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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MAN executive committee and its general membership are dominated by bureaucrats. Why is the participation low by the corporate sector?</strong></span></div>
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The situation was like that in the past. For a long time, the pro-activeness of bureaucrats contributed a lot to MAN’s activities. The situation has started to change now. The number of MAN members from the corporate sector has been increasing. They are contributing to MAN's activities directly and indirectly. I am of the opinion that the corporate sector must lead MAN as per its vision and objectives. Realising this fact, we are inviting managers from the corporate sector to participle in MAN’s activities. </div>
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I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World. </div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
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I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your expectations from the new Executive Committee?</strong></span></div>
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I have many expectations from the new executive committee to be elected. I am optimistic that new team will add some bricks for the overall development of MAN. The prospective executive committee members in scene are well-known professionals from different sectors and as dedicated successor they deserve to lead the MAN ahead. So I shall be more than happy to handover MAN to the new team. I would like to suggest to the new team that they should focus themselves on MAN activities such as adding value to trainings, EMBA programme and research. MAN’s roadmap is clear with its strategic vision and objectives. But it needs to be backed by the action plan which is lagging behind. Therefore, they should create an environment and motivate MAN members to contribute by participating in the various sub committees. Equally, the attention should be given to infrastructure development of MAN. For your kind information, I also will be there as the part of team as an executive member in the capacity of Immediate Past President (IPP). MAN believes in togetherness and cooperation, so again it is my pride to be there to contribute to MAN in the future as well.</div>',
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I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World. </div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
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<div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your achievements as MAN President for two consecutive terms?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
<div>
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<div>
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<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
<div>
MAN is one of the founding members of the Asian Association of Management Organizations (AAMO) which is working in the Asia Pacific region. It has also close links with the American Management Association (AMA), All India Management Association (AIMA), North India Management Association (NIMA) and many others. We have also signed MoUs with other national and international organizations such as AAMO, Rai Foundation, and NIMA for scholarship programmes. These linkages have helped MAN to have access to information on the best management practices and techniques available in other parts of the world.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
<div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your expectations from the new Executive Committee?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MAN executive committee and its general membership are dominated by bureaucrats. Why is the participation low by the corporate sector?</strong></span></div>
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<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your achievements as MAN President for two consecutive terms?</strong></span></div>
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I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World. </div>
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</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.</div>
<div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
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Resource constraint is the main challenge which has affected the sustainability of MAN’s activities. Limited participation of Man’s members in its activities is another challenge. Having MAN’s own building is yet another challenge. This has been my dream as well. To turn the dream into reality, we made our level best efforts and even requested the government to provide us land in the ‘right to use’ (BHOGADHIKAR) mode as other similar non-governmental organizations have got land from the government. But this process is yet to reach a logical conclusion. If we could meet these challenges, MAN’s activities could be run in a sustainable way.</div>
<div>
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<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your expectations from the new Executive Committee?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I have many expectations from the new executive committee to be elected. I am optimistic that new team will add some bricks for the overall development of MAN. The prospective executive committee members in scene are well-known professionals from different sectors and as dedicated successor they deserve to lead the MAN ahead. So I shall be more than happy to handover MAN to the new team. I would like to suggest to the new team that they should focus themselves on MAN activities such as adding value to trainings, EMBA programme and research. MAN’s roadmap is clear with its strategic vision and objectives. But it needs to be backed by the action plan which is lagging behind. Therefore, they should create an environment and motivate MAN members to contribute by participating in the various sub committees. Equally, the attention should be given to infrastructure development of MAN. For your kind information, I also will be there as the part of team as an executive member in the capacity of Immediate Past President (IPP). MAN believes in togetherness and cooperation, so again it is my pride to be there to contribute to MAN in the future as well.</div>',
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</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the objectives of MAN? How successful has MAN been to achieve its objectives?</strong></span></div>
<div>
Established in 1979, MAN is a nongovernmental organization and the apex body of management professionals in Nepal. It’s a think tank with active support of the country’s corporate sector. It has a strong membership base of over 2,000 individuals and 250 institutions from different disciplines and sectors of Nepali economy and society. It also provides policy recommendations to the government.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MAN executive committee and its general membership are dominated by bureaucrats. Why is the participation low by the corporate sector?</strong></span></div>
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The situation was like that in the past. For a long time, the pro-activeness of bureaucrats contributed a lot to MAN’s activities. The situation has started to change now. The number of MAN members from the corporate sector has been increasing. They are contributing to MAN's activities directly and indirectly. I am of the opinion that the corporate sector must lead MAN as per its vision and objectives. Realising this fact, we are inviting managers from the corporate sector to participle in MAN’s activities. </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your achievements as MAN President for two consecutive terms?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World. </div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
<div>
MAN is one of the founding members of the Asian Association of Management Organizations (AAMO) which is working in the Asia Pacific region. It has also close links with the American Management Association (AMA), All India Management Association (AIMA), North India Management Association (NIMA) and many others. We have also signed MoUs with other national and international organizations such as AAMO, Rai Foundation, and NIMA for scholarship programmes. These linkages have helped MAN to have access to information on the best management practices and techniques available in other parts of the world.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
<div>
Resource constraint is the main challenge which has affected the sustainability of MAN’s activities. Limited participation of Man’s members in its activities is another challenge. Having MAN’s own building is yet another challenge. This has been my dream as well. To turn the dream into reality, we made our level best efforts and even requested the government to provide us land in the ‘right to use’ (BHOGADHIKAR) mode as other similar non-governmental organizations have got land from the government. But this process is yet to reach a logical conclusion. If we could meet these challenges, MAN’s activities could be run in a sustainable way.</div>
<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your expectations from the new Executive Committee?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I have many expectations from the new executive committee to be elected. I am optimistic that new team will add some bricks for the overall development of MAN. The prospective executive committee members in scene are well-known professionals from different sectors and as dedicated successor they deserve to lead the MAN ahead. So I shall be more than happy to handover MAN to the new team. I would like to suggest to the new team that they should focus themselves on MAN activities such as adding value to trainings, EMBA programme and research. MAN’s roadmap is clear with its strategic vision and objectives. But it needs to be backed by the action plan which is lagging behind. Therefore, they should create an environment and motivate MAN members to contribute by participating in the various sub committees. Equally, the attention should be given to infrastructure development of MAN. For your kind information, I also will be there as the part of team as an executive member in the capacity of Immediate Past President (IPP). MAN believes in togetherness and cooperation, so again it is my pride to be there to contribute to MAN in the future as well.</div>',
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Janak Raj Shah is the president of Management Association of Nepal (MAN) which is organizing its 33rd National Management Convention and Annual General Meeting (AGM) today (February 7). Akhilesh Tripathi of The Corporate caught up with Shah, a former National Planning Commission member, for an interview. Excerpts:
What are the objectives of MAN? How successful has MAN been to achieve its objectives?
Established in 1979, MAN is a nongovernmental organization and the apex body of management professionals in Nepal. It’s a think tank with active support of the country’s corporate sector. It has a strong membership base of over 2,000 individuals and 250 institutions from different disciplines and sectors of Nepali economy and society. It also provides policy recommendations to the government.
The main objective of MAN is to apply, develop and promote management science and make necessary arrangements to offer such knowledge in Nepal. The other objectives are: bringing professionals and institutes related to management development under one umbrella through networking so as to facilitate interaction, innovation and pro-active involvement for promoting management professionalism; consolidating management development through education, training, research, consulting and information services; and keeping members informed of new developments in professional management approaches and their uses.
MAN has been pursuing various activities to achieve these objectives for the last 33 years. These activities include interactive sessions, researches/studies and consultancies, EMBA program, professional training courses, bestowing management awards, membership expansion drive, institutional networking and so on.
MAN executive committee and its general membership are dominated by bureaucrats. Why is the participation low by the corporate sector?
The situation was like that in the past. For a long time, the pro-activeness of bureaucrats contributed a lot to MAN’s activities. The situation has started to change now. The number of MAN members from the corporate sector has been increasing. They are contributing to MAN's activities directly and indirectly. I am of the opinion that the corporate sector must lead MAN as per its vision and objectives. Realising this fact, we are inviting managers from the corporate sector to participle in MAN’s activities.
What are your achievements as MAN President for two consecutive terms?
I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World.
What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?
I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.
What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?
MAN is one of the founding members of the Asian Association of Management Organizations (AAMO) which is working in the Asia Pacific region. It has also close links with the American Management Association (AMA), All India Management Association (AIMA), North India Management Association (NIMA) and many others. We have also signed MoUs with other national and international organizations such as AAMO, Rai Foundation, and NIMA for scholarship programmes. These linkages have helped MAN to have access to information on the best management practices and techniques available in other parts of the world.
What are MAN’s challenges?
Resource constraint is the main challenge which has affected the sustainability of MAN’s activities. Limited participation of Man’s members in its activities is another challenge. Having MAN’s own building is yet another challenge. This has been my dream as well. To turn the dream into reality, we made our level best efforts and even requested the government to provide us land in the ‘right to use’ (BHOGADHIKAR) mode as other similar non-governmental organizations have got land from the government. But this process is yet to reach a logical conclusion. If we could meet these challenges, MAN’s activities could be run in a sustainable way.
What are your expectations from the new Executive Committee?
I have many expectations from the new executive committee to be elected. I am optimistic that new team will add some bricks for the overall development of MAN. The prospective executive committee members in scene are well-known professionals from different sectors and as dedicated successor they deserve to lead the MAN ahead. So I shall be more than happy to handover MAN to the new team. I would like to suggest to the new team that they should focus themselves on MAN activities such as adding value to trainings, EMBA programme and research. MAN’s roadmap is clear with its strategic vision and objectives. But it needs to be backed by the action plan which is lagging behind. Therefore, they should create an environment and motivate MAN members to contribute by participating in the various sub committees. Equally, the attention should be given to infrastructure development of MAN. For your kind information, I also will be there as the part of team as an executive member in the capacity of Immediate Past President (IPP). MAN believes in togetherness and cooperation, so again it is my pride to be there to contribute to MAN in the future as well.
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the objectives of MAN? How successful has MAN been to achieve its objectives?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MAN executive committee and its general membership are dominated by bureaucrats. Why is the participation low by the corporate sector?</strong></span></div>
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The situation was like that in the past. For a long time, the pro-activeness of bureaucrats contributed a lot to MAN’s activities. The situation has started to change now. The number of MAN members from the corporate sector has been increasing. They are contributing to MAN's activities directly and indirectly. I am of the opinion that the corporate sector must lead MAN as per its vision and objectives. Realising this fact, we are inviting managers from the corporate sector to participle in MAN’s activities. </div>
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I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World. </div>
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I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
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Resource constraint is the main challenge which has affected the sustainability of MAN’s activities. Limited participation of Man’s members in its activities is another challenge. Having MAN’s own building is yet another challenge. This has been my dream as well. To turn the dream into reality, we made our level best efforts and even requested the government to provide us land in the ‘right to use’ (BHOGADHIKAR) mode as other similar non-governmental organizations have got land from the government. But this process is yet to reach a logical conclusion. If we could meet these challenges, MAN’s activities could be run in a sustainable way.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your expectations from the new Executive Committee?</strong></span></div>
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I have many expectations from the new executive committee to be elected. I am optimistic that new team will add some bricks for the overall development of MAN. The prospective executive committee members in scene are well-known professionals from different sectors and as dedicated successor they deserve to lead the MAN ahead. So I shall be more than happy to handover MAN to the new team. I would like to suggest to the new team that they should focus themselves on MAN activities such as adding value to trainings, EMBA programme and research. MAN’s roadmap is clear with its strategic vision and objectives. But it needs to be backed by the action plan which is lagging behind. Therefore, they should create an environment and motivate MAN members to contribute by participating in the various sub committees. Equally, the attention should be given to infrastructure development of MAN. For your kind information, I also will be there as the part of team as an executive member in the capacity of Immediate Past President (IPP). MAN believes in togetherness and cooperation, so again it is my pride to be there to contribute to MAN in the future as well.</div>',
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
<div>
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<div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
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MAN is one of the founding members of the Asian Association of Management Organizations (AAMO) which is working in the Asia Pacific region. It has also close links with the American Management Association (AMA), All India Management Association (AIMA), North India Management Association (NIMA) and many others. We have also signed MoUs with other national and international organizations such as AAMO, Rai Foundation, and NIMA for scholarship programmes. These linkages have helped MAN to have access to information on the best management practices and techniques available in other parts of the world.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the objectives of MAN? How successful has MAN been to achieve its objectives?</strong></span></div>
<div>
Established in 1979, MAN is a nongovernmental organization and the apex body of management professionals in Nepal. It’s a think tank with active support of the country’s corporate sector. It has a strong membership base of over 2,000 individuals and 250 institutions from different disciplines and sectors of Nepali economy and society. It also provides policy recommendations to the government.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>MAN executive committee and its general membership are dominated by bureaucrats. Why is the participation low by the corporate sector?</strong></span></div>
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The situation was like that in the past. For a long time, the pro-activeness of bureaucrats contributed a lot to MAN’s activities. The situation has started to change now. The number of MAN members from the corporate sector has been increasing. They are contributing to MAN's activities directly and indirectly. I am of the opinion that the corporate sector must lead MAN as per its vision and objectives. Realising this fact, we are inviting managers from the corporate sector to participle in MAN’s activities. </div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your achievements as MAN President for two consecutive terms?</strong></span></div>
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I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World. </div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
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MAN is one of the founding members of the Asian Association of Management Organizations (AAMO) which is working in the Asia Pacific region. It has also close links with the American Management Association (AMA), All India Management Association (AIMA), North India Management Association (NIMA) and many others. We have also signed MoUs with other national and international organizations such as AAMO, Rai Foundation, and NIMA for scholarship programmes. These linkages have helped MAN to have access to information on the best management practices and techniques available in other parts of the world.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
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Resource constraint is the main challenge which has affected the sustainability of MAN’s activities. Limited participation of Man’s members in its activities is another challenge. Having MAN’s own building is yet another challenge. This has been my dream as well. To turn the dream into reality, we made our level best efforts and even requested the government to provide us land in the ‘right to use’ (BHOGADHIKAR) mode as other similar non-governmental organizations have got land from the government. But this process is yet to reach a logical conclusion. If we could meet these challenges, MAN’s activities could be run in a sustainable way.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your expectations from the new Executive Committee?</strong></span></div>
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I have many expectations from the new executive committee to be elected. I am optimistic that new team will add some bricks for the overall development of MAN. The prospective executive committee members in scene are well-known professionals from different sectors and as dedicated successor they deserve to lead the MAN ahead. So I shall be more than happy to handover MAN to the new team. I would like to suggest to the new team that they should focus themselves on MAN activities such as adding value to trainings, EMBA programme and research. MAN’s roadmap is clear with its strategic vision and objectives. But it needs to be backed by the action plan which is lagging behind. Therefore, they should create an environment and motivate MAN members to contribute by participating in the various sub committees. Equally, the attention should be given to infrastructure development of MAN. For your kind information, I also will be there as the part of team as an executive member in the capacity of Immediate Past President (IPP). MAN believes in togetherness and cooperation, so again it is my pride to be there to contribute to MAN in the future as well.</div>',
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The situation was like that in the past. For a long time, the pro-activeness of bureaucrats contributed a lot to MAN’s activities. The situation has started to change now. The number of MAN members from the corporate sector has been increasing. They are contributing to MAN's activities directly and indirectly. I am of the opinion that the corporate sector must lead MAN as per its vision and objectives. Realising this fact, we are inviting managers from the corporate sector to participle in MAN’s activities. </div>
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I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World. </div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
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<div>
</div>
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<div>
Established in 1979, MAN is a nongovernmental organization and the apex body of management professionals in Nepal. It’s a think tank with active support of the country’s corporate sector. It has a strong membership base of over 2,000 individuals and 250 institutions from different disciplines and sectors of Nepali economy and society. It also provides policy recommendations to the government.</div>
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<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your achievements as MAN President for two consecutive terms?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I have successfully completed two terms as MAN President. I am satisfied with the performance of MAN. However, we have to do a lot in the time to come. We have worked for preparing and implementing MAN's strategy to increase its height in the field of management development. We are successfully running an EMBA programme of Purbanchal University. We have been able to open MAN's Chapters in Pokhara, Dhangadhi and Biratnagar. I am optimistic that other Chapters will be opened in other parts of the country. One of MAN initiatives, the Management Development Campus, was able to receive the Best B-School Award 2010 from the CMO Council. As the president of MAN, I received the 'Golden Star Academic & Educational Excellence Award 2013' under Education Leadership Award at the ‘World Marketing Summit, Malayasia 2013' - a Philip Kotler Initiative for a Better World. </div>
<div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the things that you wanted to do but couldn't do because of various reasons?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I had a dream of having MAN’s own building to expand its activities smoothly and efficiently. During my tenure, I could not materialize this dream of infrastructure development. The participation from the corporate sector in MAN's activities is limited. However, I tried my level best to bring the private sector, more specifically the corporate sector, to this forum. The government’s support to MAN's activities is not adequate though the government has helped us by sending students to our EMBA programme and providing us some grants every year.</div>
<div>
</div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are the international organizations that MAN is affiliated with? What benefits in terms of knowledge sharing has MAN got from this affiliation?</strong></span></div>
<div>
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<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are MAN’s challenges?</strong></span></div>
<div>
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<div>
</div>
<div>
<span style="font-size:14px;"><strong>What are your expectations from the new Executive Committee?</strong></span></div>
<div>
I have many expectations from the new executive committee to be elected. I am optimistic that new team will add some bricks for the overall development of MAN. The prospective executive committee members in scene are well-known professionals from different sectors and as dedicated successor they deserve to lead the MAN ahead. So I shall be more than happy to handover MAN to the new team. I would like to suggest to the new team that they should focus themselves on MAN activities such as adding value to trainings, EMBA programme and research. MAN’s roadmap is clear with its strategic vision and objectives. But it needs to be backed by the action plan which is lagging behind. Therefore, they should create an environment and motivate MAN members to contribute by participating in the various sub committees. Equally, the attention should be given to infrastructure development of MAN. For your kind information, I also will be there as the part of team as an executive member in the capacity of Immediate Past President (IPP). MAN believes in togetherness and cooperation, so again it is my pride to be there to contribute to MAN in the future as well.</div>',
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<div>
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<div>
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<div>
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<div>
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