New leadership in Nepal Community Library Association

Chitwan, Sept 7 : The 13th annual general meeting and Fourth General Assembly of Nepal Community Library Association have elected a new leadership under the chairmanship of Santosh Rawal.    

Similarly, Bharat Khadka is the senior vice-president and Rajendra Prasad Pandeya is the general secretary of the newly elected executive committee. The executive committee was elected unanimously.    

Among the province, vice-presidents include Bhim Kumari Rawat (Province 1), Bharat Giri (Madhes province) Sujata Bista (Bagmati province), Lila Bhandari (Gandaki province), Chetkanta Bhattarai (Lumbini province) and Gyanu Raj Bindi (Sudurpaschim province).    

Balkrishna Thapaliya has been elected the secretary and Sagar Mishra the treasurer while the elected members are Lavahari Dahal, Khadga Narayan Chaudhary, Ganga Dhakal, Madhav Bhandari, Govinda Sharma, Pratikshya Chaudhary, and Pushparaj Joshi.   

 
The Association connects 50 community and public libraries in different districts of Nepal. It is a nongovernmental autonomous organization, formed in 2005 with the aim of federating and strengthening community libraries scattered across the country.    

NCLA provides a common platform for the promotion and advocacy of community libraries in Nepal. It also works to strengthen networking and coordination between community libraries as well as other organizations.  (RSS)