Dr Devkota heads Nepal Intellectual Council

KATHMANDU: Prof Dr Dinesh Chandra Devkota has been elected Chair of Nepal Intellectual Council. The 10th National Convention of the council close to the CPN (UML) elected Devkota as the council chair. A 137-member central committee has been elected unanimously under Devkota's chairmanship. He is the former vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission. Similarly, Bidhan Acharya, Prof Kamananda Dev, Kabita Luitel, Dr Dipendra Bhandari and Radha Adhikari have been elected the vice-chairperson of the committee while Gajendra Thapaliya has been elected the general secretary, and Govinda Bahadur Shahi and Sushil BK the deputy general secretary. Krishna Kumar Lamsal, Dr Sundar Tiwari, Rishi Khanal, Tika Dhakal, Dr Dipendra Shrestha, Dr Arjun Singh and Yagya Sharma are the secretaries while Gopi Krishna Neupane is the treasurer of the newly-elected central committee. General secretary Thapaliya said the National Convention held on April 3 and 4 nominated the office-bearers on the three commissions as well. CPN (UML) Chair and former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had inaugurated the National Convention. READ ALSO:

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