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Farewell Message: ITEC Training 2017, EDII Ahmedabad Delivered in 2017 during the Training Program उद्योगिनं पुरुषसिंहमुपैति लक्ष्मी “The Goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, follows the industrious.” Honorable Chief Secretary Sir, respected Director of EDII Mr. Sunil Shukla Sir, our esteemed Gurus and Professors of EDII, ladies and gentlemen, and my dear friends, It is a great honor and privilege to stand before you today. I feel immense pride in graduating from EDII, and I am deeply grateful to the Government of India for selecting me for this exceptional training program. Being here fills me with joy and gratitude. Today, I am happy, but I also feel a strong sense of responsibility. I am committed to sharing and applying the knowledge and experiences I’ve gained at EDII. We will do our best to implement what we’ve learned here—to drive change, foster entrepreneurship, and build prosperity, as our respected Director Sir emphasized yesterday. He spoke of the need for vision, skills, reso...

My Take on Nepal’s Path to Growth with Clean Energy How Sustainable Energy is Changing Nepal 🇳🇵 How It Started: Nepal’s Power Struggle For years, Nepal had a big problem—electricity was scarce. We faced power cuts up to 15 hours a day! Back then, we needed around 1,000 MW, but we only got 300 MW in dry seasons (summer and winter) and maybe 700 MW when it rained a lot. It was tough. People cut trees for firewood, industries barely ran, and we spent a lot importing fuel. Health got worse too because of smoke from burning wood indoors, and our economy just couldn’t grow much—stuck below 4% for a long time. I remember how hard it was. Most of us live in villages, and without power, life was a struggle. The government knew clean energy like hydropower could fix this, but they didn’t have enough money to build it themselves. Things had to change. The Big Shift: Letting Private Companies Help Nepal has tons of hydropower potential—about 83,000 MW, and 42,000 MW we can actually use. Back in...