Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam at Consultative Meeting on Establishing a School of Public Health at Patan Academy of Health Sciences Kathmandu, 29 January 2012 I consider it a real privilege to join you all at the beginning of what I hope will be remembered as a momentous consultative meeting for the founding of a More...

Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam at Briefing for UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake Kathmandu, 12 January 2012 Let me add my words of welcome to our esteemed Executive Director, Tony Lake. Tony, your maiden visit to Nepal comes at a propitious moment. Nepal is right now in the midst of drafting a new Constitution. We More...

Keynote Address by Rotarian Kul Chandra Gautam· at 4th Annual Conference of Rotary International District 3292 Biratnagar, Nepal, 7 January 2012 Thank you for the opportunity to share some views and suggestions on how we as Rotarians can promote peace and development in Nepal, in our region of South Asia, and in the world. I More...

Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam Nepal Intellectual Forum, Pokhara, 17 December 2011 I am delighted to join you all at this Nepal Intellectual Forum. I take this as a great opportunity to meet and interact with the intellectuals of Pokhara and Western Nepal. It is like coming back home to me, as I am also More...

Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam At pre-conference workshop on Interventions to improve maternal and newborn nutrition in Nepal Eighth Conference of the Perinatal Society of Nepal (PESCON) Kathmandu, 25 November 2011 I feel greatly honoured to be invited to attend this important workshop on the eve of the Eighth International Conference of the Perinatal Society More...

Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam At UNICEF CPD Workshop Kathmandu, 22 November 2011 I feel very grateful and nostalgic to have the opportunity to share some views on the future of Nepal’s children – and how we can all help shape it in their best interest. Making such remarks used to be part of my More...

By Kul Chandra Gautam at a Workshop organized by Nepal Institute of Policy Studies (NIPS) Kathmandu, 9 November 2011 Compared to many occasions in the past 5 years when we held intense discussions in various forums on the issues of integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants, we meet today in much happier circumstances. Whereas earlier More...

Statement by Kul Chandra Gautam at Workshop on “The Peace Process in the Context of the Five-Point Agreement” Organized by the Ganesh Man Singh Academy Kathmandu, 10 August 2011 It is a real honour to address this distinguished gathering convened by the Ganesh Man Singh Academy. I am not sure how many – if any More...

Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam on Dr. Mrigendra Raj Pandey’s book:Struggle for Social Service in Nepal,Kathmandu, 27 July 2011 Nepal is now blessed with many competent and committed medical doctors and physicians. I see quite a few of them right here, including our President, Rt. Hon Dr. Ram Baran Yadav. While many Nepali doctors provide More...

Remarks by Kul Chandra Gautam, At Rotary Club of Kathmandu Mid-town, 19 February 2010 After being abroad for 40 years, I returned home two years ago to what was being hyped as the “New Nepal”. I wondered: what is this New Nepal? How is it different from the Old Nepal which I had left behind? More...