About Me
Academic Qualification
- Cert III in Financial Servies (FSRA compliant) from Deakin University in 2015
- Masters in Business Administration from Flinders University in 2015
Research while in Flinders
- Ethics in Coca Cola
- Financial Analysis of Qantas
- Business at Gazprom
- Behaviour of Hotel Managers (journal review)
- Strategic Marketing at Tiger Airlines
- Decision making in Our World Today
- Case Analysis of Sunny Optical
- Sustainability at Coca Cola
- Sustainability at Orica Chemicals
- Diploma in Financial Planning from Integrity Education Group in 2014
- Certificate II in Retail from TAFE SA in 2012
- Introduction to Interpreting and Translating from NATTI in 2011
- Certificate IV in Business Administration from TAFE SA in 2011
- Advance English in English proficiency from TAFE SA in 2010
- Masters in Arts (MA) from Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Majoring in Economics (completed only one year) in 2010
- Bachelors in Arts (BA) from Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Majoring in Sociology and Economics in 2007
- Intermediate in Arts (IA) from Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Majoring in Mathematics, English and Economics in 2004
Professional experience
- Editor, The Bhutan Journal published by Bhutan Watch from July 2019
- Product Officer at Bendigo Bank from January 2020
- Customer Relationship Manager at Bendigo Bank from May 2018-January 2020
- Customer Relationship Manager at Bendigo Bank from June 2017-October 2017
- Customer Relationship Officer at Bendigo Bank from February 2015 – May 207, November 2017 – April 2018
- Chief Editor Bhutan News Network from July 2013-
- Research Assistant at Our World Today January to December 2012
- General Secretary of the Bhutanese Australian Association of South Australia (April 2012- March 2014)
Duties at BAASA:
Collecting information about events and happening that are related to or beneficial to Bhutanese community in SA
Select and edit the news, articles and other content meant for the bulletin
Circulate the bulletin on Bhutanese community and other agencies/people who are interested to Bhutanese community in SA
Write grants, submit grant reports, coordinate community projects, prepare plans, organise organisation meeting and prepare agenda/minutes
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- Worked as census collector with Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2011
- Producer and presenter of radio programme ‘Voice of Shangrila’ from Radio Adelaide 101.5 based in Adelaide, Australia (2010-2012)
- Producer and presenter of radio program ‘Yuba Sansar’ from Radio Adelaide 101.5 based in Adelaide, Australia 2012 (renamed Radio Pahichan and aired through PFA FM 89.7 since 2017.
- Editor for community bulletin Namaste published by Bhutanese Australian Association of South Australia (2010-2014)
- Part time radio program presenter with Radio Ganatantra, Nepal in 2009-10Duties:
Generate content for the radio program
Translate the content if necessary into Nepali (since the program was run in Nepali language)
Coordinate with other volunteer contributors for content production
Design and approve the content for the program
Record and edit the program and make it ready for airing - Part time radio program presenter with Pathivara FM, Nepal in 2009
- Duties:
Generate content for the radio program
Translate the content if necessary into Nepali (since the program was run in Nepali language)
Coordinate with other volunteer contributors for content production
Design and approve the content for the program
Record and edit the program and make it ready for airing - Chief Editor of Bhutan News Service run by Bhutanese journalists in exile (apfanews.com, bhutannewsservice.com, radiobhutanonline.com) 2007 – March 2011
- Duties:
Edit and approve the news and other content for the news outlets run by the news service
Correspondent with reporters based in various places for news generation
Coordinate with writers for opinion analysis articles - Part time radio program presenter with Nepal FM 2007-2010
- Duties:
Prepare. edit and approve the news and other content for radio program
Correspondent with reporters based in various places for news generation
Coordinate with writers for opinion analysis articles
Interview people
Work as anchor, present the program - Senior News Correspondent with Nepalnews.com (nepalnews is the first and largest online news portal of Nepal) in 2006-2010
- Duties:
Edit and approve the news and other content for the news outlets run by the news portal
Correspondent with reporters based in various places for news generation
Coordinate with writers for opinion analysis articles
Attend press meet, conferences,
Take interviews - Publisher of The Bhutan Reporter newspaper published by APFA Bhutan in 2004-2008
- Duties:
Coordinate with management and editorial team of the team
Design the newspaper
Take lead role in collection of donations and contributions from donors for publication of the newspaper (news the paper was distributed free of cost to refugees)
Help the editorial team to select and edit the news, articles and other content
Help the management team for printing and distribution of the paper - Freelance feature writer for The Himalayan Times English daily in 2004
- Duties:
Coordinate with the editor to identify issues for features
Write non-political features and submit for publication - Kathmandu based reporter/designer with Nation Weekly English magazine in 2003-2004
- Duties:
Design the magazine and get approval from editor and publisher
Write political and non political long articles for the paper
Correspondent with reporters based in various places for news generation
Coordinate with writers for opinion analysis articles
Attend press meet, conferences,
Take interviews
Help the management team for printing the magazine - Kathmandu based reporter with The Rising Nepal in 2002-2003
- Duties
Write and edit hard news and news features
Attend press meet, conferences,
Take interviews - Initiated publication and worked as co-editor of The Shangrila Sandesh, the first newspaper published from Bhutanese refugee community in Nepal. Worked as co-editor for a year. (2001-2002)
- Duties:
Edit and approve the news and other content for the news outlets run by the news service
Correspondent with reporters based in various places for news generation
Coordinate with writers for opinion analysis articles
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Trainings/Workshops
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- First Aid Training from St John in 2015
- Acting, theatre and documentary making (technical) from Change Media and Australian Refugee Association in 2012.
- Training on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) from Migrant Resource Center 2011
- Training for Volunteers and Leadership Training from Australian Refugee Association (ARA) 2012
- Training for Volunteers/Interpreters from Migrant Resource Center in 2010
- Court reporting training from Freedom Forum Nepal in 2007
- Human Rights reporting training from Nepal Press Institute (NPI) Nepal in 2003
- 10-month journalism training from Media Point, Nepal in 2001-2002
- Training on reproductive health of the adolescent and HIV/AIDS conducted by Save the Children (UK) in 1999
- Facilitated trainings on reproductive health of the adolescent and HIV/AIDS coordinated by Save the Children (UK) in 1999
- Training on Child Rights conducted by Save the Children (UK) in 1997
- Facilitated trainings on Child Rights coordinated by Save the Children (UK)in 1997
Regular Writer
Himal South Asia magazine (The only international standard magazine published from Nepal), The Kathmandu Post, Kantipur and Nepal Samacharpartra dailies published from Kathmandu. Columnist for US based American Chronicle, NewsBlaze and Student Operated Press
Involvement in social initiatives
- Editor/Writer A Decade in Retrospection published by BAASA in 2018
- Editor/Writer of special report published by Radio Pahichan in 2017.
- Involved in raising funds to support the fire victims of Goldhap and Sanischare, two Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal, initiated by Bhutan Media Society in 2007 and 2009
- Involved in raising funds to support the fire victims of Goldhap, a Bhutanese refugee camp in Nepal initiated by APFA-Bhutan in 2007-2009 (being myself president of this organization since its establishment in 2004)
- Lobbied for over half a dozen patients of various acute illness, who failed to get financial support from UNHCR for treatment, get their treatment in Kathmandu hospitals at discounted rates in 2007-2009
- Editor/Writer of the special report on ‘One year of democracy in Bhutan’ published by APFA-Bhutan in 2009
- Authored book ‘Human Rights and Justice in Bhutan’ coinciding the first report presented by Bhutan in UN Human Rights Council, Geneva in 2009
- Editor/Writer of the special report on Gross National Happiness published by APFA-Bhutan in 2009
- Writer of the annual report on status of human rights in Bhutan for Global Human Rights Defense (GHRD), Netherlands in 2007
- Writer of annual reports on status of press freedom in Bhutan published by APFA Bhutan from 2005 to 2010
- President of the Association of Press Freedom Activists (APFA) Bhutan from May 2004 to March 2011
- Contributor for annual report on status of press freedom in South Asia published by International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) from 2005 to 2010
- Media freedom monitor at Freedom Forum Nepal in 2006-2007
- Monitored the publication of Annual Press Freedom Report by Freedom Forum Nepal in 2006.
- Monitored the publication of Annual Press Freedom Report by Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Studies (CEHURDES), Nepal. in 2004-2005
- Worked with Save the Children (UK) as HIV/AIDS awareness project coordinator in 1999-2000
- Authored book History of Dragon Kingdom in 2000
- Worked with Save the Children (UK) as child rights awareness project coordinator from 1997 to 1999
International Participation
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- Regular invitee to the South Asia Strategy meeting of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) from 2005 to 2010
- Delegate to the 8th regional conference of the Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature, a SAARC recognized body, held in Agra (India) in 2009
- Worked as stringer for German television Dutchwelle during important political events in Nepal in 2009
- Life member and president of the International Nepali Literary Society (INLS) – Bhutan Chapter since 2008. INLS is global organization based in Washington with branches in over 40 countries.
- International Observer for Jatiya Samsod Nirbachon (parliamentary elections) of Bangladesh 2008 (under Asian Network for Free Elections)
Academic Experience
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- Lecturer for MA (Mass Communication and Journalism) and MA (Development Communication) at the College of Journalism and Mass Communication (CJMC), Purbanchal University, Nepal from 2006 to 2010
- Lecturer for BA (Mass Communication and Journalism) at the College of Journalism and Mass Communication (CJMC), Purbanchal University, Nepal in 2010
Miscellaneous
- Volunteer with Uniting Care Wesley Bowden, Step Up Loan Program and Emergency Assistance Program in 2014-2015
- Interpreter/Translator with ABC International and ARA Jobs from 2011 to 2015
- Interpreter with OnCallfrom 2011 to 2013)
- Volunteer with Migrant Resource Centre and Australian Refugee Association from 2010 to 2012
- Interpreter with Migrant Resource Center from 2010 to 2012
- English-Nepali translator with West Seti Hydro (Nepal project of Australian company SMEC) in 2009-2010
- Translated the Constitution of Bhutan into Nepali in 2009
- Assistant media coordinator with Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) during the Constituent Assembly election in Nepal in 2008
- Worked as Nepali-English translator at the Mercantile Communications, Nepal in 2006-2007
- Translated the draft constitution of Bhutan into Nepali in 2006