Yadav Prasad Pant Journalism Award presented to Lamsal

By A Staff Reporter,Kathmandu, Nov. 20: Yadav Prasad Pant Research and Development Foundation awarded two individuals and facilitated one who made significant contributions in the fields of journalism and society. 

The Foundation conferred Yadav Prasad Pant Journalism Award to Madan Lamsal, Editor-in-Chief of New Business Age and Arthik Abhiyan Daily at a programme organised on the 100th memorial day of the late Dr. Pant in Kathmandu on Sunday. 

Likewise, Ramadevi Pant Social Award was presented to Prem Kumari Rai, Chairperson of the Home-Based Workers Women’s Dhaka Entrepreneurs Society while former Finance and Water Resources Minister Balaram Gharti Magar was felicitated on the occasion. 

Speaking at the event, Gharti Magar remembered Pant as a warm-hearted and patriotic individual who significantly contributed to the development of the country and left a legacy in the field of economics and development. 

Lamsal, who is active in economic journalism for nearly three decades, said that the award has motivated him to make further contributions to his profession. 

Chairperson of the Public Service Commission, Madhav Prasad Regmi, remembered Dr. Pant as a development architect and described him as not only a distinguished economist but also a skilled diplomat.

Dr. Pant, one of Nepal's leading planners and economists, earned his PhD in Economics from Banaras Hindu University in 1952. He briefly taught economics at Tri-Chandra College before serving as an economic advisor and finance secretary to the Government of Nepal. Later, he also served as a member of the National Planning Commission.

From 1958 to 1969, Dr. Pant worked as the Governor of the Nepal Rastra Bank and later served as Nepal’s ambassador to Japan, where he secured vital economic aid for the country. He subsequently represented Nepal as an ambassador to Australia, the Philippines, and South Korea.