KATHMANDU, NOV 15:
The Thakur Prasad Sharma Trust has decided to confer the Madan Das Shrestha Outstanding Journalism Award, carrying a cash prize of NPR 25,000, to senior journalist and former Editor-in-Chief of Gorkhapatra daily, Kamal Prasad Rijal.
The decision to award senior journalist and litterateur Rijal was made through the trust, established by Arjun Kumar Shrestha, a member of the trust’s working committee, in memory of his father.
According to Dr. Sadananda Kandel, Chairman of the Trust, the decision to award the former Editor-in-Chief of Gorkhapatra was based on the recommendation of a three-member selection committee coordinated by Uttam Silwal, Editor-in-Chief of the National News Agency (RSS).
The Trust stated that Rijal is being honored in recognition of his contributions to the country’s journalism and literary fields. Born in 2015 BS (1958/59) in Gumdi, Gangajamuna Rural Municipality-4, Dhading, to Pandit Homanath Rijal and Jiwamaya, senior journalist Rijal has been active in journalism for 40 years, including 30 years at the Gorkhapatra Corporation. To date, 24 of his literary works have been published.
With a deep interest in literature and journalism, senior journalist Rijal has been publishing articles and essays against social evils and malpractices in philosophical, spiritual, cultural, and social domains across various print and electronic media, including Gorkhapatra, Kantipur, Nagarik, and Annapurna dailies, as well as Lokantar.com and Ratopati.com.
The Trust was established through the active participation of alumni with the objective of honoring and keeping alive the historical and inspiring steps taken in the field of education by Thakur Prasad Sharma—the founder headmaster of Dhading district’s first high school, ‘Adarsh Secondary School’ in Gajuri, and former Minister of State for Water Resources. Established in 2021 BS under the chairmanship of alumnus Dr. Kandel, the Trust has been honoring individuals who play exemplary and inspiring roles in education and social service on its anniversary.
In this context, the Trust announced that a special program will be held on Friday, Mangsir 4, at Adarsh Secondary School in Gajuri to honor and present awards to journalist Rijal, Adarsh Educationist Award recipient Maniklal Shrestha, Youth Talent Award recipient singer and The Voice of Nepal Season 6 winner Proshesh Pandey, along with exemplary teachers and top-performing SEE students.
Established in 2025 BS and having sent its first batch of students to the SLC examinations that same year, Adarsh Secondary School has seen approximately 3,000 students complete their school education.
According to the Thakur Prasad Sharma Trust, alumni who passed their board examinations from this school in Dhading are actively serving the country and its people in leadership roles ranging from cabinet ministers, government secretaries, and high-ranking civil servants to members of parliament, professors, doctors, engineers, and heads of national and international non-governmental organizations.
Additionally, former students of the school are active as legal practitioners, teachers, employees, industrialists, entrepreneurs, politicians, artists, journalists, and social workers.
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