth the effort. Adhikary shares she was only 21, when she started IEC realising the need in the country to set up the institution for professional fashion designing training. </div> <div> </div> <div> IEC was started as an institution for computer trainings and fashion designing initially. Adhikary had to include the computer courses in her institution as people then were not so much willing to join the tailoring courses as it was attributed with the negative stereotypes. “I turned down the computer courses, when Ifelt the craze for fashion design increasing and computer slowing down”, she recalls, “That was the right time to gear up for the Fashion Designing course in Nepal.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>The Courses Offered</strong></span></div> <div> IEC Offers Bachelors degree in two courses: Fashion Design and Interior Design. The three-year Bachelor degree is segregated into six semesters.</div> <div> </div> <div> Fashion Designing course helps students learn draping, patternmaking, and sewing techniques in detail. Students are also provided with the opportunity to interact with the top designers of the country and abroad as they visit the college as guest speakers helping student understand and create designs that can be made public through on campus exhibitions. </div> <div> </div> <div> Interior Designing course provides student in-depth knowledge about field and gets opportunities to collaborate and interact with leading practitioners too. The college arranges field visits to the places with interior spaces like hotels and restaurants, hospitals, residences, stores and so on. Students are also provided with internship facilities in their last semester. “We are soon planning to send our students to India for internship”, she shares, “It’s a bigger platform and exposure there.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>After Graduation</strong></span></div> <div> Graduates of both the courses get ample career choices. Adhikary shares that there is a huge market for the graduates and they can be consumed very fast and easy. “Not only domestic market, students have to compete in the international arena too,” she shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Adhikary who herself believe in making your own identity always suggests her students to start entrepreneurship. “You shouldn’t give your hard work to somebody else,” she opines, “Have the experience of 2-3 years to work under other organisation and then start your own business.” Fashion Design graduates can pursue their career as costume designer, fashion consultants, fashion designer, fashion entrepreneurs, fashion photography coordinators, fashion show coordinators, fashion stylists, production supervisors, accessory designers, jewellery designers and so on.</div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, Interior Design Graduates can pursue their career as CAD (Computer-Aided Designs) designers, commercial interior designers, designer consultants, exhibition organizers, furniture designers, institutional interior designers, fashion show coordinators, lighting designers, and residential interior designers etc.</div> <div> </div> <div> Likewise, IEC has been supporting various fashion shows and beauty contest in Nepal which is a plus point for the students. It was also the joint organiser of first Fashion Week which was first of its kind in Nepal. “These kinds of shows provide bigger exposure to the designers” Adhikary opines, “They give bigger platforms to the new and talented designers in the country andneeded to be encouraged more.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="Business Education" src="/userfiles/images/be1%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 468px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Eligibility</strong></span></div> <div> Those who have passed their +2 level in any faculty are eligible for the entrance exams taken by the college. And one must pass the entrance test to get the admission. The College is affiliated to the Vinayaka Missions University, India.</div> <div> </div> <div> Started from 13 students, Adhikary recollects the memory of her initial days where she only had been able to make 35 students throughout the year.“The scenario now has thoroughly changed and the fashion designing course or fashion itself is not viewed with the stereotypes”, she shares.The college now is over flooded with the focused and determined studentswilling to pursue the courses and Adhikary is positive that the scenario will still get better.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-25', 'modified' => '2014-05-07', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'IEC, the pioneer in the country to introduce the course in fashion designing is providing you with the opportunity to scribble your mind creatively.', 'sortorder' => '2618', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2491', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'SAIM Producing Entrepreneurs', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.</div> <div> </div> <div> SAIM aims to address the demand for skilled managers and entrepreneurs in Asia, which is expected to grow as it is the most dynamic economic centre for global trade, investment and technology innovation.</div> <div> </div> <div> It envisions generating professional managers and entrepreneurs who have a deep understanding of the region, its people and their deep rooted cultural values. And it has been working hard for the same with high degree of commitment, dedication and perseverance to establish itself as a regional learning centre of excellence for management studies.</div> <div> </div> <div> SAIM provides best of management education with some of the Nepal’s best intellectual professionals in its faculty such as Dr Bijay KC, Dr Prakash Chandra Lohani, Ashok R. Pandey, Madhukar SJB Rana and alike. The College offers Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Global Business with affiliation from Pokhara University. </div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from that, SAIM has also collaborated with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok. With a purpose to upgrade education and research opportunities, SAIM signed an MOU with AIT in December 2009. The MOU focuses mainly on faculty and student exchange program, conducting joint research and studies. It also aims to build capacity of SAIM faculty members through degree and training programs at AIT. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>College Objectives</strong></span></div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To develop managers with sound management knowledge, skills and values along with leadership qualities and a positive attitude.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To build relevant, practical curricula grounded on sound theory and based on regional case studies and experience sharing.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To motivate students for bringing out the best in them and foster creativity, innovation and effective team building.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To inculcate creativity and innovativeness in the faculty through continuing education, faculty development programs, consulting and research.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong> “Be an entrepreneur not an employee”</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Dr Bijay KC, Dean, SAIM" src="/userfiles/images/bkc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 210px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Dr Bijay KC</strong></div> <div> Dean, SAIM</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> Any developed country is well-developed because it’s well-managed. Until a country can’t utilise its resources, it can’t be developed. Utilising human resource and natural resources needs proper management. MBA (Masters in Business Administration) produces skilled or appropriate manpower for the utilisation of the resources, be it natural or human.</div> <div> </div> <div> MBA is regarded as best education worldwide for the management studies. It is a course providing practical knowledge about management. It teaches management of property as well as problems. It also helps in developing leadership and an individual’s decision making ability. It provides knowledge about specialized management which includes management of every sector. It teaches skills to apply theoretical knowledge in practical life. It also sharpens communication skills and team work. Thus, MBA has drawn attraction among students lately than other management programmes. </div> <div> </div> <div> Our country moved ahead to privatization after the change in policy in 1991resulting in increase of economic activities. Number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial sectors also increased after that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. Need of proper management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. For which, people with proper management skills were needed. MBA’s importance was felt to generate that manpower.</div> <div> </div> <div> Most of the students pursuing MBA have a thought of working with some companies. We suggest them to be entrepreneurs themselves rather than working with any organisation. MBA graduates should create employment rather than be an employee. Students belonging to industrial family automatically incline towards business while others think of doing job under some company. MBA however is not a subject to continue the traditional occupations. MBA graduates should be innovative enough to create employment opportunities and be progressive to face possible challenges in the market. However, being an entrepreneur is much more challenging than working for other organisations. </div> <div> </div> <div> MBA Graduates have showed good results in the management of the organizations. They are paid well also. Thus, the number of students wanting to study MBA increased along with the number of management schools providing MBA course. However, looking at the present scenario, number of MBA graduates has become more than the opportunities available and the size of the market. Economic activities that accelerated after 1991 have slowed down lately due to political instability in the country. MBA graduates thus are more in numbers than the opportunities available in the market. </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>(Based on an interview with Dr Bijaya KC.)</em></span></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-22', 'modified' => '2014-01-24', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.', 'sortorder' => '2334', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2396', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'International Relations And Diplomacy Courses In TU', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in “International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).” Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed. </div> <div> </div> <div> Curriculum for this 4-semester program has been developed said KC while informing that that the course comprises of analytical academic discourse, seminars and workshops on current international relationship status of Nepal, and steps needed to strengthen its existing foreign policy and diplomacy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Course syllabus adheres to international standards and practice and has been launched after much research and homework, KC., added.</div> <div> </div> <div> Though similar courses have been in practice across the world, TU had not been able to launch them so far due to various constraints. </div> <div> </div> <div> The course will be moderated by senior faculty members affiliated to political science department of the TU, visiting faculty members from foreign universities and incumbent and former diplomats. </div> <div> </div> <div> IRD course is getting recognition globally as international relations are given much priority by most of the countries across the world. And it is even more important for a least developed country like Nepal to extend and maintain its bilateral relation with its neighbouring and other world countries. K. C. said that the discipline aims to produce capable and efficient IRD professionals to meet the nation’s growing need. </div> <div> </div> <div> Elaborating on the scope of the programme, K.C. said that the IRD programme is market friendly with global demand for IRD professionals. </div> <div> </div> <div> IRD graduates will have academic benefit over others for while vying for employment with foreign ministry and other formal and informal organizations specializing in foreign relations. Along with that K.C., said that the course is suitable for the students who want to pursue their career further in fields like media reporting, foreign service, corporate sector, and national security affairs.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong> Eligibility</strong></span></div> <div> Students who have completed Bachelor’s degree with at least second division or 2.0 CGPA in any discipline recognized by Tribhuvan University are elligble to appy for the course. Prospective student with better linguistic, analytic capacity will be preferred over other students during the admission, K.C., added. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fee Structure</strong></span></div> <div> According to K.C. the University is not financially aiding the department currently. He said that department is managing financial resources for the course on its own. “Thus fee structure is costlier than other courses of the university.” Total tuition fee for all the four semesters is set at Rs 1 lakhs and 50 thousand. </div> <div> </div> <div> <hr /> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Dr Khadga KC ,Programme Co-ordinator and Associate Professor" src="/userfiles/images/dkc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 207px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Dr Khadga KC</strong></div> <div> <em>Programme Co-ordinator and</em></div> <div> <em>Associate Professor</em></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What issues are included within the course?</strong></span></div> <div> The syllabus is developed tuning both practical and theoretical subjects. Students will be learning art of negotiation, methods of treaty making and agreement, of diplomatic protocols, public diplomacy, administration of managing foreign missions, promotion of cultural diplomacy, the job of work-attaché, diplomatic correspondence. They will also be taken for practical field visits to the ministries of the government which is associated with foreign matters.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What made you feel the necessity of this course in Nepal? And what is the scope of the programme?</strong></span></div> <div> International Relations as a discipline has been in practice worldwide since long. However, it is new in Nepal. Least developed countries like Nepal needs to expand its international relations even more. The discipline will generate the man power with new vision and skills for the same. Similarly, scope of this subject is not limited within domestic market. Graduates of the programme are sellable in international market too and can utilise their skills in various international organizations.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>As it is a new discipline in Nepal, do you have adequate resources to train the students?</strong></span></div> <div> We have good networks with government institutions. Similarly, we also have quite good number of skilled people in political science and other related faculties. Graduates in the same subjects will also be facilitating during the course. We will primarily be tapping available resources and manpower. We will also invite experts and career diplomats for cooperation. Guests’ lecturers from friendly countries also will be invited for assistance. </div> </div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-05', 'modified' => '2014-01-05', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in “International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).” Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed.', 'sortorder' => '2238', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2090', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => '‘MBA Is Not For Everyone’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/lp%20bhanu.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 131px; height: 161px;" /></div> <div> <strong>LP Bhanu Sharma is the Principal of Apex College, one of the leading management colleges of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of Chartered Academic International Pvt. Ltd. He has over 16 years of experience in management, teaching and training. He is also a spiritualist and trainer on positive living and mediation. In an interview with Keshab Raj Gautam of New Business Age, Sharma shared his opinion on trend of business education in Nepal. Excerpts:</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>You have been working in the education sector for a decade and half. What is your experience? </strong></div> <div> I have been working in education sector for more than 16 years. Education has transformed and it is not the same. The curriculum has changed, teachers and students’ mentality has changed and this sector is looking for newer changes. At present, students have realised the importance of global prospective. Due to these prospects, many students, even management students, are studying Chinese, French, German and Swiss language. Current students no longer thinks that classroom education are enough, they have understood the need of real experience in this competitive business world. The mentality that, unless I do very well I will not be able to do anything has developed among students. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Do you find any difference between the students five years back and students now? </strong></div> <div> Yes, there is a difference. Today’s students know how to make use of technology. Also, sense of competition has grown up and the number of serious students has increased. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>How do you evaluate the growing number of business schools in Nepal? </strong></div> <div> At present, number of colleges which offer MBA programme in Nepal has increased to 37.Even a small city like Narayanghat has four institutions offering MBA degree. I take this growing number of business schools as very positive step but this is just the start of journey. This shows that, business education has come up and students really desire for business and management education. Over 52 per cent of Nepali students into higher education study management in Nepal. If we look at USA data, only 25 per cent of graduate students are involved in MBA programme. Market will give these business school three to five years time to prove themselves. In business school, the researches brought into the classes are more important which many of the business school lack. Apparently, this is not the scenario of new institutions but market will give these institution times to stand out. Even older ones like Apex College are having new testing times and we are working on quality. If all these institution works on quality, things will change otherwise market will categorise these intuitions as A, B, C and D grade which ultimately lead these institutions to lose their ground. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>How to choose the best business institution? </strong></div> <div> Students have to be smarter in this case. Choice of the intuitions is very core. Unless the intuition or the founder have some good records, student must think twice before joining it. Many of the intuitions claim to be the business school but are founded and run by non business graduates. What do they know about business? How are they going to do? These are the sincere questions which students as well as the common people must ask before joining any institution. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>What are your suggestions to potential business students? </strong></div> <div> First of all, we must get out of this fashion race. MBA has become a fashion but it should not be. MBA is not for everyone. Everyone does not need to do an MBA. There are much other college options. Students must first need to analyze their strengths and define the expectation from the specific program. Secondly , MBA is not for fresher’s. I have a clear feeling that, not more than one third of present MBA students should be doing MBA. Because I found that fresher’s are unable to catch the sincerity and seriousness of MBA program. MBA is for people who have work experience of not less than three years. But it’s probably our compulsion to take fresher’s in our MBA program because the culture has not yet come where people with experience and different set of ambition apply for MBA. We are looking for more deserving students. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Where do you see today’s business students after 5 years? </strong></div> <div> Many business students will be working as entrepreneurs. This is very good sign. At present, around 50 per cent have gone to banking industry. In next five years, I would expect them to go into different NGOs, INGOs and trading companies. I also see some of these business students contributing to transportation, cooperatives, and managing schools of the country in next five years. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Nepali economy is growing at a slow pace. Where will these business graduates be absorbed? </strong></div> <div> We must be ready to face lot of upcoming challenges . But I think more than career searching, we should be more conscious about our own strength and weaknesses so that we could find the space to contribute.. Career changing is basically not the good options as professional managers are not among them who had changed their career track. . These are the people who knew what they are made for,what raw material they are and under what category they fall. This had led them to build their own career of interest. I run so many programs on career mapping. Only two days program will make an individual clear about how perfectly one can map his/her career. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>As you believe in spirituality, can you suggest how does it help to achieve full human potentials? </strong></div> <div> If we want to know how to do marketing, we learn marketing, if we want to know history we have to study history similarly if we want to know about our self, we need to study spirituality. If only we could know ourselves better, the contribution can be seen in much better way. This ultimately will help us to be a better member of a family; better member of institution, and also better citizen as a whole. In such a way, spirituality helps to achieve the full potential. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Where do you see Nepali economy in 10 years? </strong></div> <div> It’s a very difficult question; my only wish is to see the private sector free from politics. Today, politicians are at driving seat but basically entrepreneurs should be in driving seat of private sector. I see much better future of Nepal in next 10 years. But the thing we should not miss out is of our personal values which we should improve. For this, people like us should be more efficient, effective and more professional so that we wont have to face any internal conflict. Unless there is good foundation of values among us, it is very difficult for sustainable growth. So, Media and education should start cultivating those values.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'LP Bhanu Sharma is the Principal of Apex College, one of the leading management colleges of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of Chartered Academic International Pvt. Ltd. He has over 16 years of experience in management, teaching and training.', 'sortorder' => '1935', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2089', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Lifelong Learning', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>By Ajay Ghimire</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Not until much later in my life did I realize what Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote, “Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.” One of my favourites is from Polly B. Berends, “Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.” </div> <div> </div> <div> But don’t take knowing yourself for granted. In the words of GK Chesterton (1874-1936): “One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.” Recall how many times you have said, “I can’t believe I actually did or said that.” Even today, at this age, I am struggling to know what I must learn and do to realize my individual potential. My advice to you: cultivate the habit of making conscious efforts to learn about yourself. </div> <div> </div> <div> I would like to share with you two disciplines I have found quite useful for continual learning. They are from the book called The Road Less Travelled by M Scott Peck and the disciplines are named a) Acceptance of Responsibility, and b) Dedication to Truth. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Acceptance of Responsibility </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/lifelong.jpg" style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; height: 253px; width: 550px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> The first of the Four Noble Truths Buddha taught was “Life is a suffering”. We may accept or deny this assertion but there is overwhelming evidences in its favour. As we move on with our lives, we will inevitably encounter a series of problems. Of course, problems do not last forever. They come and go. But Dr Peck argues that problems must be worked through or else they remain, forever, a barrier to our growth and development. By accepting responsibility for problems, experiencing their pain, working through them in solving them, we learn and grow. </div> <div> </div> <div> In accepting responsibility, though, Dr Peck warns us of the extremes. On one extreme, which he terms Character Disorder, we blame others for everything that goes wrong, or when we are in conflict with others. On the other extreme, which he terms Neurosis, we blame ourselves for everything that goes wrong or when we are in conflict with others. In one extreme, we assume no responsibility and in the other we assume too much. </div> <div> </div> <div> We do not have the inherent capacity to realistically distinguish between what we are and what we are not responsible for. It develops only if we are willing to suffer continual self-examination, which at times can be painful. In Ace Institute’s short history of 14 years, this discipline of realistically distinguishing between what we are and we are not responsible for has helped us successfully navigate all sorts of problems, including coercion and threat of closure. In personal life also, application of this discipline has helped me work through what at times appeared to be insurmountable problems. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Dedication to Truth </strong></div> <div> As we view and interact with the world, we develop our own concepts of what is true and real. What was true and real to us as a child may not be so when we are grown up. What was true and real to a person when he was poor may not be so when he is rich. Dr Peck describes each of us as a mapmaker negotiating the terrain of our lives with maps of our own. We are not born with maps; we have to make them. And for our maps to be relevant and useful, we have to continually revise them. </div> <div> </div> <div> The problem he points out is that many of us stop revising our maps after certain time. The result: our maps remain small and sketchy and our view of the world narrow and misleading. His advice: we should subject ourselves to continual self-examination, expose ourselves to the criticism of other mapmakers, continually revise our map and thereby enlarge and refine our understanding of the world. </div> <div> </div> <div> Therefore, be prepared to accept that whatever you have learnt or you have been taught could be wrong, if not today, tomorrow. If it sounds strange and hard to accept, Gustave Falubert’s assertion “There is no truth. There is only perception” might help. If Flaubert’s assertion is not convincing enough, listen to this from Raman Maharshi: “There is no Truth. There is only Truth within each moment.” </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Some Parting Advice </strong></div> <div> We regularly encounter social pressure to conform and personal pressure to establish our uniqueness. You may want to listen to this advice from the Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004): “Our concern must be to live while we’re alive – to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a façade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.” Lisa Nichols warns, “No one else can dance your dance, no one else can sing your song, no one else can write your story.” </div> <div> </div> <div> And pleads John Mason with the title of his book: “You’re born original; don’t die a copy.” </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>- Ghimire is the Chairman of Ace Institute of Management. This article is adapted from his key-note speech made at the MBA and EMBA graduation ceremony 2013 of the institute.</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'Not until much later in my life did I realize what Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote, “Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.” One of my favourites is from Polly B. Berends, “Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.”', 'sortorder' => '1934', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2088', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Holistic Education For Complete Life', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/holistic.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 168px; height: 167px;" /></div> <div> One might ask a question: what is so lacking in current education that holistic education promises to fulfill? Education, as is understood and taken today, is an attempt to discover, understand and instill the various aspects of human living to each individual with the purpose of enhancing the living standard of people. This education teaches us all about our living. But it somehow fails to explore, discover and teach students about themselves, their own life and its dimensions. It teaches the students how to earn, but fails to talk anything about the person for whom the wealth is sought to be earned. It teaches about different aspects of life, but leaves no clue about the life itself. In a nutshell, it studies the objects in the exterior world but has nothing to do with the subject in the inner world. </div> <div> </div> <div> A basic premise of holistic education is the belief that our life has a meaning and purpose greater than the mechanistic laws described by science, and greater than the ‘consensus consciousness’ of any one culture. The current system conceives education as a “race”—a competition forcing schools, teachers, and students to contend for some sort of victory. This has poisoned the very human psyche which strives for understanding and meaning, more than just quantitative living. Defined as a competitive race, current education is not yet a collaborative art of mentoring and nurturing the young, but a harried and random effort to succeed according to some external measure of success—to reach some goal line established by those in authority. </div> <div> </div> <div> The past century witnessed the most intensive efforts in education, perhaps much more than the entire millennium put together. Many nations have been able to hit the literacy rate of close to one hundred percent. It was hoped that an educated world will bring all the wealth, happiness, friendliness and peace in the world. But the results, to our dismay, fail to meet any such targets. The entire human race is suffering from stress, negativities, worries, anxieties and uncertainties. Family ties are less than strong; distrust has become the rule of the day and threat of wars hover around our heads. And the credit for all this goes to the educated people. This is not to undermine their contributions to physical and financial well-being and all the progress in the science, technology and other disciplines. But, a deeper look at the minds and hearts of the individuals will show that they clearly lack something special in life. </div> <div> </div> <div> What is holistic education? First, holistic education attempts to nurture the development of the person as a whole. This includes the intellectual, emotional, physical, social, aesthetic, and spiritual elements. Perhaps the defining aspect of holistic education is the spiritual. </div> <div> </div> <div> Holistic education is based on the notion that there is an active creative force within each person, and that this force has an intrinsic purpose and direction. If properly explored, understood and channelised, this force will pave way for total development of each individual and a much better social ecosystem. It would provide opportunities for students to be creative, contemplative and imaginative, while also being scientific and truthful. It allows time to tell old and new stories of heroes, ideals and transformation. It encourages students to go deep into themselves, into nature and into human affairs. It values service to others and the world. </div> <div> </div> <div> Various dimensions of holistic education will be explored in the ensuing issues of New Business Age. </div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'One might ask a question: what is so lacking in current education that holistic education promises to fulfill? 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Issuing a statement on Thursday, April 5, the bank said that the programme was organised with an aim of enhancing the financial literacy of the locals of Sulikot Rural Municipality, Barpak. “Locals of the area participated in the programme where trainings regarding saving and its benefits were provided,” the statement read, adding that the bank distributed educational supplies to Himalayan Secondary School as corporate social responsibility to the community. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-04-06', 'modified' => '2018-04-06', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '7661', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-04-06 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2796', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'MBA For Working Managers', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Along with MBA and BBA there were lot of other options available for fresh graduates or regular students who aspired to gain a degree in management studies. But the options were limited for the working entrepreneurs or managers who wanted to sharpen their skills or upgrade their status in their field or start their own enterprise. Now, they too have an option in the form of Executive MBA or EMBA. </div> <div> </div> <div> MBA or EMBA are graduate level business degree especially designed for working professionals of the same field. These are post-experience management education programmes that help managers learn to change and grow in their career. They are lot like a regular MBA programmes only that they are primarily designed to educate working executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and other business leaders. </div> <div> </div> <div> Executive MBA was started in the early 1980s as a response to the need of the post experience education was felt. It was introduced as MBA for working managers, for the people working in managerial sectors who had no MBA backgrounds. It aimed to furbish their managerial performance at their respective institutions. </div> <div> </div> <div> In Nepal, Ace Institute of Management started the EMBA programme in 1999 under the affiliation of Pokhara University, while Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) started its EMBA programme in 2000.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Different from MBA</strong></div> <div> EMBA and MBA programmes generally attract people of different ages and at points in their career lives. These programmes are somehow similar in content but the EMBA classes are of faster paces, which allow students to receive their degree in two years or less while working full time. EMBA Programme emphasises applied learning, leadership and personal skill development, and a global mindset. </div> <div> </div> <div> Subas KC, dean at KUSOM shares that the EMBA is more generalist programme while MBA is more specialised programme. “We’ve designed EMBA focusing more on the things like leadership and skills enhancement which is needed for a working professional to enhance their career,” he says, “We are focusing particularly on those skills which are direct and visibly necessary for them.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Similarly, Kumar Thapa, former Associate Director of EMBA programme at Ace Institute of Management also shares same feeling, “EMBA is more fundamental- general class which is elective not specialized and the course is more focused on what working professionals need in the workplace,” he says, “While MBA is more academic and specialized course.” </div> <div> </div> <div> With that, the cohorts also often turn into a valuable network that students can tap long after they receive their degree. KC shares there have been lot of cases where students from managerial background have switched to start their own enterprises as they develop a strong network from the wider range of opportunities provided by the college.</div> <div> </div> <div> There are various factors people join EMBA. KC shares that “most of the students join the programme to perform better in current job, some to upgrade their current position in their organisation. Basically, all want to develop their ability and skills to choose a better path in their career. Some people want to change their career also, so they join to gain a better perspective and opportunities.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Growing Trend</strong></div> <div> Executive MBA is a good opportunity that is made available for the working people who want to upgrade their career and the attraction towards it is increasing lately. People from various background: corporate sector, public and development sector, entrepreneurship sector, everyone is now willing to join the programme for various reasons. Mostly, senior level executives join the programme but Thapa believes that lately younger people are joining this programme with relatively short working experience.</div> <div> </div> <div> KC believes that the trend has been good so far and believes that it will remain same for some more years but he said that the course needs should be revised and redesigned after some years.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-10-10', 'modified' => '2014-11-21', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'Along with MBA and BBA there were lot of other options available for fresh graduates or regular students who aspired to gain a degree in management studies. But the options were limited for the working entrepreneurs or managers who wanted to sharpen their skills or upgrade their status in their field or start their own enterprise. Now, they too have an option in the form of Executive MBA or EMBA.', 'sortorder' => '2644', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2769', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Designing Your Dreams', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Shailaja Adhikary, Managing Director, IEC College of Art and Fashion" src="/userfiles/images/be3%20(Copy).jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 237px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Shailaja Adhikary</strong></div> <div> Managing Director</div> <div> IEC College of Art and Fashion</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> If you are passionate about designing your own imagination and flaunting the trendy designs, you can get the route by pursuing a career in the same world. IEC (Indian Education Centre) College of Art and Fashion, the pioneer in the country to introduce the course in fashion designing is providing you two courses where you can scribble your mind creatively and artistically: Bachelors in Fashion Design and Bachelors in Interior Design.</div> <div> </div> <div> Recognising the need and addressing the passion for fashion design course in Nepal, Shailaja Adhikary, started the institution on her sole initiation. Adhikary, who is the Managing Director at the college, shares that her step to introduce a new course and that too of fashion in Nepal was not easy but says it was worth the effort. Adhikary shares she was only 21, when she started IEC realising the need in the country to set up the institution for professional fashion designing training. </div> <div> </div> <div> IEC was started as an institution for computer trainings and fashion designing initially. Adhikary had to include the computer courses in her institution as people then were not so much willing to join the tailoring courses as it was attributed with the negative stereotypes. “I turned down the computer courses, when Ifelt the craze for fashion design increasing and computer slowing down”, she recalls, “That was the right time to gear up for the Fashion Designing course in Nepal.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>The Courses Offered</strong></span></div> <div> IEC Offers Bachelors degree in two courses: Fashion Design and Interior Design. The three-year Bachelor degree is segregated into six semesters.</div> <div> </div> <div> Fashion Designing course helps students learn draping, patternmaking, and sewing techniques in detail. Students are also provided with the opportunity to interact with the top designers of the country and abroad as they visit the college as guest speakers helping student understand and create designs that can be made public through on campus exhibitions. </div> <div> </div> <div> Interior Designing course provides student in-depth knowledge about field and gets opportunities to collaborate and interact with leading practitioners too. The college arranges field visits to the places with interior spaces like hotels and restaurants, hospitals, residences, stores and so on. Students are also provided with internship facilities in their last semester. “We are soon planning to send our students to India for internship”, she shares, “It’s a bigger platform and exposure there.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>After Graduation</strong></span></div> <div> Graduates of both the courses get ample career choices. Adhikary shares that there is a huge market for the graduates and they can be consumed very fast and easy. “Not only domestic market, students have to compete in the international arena too,” she shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Adhikary who herself believe in making your own identity always suggests her students to start entrepreneurship. “You shouldn’t give your hard work to somebody else,” she opines, “Have the experience of 2-3 years to work under other organisation and then start your own business.” Fashion Design graduates can pursue their career as costume designer, fashion consultants, fashion designer, fashion entrepreneurs, fashion photography coordinators, fashion show coordinators, fashion stylists, production supervisors, accessory designers, jewellery designers and so on.</div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, Interior Design Graduates can pursue their career as CAD (Computer-Aided Designs) designers, commercial interior designers, designer consultants, exhibition organizers, furniture designers, institutional interior designers, fashion show coordinators, lighting designers, and residential interior designers etc.</div> <div> </div> <div> Likewise, IEC has been supporting various fashion shows and beauty contest in Nepal which is a plus point for the students. It was also the joint organiser of first Fashion Week which was first of its kind in Nepal. “These kinds of shows provide bigger exposure to the designers” Adhikary opines, “They give bigger platforms to the new and talented designers in the country andneeded to be encouraged more.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="Business Education" src="/userfiles/images/be1%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 468px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Eligibility</strong></span></div> <div> Those who have passed their +2 level in any faculty are eligible for the entrance exams taken by the college. And one must pass the entrance test to get the admission. The College is affiliated to the Vinayaka Missions University, India.</div> <div> </div> <div> Started from 13 students, Adhikary recollects the memory of her initial days where she only had been able to make 35 students throughout the year.“The scenario now has thoroughly changed and the fashion designing course or fashion itself is not viewed with the stereotypes”, she shares.The college now is over flooded with the focused and determined studentswilling to pursue the courses and Adhikary is positive that the scenario will still get better.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-25', 'modified' => '2014-05-07', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'IEC, the pioneer in the country to introduce the course in fashion designing is providing you with the opportunity to scribble your mind creatively.', 'sortorder' => '2618', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2491', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'SAIM Producing Entrepreneurs', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.</div> <div> </div> <div> SAIM aims to address the demand for skilled managers and entrepreneurs in Asia, which is expected to grow as it is the most dynamic economic centre for global trade, investment and technology innovation.</div> <div> </div> <div> It envisions generating professional managers and entrepreneurs who have a deep understanding of the region, its people and their deep rooted cultural values. And it has been working hard for the same with high degree of commitment, dedication and perseverance to establish itself as a regional learning centre of excellence for management studies.</div> <div> </div> <div> SAIM provides best of management education with some of the Nepal’s best intellectual professionals in its faculty such as Dr Bijay KC, Dr Prakash Chandra Lohani, Ashok R. Pandey, Madhukar SJB Rana and alike. The College offers Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Global Business with affiliation from Pokhara University. </div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from that, SAIM has also collaborated with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok. With a purpose to upgrade education and research opportunities, SAIM signed an MOU with AIT in December 2009. The MOU focuses mainly on faculty and student exchange program, conducting joint research and studies. It also aims to build capacity of SAIM faculty members through degree and training programs at AIT. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>College Objectives</strong></span></div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To develop managers with sound management knowledge, skills and values along with leadership qualities and a positive attitude.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To build relevant, practical curricula grounded on sound theory and based on regional case studies and experience sharing.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To motivate students for bringing out the best in them and foster creativity, innovation and effective team building.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To inculcate creativity and innovativeness in the faculty through continuing education, faculty development programs, consulting and research.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong> “Be an entrepreneur not an employee”</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Dr Bijay KC, Dean, SAIM" src="/userfiles/images/bkc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 210px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Dr Bijay KC</strong></div> <div> Dean, SAIM</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> Any developed country is well-developed because it’s well-managed. Until a country can’t utilise its resources, it can’t be developed. Utilising human resource and natural resources needs proper management. MBA (Masters in Business Administration) produces skilled or appropriate manpower for the utilisation of the resources, be it natural or human.</div> <div> </div> <div> MBA is regarded as best education worldwide for the management studies. It is a course providing practical knowledge about management. It teaches management of property as well as problems. It also helps in developing leadership and an individual’s decision making ability. It provides knowledge about specialized management which includes management of every sector. It teaches skills to apply theoretical knowledge in practical life. It also sharpens communication skills and team work. Thus, MBA has drawn attraction among students lately than other management programmes. </div> <div> </div> <div> Our country moved ahead to privatization after the change in policy in 1991resulting in increase of economic activities. Number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial sectors also increased after that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. Need of proper management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. For which, people with proper management skills were needed. MBA’s importance was felt to generate that manpower.</div> <div> </div> <div> Most of the students pursuing MBA have a thought of working with some companies. We suggest them to be entrepreneurs themselves rather than working with any organisation. MBA graduates should create employment rather than be an employee. Students belonging to industrial family automatically incline towards business while others think of doing job under some company. MBA however is not a subject to continue the traditional occupations. MBA graduates should be innovative enough to create employment opportunities and be progressive to face possible challenges in the market. However, being an entrepreneur is much more challenging than working for other organisations. </div> <div> </div> <div> MBA Graduates have showed good results in the management of the organizations. They are paid well also. Thus, the number of students wanting to study MBA increased along with the number of management schools providing MBA course. However, looking at the present scenario, number of MBA graduates has become more than the opportunities available and the size of the market. Economic activities that accelerated after 1991 have slowed down lately due to political instability in the country. MBA graduates thus are more in numbers than the opportunities available in the market. </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>(Based on an interview with Dr Bijaya KC.)</em></span></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-22', 'modified' => '2014-01-24', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.', 'sortorder' => '2334', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2396', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'International Relations And Diplomacy Courses In TU', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in “International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).” Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed. </div> <div> </div> <div> Curriculum for this 4-semester program has been developed said KC while informing that that the course comprises of analytical academic discourse, seminars and workshops on current international relationship status of Nepal, and steps needed to strengthen its existing foreign policy and diplomacy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Course syllabus adheres to international standards and practice and has been launched after much research and homework, KC., added.</div> <div> </div> <div> Though similar courses have been in practice across the world, TU had not been able to launch them so far due to various constraints. </div> <div> </div> <div> The course will be moderated by senior faculty members affiliated to political science department of the TU, visiting faculty members from foreign universities and incumbent and former diplomats. </div> <div> </div> <div> IRD course is getting recognition globally as international relations are given much priority by most of the countries across the world. And it is even more important for a least developed country like Nepal to extend and maintain its bilateral relation with its neighbouring and other world countries. K. C. said that the discipline aims to produce capable and efficient IRD professionals to meet the nation’s growing need. </div> <div> </div> <div> Elaborating on the scope of the programme, K.C. said that the IRD programme is market friendly with global demand for IRD professionals. </div> <div> </div> <div> IRD graduates will have academic benefit over others for while vying for employment with foreign ministry and other formal and informal organizations specializing in foreign relations. Along with that K.C., said that the course is suitable for the students who want to pursue their career further in fields like media reporting, foreign service, corporate sector, and national security affairs.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong> Eligibility</strong></span></div> <div> Students who have completed Bachelor’s degree with at least second division or 2.0 CGPA in any discipline recognized by Tribhuvan University are elligble to appy for the course. Prospective student with better linguistic, analytic capacity will be preferred over other students during the admission, K.C., added. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fee Structure</strong></span></div> <div> According to K.C. the University is not financially aiding the department currently. He said that department is managing financial resources for the course on its own. “Thus fee structure is costlier than other courses of the university.” Total tuition fee for all the four semesters is set at Rs 1 lakhs and 50 thousand. </div> <div> </div> <div> <hr /> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Dr Khadga KC ,Programme Co-ordinator and Associate Professor" src="/userfiles/images/dkc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 207px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Dr Khadga KC</strong></div> <div> <em>Programme Co-ordinator and</em></div> <div> <em>Associate Professor</em></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What issues are included within the course?</strong></span></div> <div> The syllabus is developed tuning both practical and theoretical subjects. Students will be learning art of negotiation, methods of treaty making and agreement, of diplomatic protocols, public diplomacy, administration of managing foreign missions, promotion of cultural diplomacy, the job of work-attaché, diplomatic correspondence. They will also be taken for practical field visits to the ministries of the government which is associated with foreign matters.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What made you feel the necessity of this course in Nepal? And what is the scope of the programme?</strong></span></div> <div> International Relations as a discipline has been in practice worldwide since long. However, it is new in Nepal. Least developed countries like Nepal needs to expand its international relations even more. The discipline will generate the man power with new vision and skills for the same. Similarly, scope of this subject is not limited within domestic market. Graduates of the programme are sellable in international market too and can utilise their skills in various international organizations.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>As it is a new discipline in Nepal, do you have adequate resources to train the students?</strong></span></div> <div> We have good networks with government institutions. Similarly, we also have quite good number of skilled people in political science and other related faculties. Graduates in the same subjects will also be facilitating during the course. We will primarily be tapping available resources and manpower. We will also invite experts and career diplomats for cooperation. Guests’ lecturers from friendly countries also will be invited for assistance. </div> </div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-05', 'modified' => '2014-01-05', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in “International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).” Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed.', 'sortorder' => '2238', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2090', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => '‘MBA Is Not For Everyone’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/lp%20bhanu.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 131px; height: 161px;" /></div> <div> <strong>LP Bhanu Sharma is the Principal of Apex College, one of the leading management colleges of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of Chartered Academic International Pvt. Ltd. He has over 16 years of experience in management, teaching and training. He is also a spiritualist and trainer on positive living and mediation. In an interview with Keshab Raj Gautam of New Business Age, Sharma shared his opinion on trend of business education in Nepal. Excerpts:</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>You have been working in the education sector for a decade and half. What is your experience? </strong></div> <div> I have been working in education sector for more than 16 years. Education has transformed and it is not the same. The curriculum has changed, teachers and students’ mentality has changed and this sector is looking for newer changes. At present, students have realised the importance of global prospective. Due to these prospects, many students, even management students, are studying Chinese, French, German and Swiss language. Current students no longer thinks that classroom education are enough, they have understood the need of real experience in this competitive business world. The mentality that, unless I do very well I will not be able to do anything has developed among students. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Do you find any difference between the students five years back and students now? </strong></div> <div> Yes, there is a difference. Today’s students know how to make use of technology. Also, sense of competition has grown up and the number of serious students has increased. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>How do you evaluate the growing number of business schools in Nepal? </strong></div> <div> At present, number of colleges which offer MBA programme in Nepal has increased to 37.Even a small city like Narayanghat has four institutions offering MBA degree. I take this growing number of business schools as very positive step but this is just the start of journey. This shows that, business education has come up and students really desire for business and management education. Over 52 per cent of Nepali students into higher education study management in Nepal. If we look at USA data, only 25 per cent of graduate students are involved in MBA programme. Market will give these business school three to five years time to prove themselves. In business school, the researches brought into the classes are more important which many of the business school lack. Apparently, this is not the scenario of new institutions but market will give these institution times to stand out. Even older ones like Apex College are having new testing times and we are working on quality. If all these institution works on quality, things will change otherwise market will categorise these intuitions as A, B, C and D grade which ultimately lead these institutions to lose their ground. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>How to choose the best business institution? </strong></div> <div> Students have to be smarter in this case. Choice of the intuitions is very core. Unless the intuition or the founder have some good records, student must think twice before joining it. Many of the intuitions claim to be the business school but are founded and run by non business graduates. What do they know about business? How are they going to do? These are the sincere questions which students as well as the common people must ask before joining any institution. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>What are your suggestions to potential business students? </strong></div> <div> First of all, we must get out of this fashion race. MBA has become a fashion but it should not be. MBA is not for everyone. Everyone does not need to do an MBA. There are much other college options. Students must first need to analyze their strengths and define the expectation from the specific program. Secondly , MBA is not for fresher’s. I have a clear feeling that, not more than one third of present MBA students should be doing MBA. Because I found that fresher’s are unable to catch the sincerity and seriousness of MBA program. MBA is for people who have work experience of not less than three years. But it’s probably our compulsion to take fresher’s in our MBA program because the culture has not yet come where people with experience and different set of ambition apply for MBA. We are looking for more deserving students. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Where do you see today’s business students after 5 years? </strong></div> <div> Many business students will be working as entrepreneurs. This is very good sign. At present, around 50 per cent have gone to banking industry. In next five years, I would expect them to go into different NGOs, INGOs and trading companies. I also see some of these business students contributing to transportation, cooperatives, and managing schools of the country in next five years. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Nepali economy is growing at a slow pace. Where will these business graduates be absorbed? </strong></div> <div> We must be ready to face lot of upcoming challenges . But I think more than career searching, we should be more conscious about our own strength and weaknesses so that we could find the space to contribute.. Career changing is basically not the good options as professional managers are not among them who had changed their career track. . These are the people who knew what they are made for,what raw material they are and under what category they fall. This had led them to build their own career of interest. I run so many programs on career mapping. Only two days program will make an individual clear about how perfectly one can map his/her career. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>As you believe in spirituality, can you suggest how does it help to achieve full human potentials? </strong></div> <div> If we want to know how to do marketing, we learn marketing, if we want to know history we have to study history similarly if we want to know about our self, we need to study spirituality. If only we could know ourselves better, the contribution can be seen in much better way. This ultimately will help us to be a better member of a family; better member of institution, and also better citizen as a whole. In such a way, spirituality helps to achieve the full potential. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Where do you see Nepali economy in 10 years? </strong></div> <div> It’s a very difficult question; my only wish is to see the private sector free from politics. Today, politicians are at driving seat but basically entrepreneurs should be in driving seat of private sector. I see much better future of Nepal in next 10 years. But the thing we should not miss out is of our personal values which we should improve. For this, people like us should be more efficient, effective and more professional so that we wont have to face any internal conflict. Unless there is good foundation of values among us, it is very difficult for sustainable growth. So, Media and education should start cultivating those values.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'LP Bhanu Sharma is the Principal of Apex College, one of the leading management colleges of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of Chartered Academic International Pvt. Ltd. He has over 16 years of experience in management, teaching and training.', 'sortorder' => '1935', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2089', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Lifelong Learning', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>By Ajay Ghimire</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Not until much later in my life did I realize what Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote, “Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.” One of my favourites is from Polly B. Berends, “Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.” </div> <div> </div> <div> But don’t take knowing yourself for granted. In the words of GK Chesterton (1874-1936): “One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.” Recall how many times you have said, “I can’t believe I actually did or said that.” Even today, at this age, I am struggling to know what I must learn and do to realize my individual potential. My advice to you: cultivate the habit of making conscious efforts to learn about yourself. </div> <div> </div> <div> I would like to share with you two disciplines I have found quite useful for continual learning. They are from the book called The Road Less Travelled by M Scott Peck and the disciplines are named a) Acceptance of Responsibility, and b) Dedication to Truth. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Acceptance of Responsibility </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/lifelong.jpg" style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; height: 253px; width: 550px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> The first of the Four Noble Truths Buddha taught was “Life is a suffering”. We may accept or deny this assertion but there is overwhelming evidences in its favour. As we move on with our lives, we will inevitably encounter a series of problems. Of course, problems do not last forever. They come and go. But Dr Peck argues that problems must be worked through or else they remain, forever, a barrier to our growth and development. By accepting responsibility for problems, experiencing their pain, working through them in solving them, we learn and grow. </div> <div> </div> <div> In accepting responsibility, though, Dr Peck warns us of the extremes. On one extreme, which he terms Character Disorder, we blame others for everything that goes wrong, or when we are in conflict with others. On the other extreme, which he terms Neurosis, we blame ourselves for everything that goes wrong or when we are in conflict with others. In one extreme, we assume no responsibility and in the other we assume too much. </div> <div> </div> <div> We do not have the inherent capacity to realistically distinguish between what we are and what we are not responsible for. It develops only if we are willing to suffer continual self-examination, which at times can be painful. In Ace Institute’s short history of 14 years, this discipline of realistically distinguishing between what we are and we are not responsible for has helped us successfully navigate all sorts of problems, including coercion and threat of closure. In personal life also, application of this discipline has helped me work through what at times appeared to be insurmountable problems. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Dedication to Truth </strong></div> <div> As we view and interact with the world, we develop our own concepts of what is true and real. What was true and real to us as a child may not be so when we are grown up. What was true and real to a person when he was poor may not be so when he is rich. Dr Peck describes each of us as a mapmaker negotiating the terrain of our lives with maps of our own. We are not born with maps; we have to make them. And for our maps to be relevant and useful, we have to continually revise them. </div> <div> </div> <div> The problem he points out is that many of us stop revising our maps after certain time. The result: our maps remain small and sketchy and our view of the world narrow and misleading. His advice: we should subject ourselves to continual self-examination, expose ourselves to the criticism of other mapmakers, continually revise our map and thereby enlarge and refine our understanding of the world. </div> <div> </div> <div> Therefore, be prepared to accept that whatever you have learnt or you have been taught could be wrong, if not today, tomorrow. If it sounds strange and hard to accept, Gustave Falubert’s assertion “There is no truth. There is only perception” might help. If Flaubert’s assertion is not convincing enough, listen to this from Raman Maharshi: “There is no Truth. There is only Truth within each moment.” </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Some Parting Advice </strong></div> <div> We regularly encounter social pressure to conform and personal pressure to establish our uniqueness. You may want to listen to this advice from the Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004): “Our concern must be to live while we’re alive – to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a façade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.” Lisa Nichols warns, “No one else can dance your dance, no one else can sing your song, no one else can write your story.” </div> <div> </div> <div> And pleads John Mason with the title of his book: “You’re born original; don’t die a copy.” </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>- Ghimire is the Chairman of Ace Institute of Management. This article is adapted from his key-note speech made at the MBA and EMBA graduation ceremony 2013 of the institute.</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'Not until much later in my life did I realize what Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote, “Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.” One of my favourites is from Polly B. Berends, “Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.”', 'sortorder' => '1934', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2088', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Holistic Education For Complete Life', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/holistic.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 168px; height: 167px;" /></div> <div> One might ask a question: what is so lacking in current education that holistic education promises to fulfill? Education, as is understood and taken today, is an attempt to discover, understand and instill the various aspects of human living to each individual with the purpose of enhancing the living standard of people. This education teaches us all about our living. But it somehow fails to explore, discover and teach students about themselves, their own life and its dimensions. It teaches the students how to earn, but fails to talk anything about the person for whom the wealth is sought to be earned. It teaches about different aspects of life, but leaves no clue about the life itself. In a nutshell, it studies the objects in the exterior world but has nothing to do with the subject in the inner world. </div> <div> </div> <div> A basic premise of holistic education is the belief that our life has a meaning and purpose greater than the mechanistic laws described by science, and greater than the ‘consensus consciousness’ of any one culture. The current system conceives education as a “race”—a competition forcing schools, teachers, and students to contend for some sort of victory. This has poisoned the very human psyche which strives for understanding and meaning, more than just quantitative living. Defined as a competitive race, current education is not yet a collaborative art of mentoring and nurturing the young, but a harried and random effort to succeed according to some external measure of success—to reach some goal line established by those in authority. </div> <div> </div> <div> The past century witnessed the most intensive efforts in education, perhaps much more than the entire millennium put together. Many nations have been able to hit the literacy rate of close to one hundred percent. It was hoped that an educated world will bring all the wealth, happiness, friendliness and peace in the world. But the results, to our dismay, fail to meet any such targets. The entire human race is suffering from stress, negativities, worries, anxieties and uncertainties. Family ties are less than strong; distrust has become the rule of the day and threat of wars hover around our heads. And the credit for all this goes to the educated people. This is not to undermine their contributions to physical and financial well-being and all the progress in the science, technology and other disciplines. But, a deeper look at the minds and hearts of the individuals will show that they clearly lack something special in life. </div> <div> </div> <div> What is holistic education? First, holistic education attempts to nurture the development of the person as a whole. This includes the intellectual, emotional, physical, social, aesthetic, and spiritual elements. Perhaps the defining aspect of holistic education is the spiritual. </div> <div> </div> <div> Holistic education is based on the notion that there is an active creative force within each person, and that this force has an intrinsic purpose and direction. If properly explored, understood and channelised, this force will pave way for total development of each individual and a much better social ecosystem. It would provide opportunities for students to be creative, contemplative and imaginative, while also being scientific and truthful. It allows time to tell old and new stories of heroes, ideals and transformation. It encourages students to go deep into themselves, into nature and into human affairs. It values service to others and the world. </div> <div> </div> <div> Various dimensions of holistic education will be explored in the ensuing issues of New Business Age. </div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'One might ask a question: what is so lacking in current education that holistic education promises to fulfill? 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Issuing a statement on Thursday, April 5, the bank said that the programme was organised with an aim of enhancing the financial literacy of the locals of Sulikot Rural Municipality, Barpak. “Locals of the area participated in the programme where trainings regarding saving and its benefits were provided,” the statement read, adding that the bank distributed educational supplies to Himalayan Secondary School as corporate social responsibility to the community. </p> ', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2018-04-06', 'modified' => '2018-04-06', 'keywords' => '', 'description' => '', 'sortorder' => '7661', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '2018-04-06 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => true, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '16' ) ), (int) 1 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2796', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'MBA For Working Managers', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Along with MBA and BBA there were lot of other options available for fresh graduates or regular students who aspired to gain a degree in management studies. But the options were limited for the working entrepreneurs or managers who wanted to sharpen their skills or upgrade their status in their field or start their own enterprise. Now, they too have an option in the form of Executive MBA or EMBA. </div> <div> </div> <div> MBA or EMBA are graduate level business degree especially designed for working professionals of the same field. These are post-experience management education programmes that help managers learn to change and grow in their career. They are lot like a regular MBA programmes only that they are primarily designed to educate working executives, managers, entrepreneurs, and other business leaders. </div> <div> </div> <div> Executive MBA was started in the early 1980s as a response to the need of the post experience education was felt. It was introduced as MBA for working managers, for the people working in managerial sectors who had no MBA backgrounds. It aimed to furbish their managerial performance at their respective institutions. </div> <div> </div> <div> In Nepal, Ace Institute of Management started the EMBA programme in 1999 under the affiliation of Pokhara University, while Kathmandu University School of Management (KUSOM) started its EMBA programme in 2000.</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Different from MBA</strong></div> <div> EMBA and MBA programmes generally attract people of different ages and at points in their career lives. These programmes are somehow similar in content but the EMBA classes are of faster paces, which allow students to receive their degree in two years or less while working full time. EMBA Programme emphasises applied learning, leadership and personal skill development, and a global mindset. </div> <div> </div> <div> Subas KC, dean at KUSOM shares that the EMBA is more generalist programme while MBA is more specialised programme. “We’ve designed EMBA focusing more on the things like leadership and skills enhancement which is needed for a working professional to enhance their career,” he says, “We are focusing particularly on those skills which are direct and visibly necessary for them.”</div> <div> </div> <div> Similarly, Kumar Thapa, former Associate Director of EMBA programme at Ace Institute of Management also shares same feeling, “EMBA is more fundamental- general class which is elective not specialized and the course is more focused on what working professionals need in the workplace,” he says, “While MBA is more academic and specialized course.” </div> <div> </div> <div> With that, the cohorts also often turn into a valuable network that students can tap long after they receive their degree. KC shares there have been lot of cases where students from managerial background have switched to start their own enterprises as they develop a strong network from the wider range of opportunities provided by the college.</div> <div> </div> <div> There are various factors people join EMBA. KC shares that “most of the students join the programme to perform better in current job, some to upgrade their current position in their organisation. Basically, all want to develop their ability and skills to choose a better path in their career. Some people want to change their career also, so they join to gain a better perspective and opportunities.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Growing Trend</strong></div> <div> Executive MBA is a good opportunity that is made available for the working people who want to upgrade their career and the attraction towards it is increasing lately. People from various background: corporate sector, public and development sector, entrepreneurship sector, everyone is now willing to join the programme for various reasons. Mostly, senior level executives join the programme but Thapa believes that lately younger people are joining this programme with relatively short working experience.</div> <div> </div> <div> KC believes that the trend has been good so far and believes that it will remain same for some more years but he said that the course needs should be revised and redesigned after some years.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-10-10', 'modified' => '2014-11-21', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'Along with MBA and BBA there were lot of other options available for fresh graduates or regular students who aspired to gain a degree in management studies. But the options were limited for the working entrepreneurs or managers who wanted to sharpen their skills or upgrade their status in their field or start their own enterprise. Now, they too have an option in the form of Executive MBA or EMBA.', 'sortorder' => '2644', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 2 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2769', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Designing Your Dreams', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Shailaja Adhikary, Managing Director, IEC College of Art and Fashion" src="/userfiles/images/be3%20(Copy).jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 237px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Shailaja Adhikary</strong></div> <div> Managing Director</div> <div> IEC College of Art and Fashion</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> If you are passionate about designing your own imagination and flaunting the trendy designs, you can get the route by pursuing a career in the same world. IEC (Indian Education Centre) College of Art and Fashion, the pioneer in the country to introduce the course in fashion designing is providing you two courses where you can scribble your mind creatively and artistically: Bachelors in Fashion Design and Bachelors in Interior Design.</div> <div> </div> <div> Recognising the need and addressing the passion for fashion design course in Nepal, Shailaja Adhikary, started the institution on her sole initiation. Adhikary, who is the Managing Director at the college, shares that her step to introduce a new course and that too of fashion in Nepal was not easy but says it was worth the effort. Adhikary shares she was only 21, when she started IEC realising the need in the country to set up the institution for professional fashion designing training. </div> <div> </div> <div> IEC was started as an institution for computer trainings and fashion designing initially. Adhikary had to include the computer courses in her institution as people then were not so much willing to join the tailoring courses as it was attributed with the negative stereotypes. “I turned down the computer courses, when Ifelt the craze for fashion design increasing and computer slowing down”, she recalls, “That was the right time to gear up for the Fashion Designing course in Nepal.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>The Courses Offered</strong></span></div> <div> IEC Offers Bachelors degree in two courses: Fashion Design and Interior Design. The three-year Bachelor degree is segregated into six semesters.</div> <div> </div> <div> Fashion Designing course helps students learn draping, patternmaking, and sewing techniques in detail. Students are also provided with the opportunity to interact with the top designers of the country and abroad as they visit the college as guest speakers helping student understand and create designs that can be made public through on campus exhibitions. </div> <div> </div> <div> Interior Designing course provides student in-depth knowledge about field and gets opportunities to collaborate and interact with leading practitioners too. The college arranges field visits to the places with interior spaces like hotels and restaurants, hospitals, residences, stores and so on. Students are also provided with internship facilities in their last semester. “We are soon planning to send our students to India for internship”, she shares, “It’s a bigger platform and exposure there.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>After Graduation</strong></span></div> <div> Graduates of both the courses get ample career choices. Adhikary shares that there is a huge market for the graduates and they can be consumed very fast and easy. “Not only domestic market, students have to compete in the international arena too,” she shares.</div> <div> </div> <div> Adhikary who herself believe in making your own identity always suggests her students to start entrepreneurship. “You shouldn’t give your hard work to somebody else,” she opines, “Have the experience of 2-3 years to work under other organisation and then start your own business.” Fashion Design graduates can pursue their career as costume designer, fashion consultants, fashion designer, fashion entrepreneurs, fashion photography coordinators, fashion show coordinators, fashion stylists, production supervisors, accessory designers, jewellery designers and so on.</div> <div> </div> <div> Meanwhile, Interior Design Graduates can pursue their career as CAD (Computer-Aided Designs) designers, commercial interior designers, designer consultants, exhibition organizers, furniture designers, institutional interior designers, fashion show coordinators, lighting designers, and residential interior designers etc.</div> <div> </div> <div> Likewise, IEC has been supporting various fashion shows and beauty contest in Nepal which is a plus point for the students. It was also the joint organiser of first Fashion Week which was first of its kind in Nepal. “These kinds of shows provide bigger exposure to the designers” Adhikary opines, “They give bigger platforms to the new and talented designers in the country andneeded to be encouraged more.”</div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="Business Education" src="/userfiles/images/be1%20(Copy)(1).jpg" style="width: 550px; height: 468px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Eligibility</strong></span></div> <div> Those who have passed their +2 level in any faculty are eligible for the entrance exams taken by the college. And one must pass the entrance test to get the admission. The College is affiliated to the Vinayaka Missions University, India.</div> <div> </div> <div> Started from 13 students, Adhikary recollects the memory of her initial days where she only had been able to make 35 students throughout the year.“The scenario now has thoroughly changed and the fashion designing course or fashion itself is not viewed with the stereotypes”, she shares.The college now is over flooded with the focused and determined studentswilling to pursue the courses and Adhikary is positive that the scenario will still get better.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-03-25', 'modified' => '2014-05-07', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'IEC, the pioneer in the country to introduce the course in fashion designing is providing you with the opportunity to scribble your mind creatively.', 'sortorder' => '2618', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 3 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2491', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'SAIM Producing Entrepreneurs', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Upashana Neupane</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.</div> <div> </div> <div> SAIM aims to address the demand for skilled managers and entrepreneurs in Asia, which is expected to grow as it is the most dynamic economic centre for global trade, investment and technology innovation.</div> <div> </div> <div> It envisions generating professional managers and entrepreneurs who have a deep understanding of the region, its people and their deep rooted cultural values. And it has been working hard for the same with high degree of commitment, dedication and perseverance to establish itself as a regional learning centre of excellence for management studies.</div> <div> </div> <div> SAIM provides best of management education with some of the Nepal’s best intellectual professionals in its faculty such as Dr Bijay KC, Dr Prakash Chandra Lohani, Ashok R. Pandey, Madhukar SJB Rana and alike. The College offers Bachelor’s in Business Administration (BBA) and Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in Global Business with affiliation from Pokhara University. </div> <div> </div> <div> Apart from that, SAIM has also collaborated with Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Bangkok. With a purpose to upgrade education and research opportunities, SAIM signed an MOU with AIT in December 2009. The MOU focuses mainly on faculty and student exchange program, conducting joint research and studies. It also aims to build capacity of SAIM faculty members through degree and training programs at AIT. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>College Objectives</strong></span></div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To develop managers with sound management knowledge, skills and values along with leadership qualities and a positive attitude.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To build relevant, practical curricula grounded on sound theory and based on regional case studies and experience sharing.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To motivate students for bringing out the best in them and foster creativity, innovation and effective team building.</div> <div> •<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>To inculcate creativity and innovativeness in the faculty through continuing education, faculty development programs, consulting and research.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: 18px;"><strong> “Be an entrepreneur not an employee”</strong></span></div> <div> </div> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Dr Bijay KC, Dean, SAIM" src="/userfiles/images/bkc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 210px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Dr Bijay KC</strong></div> <div> Dean, SAIM</div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> Any developed country is well-developed because it’s well-managed. Until a country can’t utilise its resources, it can’t be developed. Utilising human resource and natural resources needs proper management. MBA (Masters in Business Administration) produces skilled or appropriate manpower for the utilisation of the resources, be it natural or human.</div> <div> </div> <div> MBA is regarded as best education worldwide for the management studies. It is a course providing practical knowledge about management. It teaches management of property as well as problems. It also helps in developing leadership and an individual’s decision making ability. It provides knowledge about specialized management which includes management of every sector. It teaches skills to apply theoretical knowledge in practical life. It also sharpens communication skills and team work. Thus, MBA has drawn attraction among students lately than other management programmes. </div> <div> </div> <div> Our country moved ahead to privatization after the change in policy in 1991resulting in increase of economic activities. Number of private industries, companies, banks, and financial sectors also increased after that. Similarly, activities in tourism sector and aviation also increased. Need of proper management was felt after the number and responsibilities of these institutions increased. For which, people with proper management skills were needed. MBA’s importance was felt to generate that manpower.</div> <div> </div> <div> Most of the students pursuing MBA have a thought of working with some companies. We suggest them to be entrepreneurs themselves rather than working with any organisation. MBA graduates should create employment rather than be an employee. Students belonging to industrial family automatically incline towards business while others think of doing job under some company. MBA however is not a subject to continue the traditional occupations. MBA graduates should be innovative enough to create employment opportunities and be progressive to face possible challenges in the market. However, being an entrepreneur is much more challenging than working for other organisations. </div> <div> </div> <div> MBA Graduates have showed good results in the management of the organizations. They are paid well also. Thus, the number of students wanting to study MBA increased along with the number of management schools providing MBA course. However, looking at the present scenario, number of MBA graduates has become more than the opportunities available and the size of the market. Economic activities that accelerated after 1991 have slowed down lately due to political instability in the country. MBA graduates thus are more in numbers than the opportunities available in the market. </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><em>(Based on an interview with Dr Bijaya KC.)</em></span></div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-22', 'modified' => '2014-01-24', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'South Asian Institute of Management (SAIM) is an independent academic institution established in 2006. Located at Lagankhel, Lalitpur, SAIM aims to provide need-based management education and engage in management development, research and provide consultation services to facilitate the growth and development of managers, entrepreneurs, and business leaders in South Asia.', 'sortorder' => '2334', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 4 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2396', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'International Relations And Diplomacy Courses In TU', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>--By Ashok Poudel</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in “International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).” Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed. </div> <div> </div> <div> Curriculum for this 4-semester program has been developed said KC while informing that that the course comprises of analytical academic discourse, seminars and workshops on current international relationship status of Nepal, and steps needed to strengthen its existing foreign policy and diplomacy. </div> <div> </div> <div> Course syllabus adheres to international standards and practice and has been launched after much research and homework, KC., added.</div> <div> </div> <div> Though similar courses have been in practice across the world, TU had not been able to launch them so far due to various constraints. </div> <div> </div> <div> The course will be moderated by senior faculty members affiliated to political science department of the TU, visiting faculty members from foreign universities and incumbent and former diplomats. </div> <div> </div> <div> IRD course is getting recognition globally as international relations are given much priority by most of the countries across the world. And it is even more important for a least developed country like Nepal to extend and maintain its bilateral relation with its neighbouring and other world countries. K. C. said that the discipline aims to produce capable and efficient IRD professionals to meet the nation’s growing need. </div> <div> </div> <div> Elaborating on the scope of the programme, K.C. said that the IRD programme is market friendly with global demand for IRD professionals. </div> <div> </div> <div> IRD graduates will have academic benefit over others for while vying for employment with foreign ministry and other formal and informal organizations specializing in foreign relations. Along with that K.C., said that the course is suitable for the students who want to pursue their career further in fields like media reporting, foreign service, corporate sector, and national security affairs.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong> Eligibility</strong></span></div> <div> Students who have completed Bachelor’s degree with at least second division or 2.0 CGPA in any discipline recognized by Tribhuvan University are elligble to appy for the course. Prospective student with better linguistic, analytic capacity will be preferred over other students during the admission, K.C., added. </div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Fee Structure</strong></span></div> <div> According to K.C. the University is not financially aiding the department currently. He said that department is managing financial resources for the course on its own. “Thus fee structure is costlier than other courses of the university.” Total tuition fee for all the four semesters is set at Rs 1 lakhs and 50 thousand. </div> <div> </div> <div> <hr /> <table align="right" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px;" width="25"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <img alt="Dr Khadga KC ,Programme Co-ordinator and Associate Professor" src="/userfiles/images/dkc.jpg" style="border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; width: 200px; height: 207px;" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <div align="center"> <div> <strong>Dr Khadga KC</strong></div> <div> <em>Programme Co-ordinator and</em></div> <div> <em>Associate Professor</em></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What issues are included within the course?</strong></span></div> <div> The syllabus is developed tuning both practical and theoretical subjects. Students will be learning art of negotiation, methods of treaty making and agreement, of diplomatic protocols, public diplomacy, administration of managing foreign missions, promotion of cultural diplomacy, the job of work-attaché, diplomatic correspondence. They will also be taken for practical field visits to the ministries of the government which is associated with foreign matters.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>What made you feel the necessity of this course in Nepal? And what is the scope of the programme?</strong></span></div> <div> International Relations as a discipline has been in practice worldwide since long. However, it is new in Nepal. Least developed countries like Nepal needs to expand its international relations even more. The discipline will generate the man power with new vision and skills for the same. Similarly, scope of this subject is not limited within domestic market. Graduates of the programme are sellable in international market too and can utilise their skills in various international organizations.</div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>As it is a new discipline in Nepal, do you have adequate resources to train the students?</strong></span></div> <div> We have good networks with government institutions. Similarly, we also have quite good number of skilled people in political science and other related faculties. Graduates in the same subjects will also be facilitating during the course. We will primarily be tapping available resources and manpower. We will also invite experts and career diplomats for cooperation. Guests’ lecturers from friendly countries also will be invited for assistance. </div> </div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2014-01-05', 'modified' => '2014-01-05', 'keywords' => 'new business age business education news & articles, business education news & articles from new business age nepal, business education headlines from nepal, current and latest business education news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali business education economic news and events, ongoing', 'description' => 'Tribhuvan University (TU) has worked out all the details of its post graduate program in “International Relation and Diplomacy (IRD).” Central Department of International Relation and Diplomacy, under the Faculty of Humanities and situated within the University campus premise, will launch this course from the coming academic session, Khadga K.C., Program Co-ordinator and Associate Professor, informed.', 'sortorder' => '2238', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 5 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2090', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => '‘MBA Is Not For Everyone’', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/lp%20bhanu.jpg" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; width: 131px; height: 161px;" /></div> <div> <strong>LP Bhanu Sharma is the Principal of Apex College, one of the leading management colleges of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of Chartered Academic International Pvt. Ltd. He has over 16 years of experience in management, teaching and training. He is also a spiritualist and trainer on positive living and mediation. In an interview with Keshab Raj Gautam of New Business Age, Sharma shared his opinion on trend of business education in Nepal. Excerpts:</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>You have been working in the education sector for a decade and half. What is your experience? </strong></div> <div> I have been working in education sector for more than 16 years. Education has transformed and it is not the same. The curriculum has changed, teachers and students’ mentality has changed and this sector is looking for newer changes. At present, students have realised the importance of global prospective. Due to these prospects, many students, even management students, are studying Chinese, French, German and Swiss language. Current students no longer thinks that classroom education are enough, they have understood the need of real experience in this competitive business world. The mentality that, unless I do very well I will not be able to do anything has developed among students. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Do you find any difference between the students five years back and students now? </strong></div> <div> Yes, there is a difference. Today’s students know how to make use of technology. Also, sense of competition has grown up and the number of serious students has increased. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>How do you evaluate the growing number of business schools in Nepal? </strong></div> <div> At present, number of colleges which offer MBA programme in Nepal has increased to 37.Even a small city like Narayanghat has four institutions offering MBA degree. I take this growing number of business schools as very positive step but this is just the start of journey. This shows that, business education has come up and students really desire for business and management education. Over 52 per cent of Nepali students into higher education study management in Nepal. If we look at USA data, only 25 per cent of graduate students are involved in MBA programme. Market will give these business school three to five years time to prove themselves. In business school, the researches brought into the classes are more important which many of the business school lack. Apparently, this is not the scenario of new institutions but market will give these institution times to stand out. Even older ones like Apex College are having new testing times and we are working on quality. If all these institution works on quality, things will change otherwise market will categorise these intuitions as A, B, C and D grade which ultimately lead these institutions to lose their ground. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>How to choose the best business institution? </strong></div> <div> Students have to be smarter in this case. Choice of the intuitions is very core. Unless the intuition or the founder have some good records, student must think twice before joining it. Many of the intuitions claim to be the business school but are founded and run by non business graduates. What do they know about business? How are they going to do? These are the sincere questions which students as well as the common people must ask before joining any institution. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>What are your suggestions to potential business students? </strong></div> <div> First of all, we must get out of this fashion race. MBA has become a fashion but it should not be. MBA is not for everyone. Everyone does not need to do an MBA. There are much other college options. Students must first need to analyze their strengths and define the expectation from the specific program. Secondly , MBA is not for fresher’s. I have a clear feeling that, not more than one third of present MBA students should be doing MBA. Because I found that fresher’s are unable to catch the sincerity and seriousness of MBA program. MBA is for people who have work experience of not less than three years. But it’s probably our compulsion to take fresher’s in our MBA program because the culture has not yet come where people with experience and different set of ambition apply for MBA. We are looking for more deserving students. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Where do you see today’s business students after 5 years? </strong></div> <div> Many business students will be working as entrepreneurs. This is very good sign. At present, around 50 per cent have gone to banking industry. In next five years, I would expect them to go into different NGOs, INGOs and trading companies. I also see some of these business students contributing to transportation, cooperatives, and managing schools of the country in next five years. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Nepali economy is growing at a slow pace. Where will these business graduates be absorbed? </strong></div> <div> We must be ready to face lot of upcoming challenges . But I think more than career searching, we should be more conscious about our own strength and weaknesses so that we could find the space to contribute.. Career changing is basically not the good options as professional managers are not among them who had changed their career track. . These are the people who knew what they are made for,what raw material they are and under what category they fall. This had led them to build their own career of interest. I run so many programs on career mapping. Only two days program will make an individual clear about how perfectly one can map his/her career. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>As you believe in spirituality, can you suggest how does it help to achieve full human potentials? </strong></div> <div> If we want to know how to do marketing, we learn marketing, if we want to know history we have to study history similarly if we want to know about our self, we need to study spirituality. If only we could know ourselves better, the contribution can be seen in much better way. This ultimately will help us to be a better member of a family; better member of institution, and also better citizen as a whole. In such a way, spirituality helps to achieve the full potential. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Where do you see Nepali economy in 10 years? </strong></div> <div> It’s a very difficult question; my only wish is to see the private sector free from politics. Today, politicians are at driving seat but basically entrepreneurs should be in driving seat of private sector. I see much better future of Nepal in next 10 years. But the thing we should not miss out is of our personal values which we should improve. For this, people like us should be more efficient, effective and more professional so that we wont have to face any internal conflict. Unless there is good foundation of values among us, it is very difficult for sustainable growth. So, Media and education should start cultivating those values.</div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'LP Bhanu Sharma is the Principal of Apex College, one of the leading management colleges of Nepal. He is also the Chairman of Chartered Academic International Pvt. Ltd. He has over 16 years of experience in management, teaching and training.', 'sortorder' => '1935', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 6 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2089', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Lifelong Learning', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> <strong>By Ajay Ghimire</strong></div> <div> </div> <div> Not until much later in my life did I realize what Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote, “Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.” One of my favourites is from Polly B. Berends, “Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.” </div> <div> </div> <div> But don’t take knowing yourself for granted. In the words of GK Chesterton (1874-1936): “One may understand the cosmos, but never the ego; the self is more distant than any star.” Recall how many times you have said, “I can’t believe I actually did or said that.” Even today, at this age, I am struggling to know what I must learn and do to realize my individual potential. My advice to you: cultivate the habit of making conscious efforts to learn about yourself. </div> <div> </div> <div> I would like to share with you two disciplines I have found quite useful for continual learning. They are from the book called The Road Less Travelled by M Scott Peck and the disciplines are named a) Acceptance of Responsibility, and b) Dedication to Truth. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Acceptance of Responsibility </strong></div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/lifelong.jpg" style="margin-left: 15px; margin-right: 15px; height: 253px; width: 550px;" /></div> <div> </div> <div> The first of the Four Noble Truths Buddha taught was “Life is a suffering”. We may accept or deny this assertion but there is overwhelming evidences in its favour. As we move on with our lives, we will inevitably encounter a series of problems. Of course, problems do not last forever. They come and go. But Dr Peck argues that problems must be worked through or else they remain, forever, a barrier to our growth and development. By accepting responsibility for problems, experiencing their pain, working through them in solving them, we learn and grow. </div> <div> </div> <div> In accepting responsibility, though, Dr Peck warns us of the extremes. On one extreme, which he terms Character Disorder, we blame others for everything that goes wrong, or when we are in conflict with others. On the other extreme, which he terms Neurosis, we blame ourselves for everything that goes wrong or when we are in conflict with others. In one extreme, we assume no responsibility and in the other we assume too much. </div> <div> </div> <div> We do not have the inherent capacity to realistically distinguish between what we are and what we are not responsible for. It develops only if we are willing to suffer continual self-examination, which at times can be painful. In Ace Institute’s short history of 14 years, this discipline of realistically distinguishing between what we are and we are not responsible for has helped us successfully navigate all sorts of problems, including coercion and threat of closure. In personal life also, application of this discipline has helped me work through what at times appeared to be insurmountable problems. </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Dedication to Truth </strong></div> <div> As we view and interact with the world, we develop our own concepts of what is true and real. What was true and real to us as a child may not be so when we are grown up. What was true and real to a person when he was poor may not be so when he is rich. Dr Peck describes each of us as a mapmaker negotiating the terrain of our lives with maps of our own. We are not born with maps; we have to make them. And for our maps to be relevant and useful, we have to continually revise them. </div> <div> </div> <div> The problem he points out is that many of us stop revising our maps after certain time. The result: our maps remain small and sketchy and our view of the world narrow and misleading. His advice: we should subject ourselves to continual self-examination, expose ourselves to the criticism of other mapmakers, continually revise our map and thereby enlarge and refine our understanding of the world. </div> <div> </div> <div> Therefore, be prepared to accept that whatever you have learnt or you have been taught could be wrong, if not today, tomorrow. If it sounds strange and hard to accept, Gustave Falubert’s assertion “There is no truth. There is only perception” might help. If Flaubert’s assertion is not convincing enough, listen to this from Raman Maharshi: “There is no Truth. There is only Truth within each moment.” </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>Some Parting Advice </strong></div> <div> We regularly encounter social pressure to conform and personal pressure to establish our uniqueness. You may want to listen to this advice from the Swiss psychiatrist Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004): “Our concern must be to live while we’re alive – to release our inner selves from the spiritual death that comes with living behind a façade designed to conform to external definitions of who and what we are.” Lisa Nichols warns, “No one else can dance your dance, no one else can sing your song, no one else can write your story.” </div> <div> </div> <div> And pleads John Mason with the title of his book: “You’re born original; don’t die a copy.” </div> <div> </div> <div> <strong>- Ghimire is the Chairman of Ace Institute of Management. This article is adapted from his key-note speech made at the MBA and EMBA graduation ceremony 2013 of the institute.</strong></div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'Not until much later in my life did I realize what Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) wrote, “Wherever we go, whatever we do, self is the sole subject we study and learn.” One of my favourites is from Polly B. Berends, “Everything that happens to you is your teacher. The secret is to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.”', 'sortorder' => '1934', 'image' => null, 'article_date' => '0000-00-00 00:00:00', 'homepage' => false, 'breaking_news' => false, 'main_news' => false, 'in_scroller' => false, 'user_id' => '0' ) ), (int) 7 => array( 'Article' => array( 'id' => '2088', 'article_category_id' => '168', 'title' => 'Holistic Education For Complete Life', 'sub_title' => '', 'summary' => null, 'content' => '<div> </div> <div> </div> <div> <img alt="" src="/userfiles/images/holistic.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 168px; height: 167px;" /></div> <div> One might ask a question: what is so lacking in current education that holistic education promises to fulfill? Education, as is understood and taken today, is an attempt to discover, understand and instill the various aspects of human living to each individual with the purpose of enhancing the living standard of people. This education teaches us all about our living. But it somehow fails to explore, discover and teach students about themselves, their own life and its dimensions. It teaches the students how to earn, but fails to talk anything about the person for whom the wealth is sought to be earned. It teaches about different aspects of life, but leaves no clue about the life itself. In a nutshell, it studies the objects in the exterior world but has nothing to do with the subject in the inner world. </div> <div> </div> <div> A basic premise of holistic education is the belief that our life has a meaning and purpose greater than the mechanistic laws described by science, and greater than the ‘consensus consciousness’ of any one culture. The current system conceives education as a “race”—a competition forcing schools, teachers, and students to contend for some sort of victory. This has poisoned the very human psyche which strives for understanding and meaning, more than just quantitative living. Defined as a competitive race, current education is not yet a collaborative art of mentoring and nurturing the young, but a harried and random effort to succeed according to some external measure of success—to reach some goal line established by those in authority. </div> <div> </div> <div> The past century witnessed the most intensive efforts in education, perhaps much more than the entire millennium put together. Many nations have been able to hit the literacy rate of close to one hundred percent. It was hoped that an educated world will bring all the wealth, happiness, friendliness and peace in the world. But the results, to our dismay, fail to meet any such targets. The entire human race is suffering from stress, negativities, worries, anxieties and uncertainties. Family ties are less than strong; distrust has become the rule of the day and threat of wars hover around our heads. And the credit for all this goes to the educated people. This is not to undermine their contributions to physical and financial well-being and all the progress in the science, technology and other disciplines. But, a deeper look at the minds and hearts of the individuals will show that they clearly lack something special in life. </div> <div> </div> <div> What is holistic education? First, holistic education attempts to nurture the development of the person as a whole. This includes the intellectual, emotional, physical, social, aesthetic, and spiritual elements. Perhaps the defining aspect of holistic education is the spiritual. </div> <div> </div> <div> Holistic education is based on the notion that there is an active creative force within each person, and that this force has an intrinsic purpose and direction. If properly explored, understood and channelised, this force will pave way for total development of each individual and a much better social ecosystem. It would provide opportunities for students to be creative, contemplative and imaginative, while also being scientific and truthful. It allows time to tell old and new stories of heroes, ideals and transformation. It encourages students to go deep into themselves, into nature and into human affairs. It values service to others and the world. </div> <div> </div> <div> Various dimensions of holistic education will be explored in the ensuing issues of New Business Age. </div> <div> </div>', 'published' => true, 'created' => '2013-11-10', 'modified' => '2013-11-10', 'keywords' => 'new business age biz news news & articles, biz news news & articles from new business age nepal, biz news headlines from nepal, current and latest biz news news from nepal, economic news from nepal, nepali biz news economic news and events, ongoing biz news news of nepal', 'description' => 'One might ask a question: what is so lacking in current education that holistic education promises to fulfill? 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| Currency | Unit |
Buy | Sell |
| U.S. Dollar | 1 | 121.23 | 121.83 |
| European Euro | 1 | 131.65 | 132.31 |
| UK Pound Sterling | 1 | 142.47 | 143.18 |
| Swiss Franc | 1 | 124.29 | 124.90 |
| Australian Dollar | 1 | 71.69 | 72.05 |
| Canadian Dollar | 1 | 83.90 | 84.32 |
| Japanese Yen | 10 | 10.94 | 11.00 |
| Chinese Yuan | 1 | 17.17 | 17.26 |
| Saudi Arabian Riyal | 1 | 32.27 | 32.43 |
| UAE Dirham | 1 | 33.01 | 33.17 |
| Malaysian Ringgit | 1 | 27.36 | 27.50 |
| South Korean Won | 100 | 9.77 | 9.82 |
Update: 2020-03-25 | Source: Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB)
| Fine Gold | 1 tola | 77000.00 |
| Tejabi Gold | 1 tola | 76700.00 |
| Silver | 1 tola | 720.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
Source: Federation of Nepal Gold and Silver Dealers' Association
| Petrol | 1 Liter | 106.00 |
| Diesel | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| Kerosene | 1 Liter | 95.00 |
| LP Gas | 1 Cylinder | 1375.00 |
Update : 2020-03-25
