Profession/Attachment:
fashion Designing

Your Childhood:
A simple one but one spent with having a positive attitude and vision to make a  difference and becoming self independent.

Ambition:
To be a nationally as well as internationally recognized fashion designer and to contribute to the progress of the nation through fashion as the medium.

Extra- Curricular Activities:
Social service, fashion shows, counseling, conducting tailoring and cutting classes, etc. Participating Fashion Shows as a judge.

Progress:
I started out with Namuna Silai through an investment of one single sewing machine. I’ve also done costume designing for more than 75 Nepali movies, for joint venture films of Nepal, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Japan among others and also for international films of Hollywood and France. I also designed the uniforms for various airlines, casinos and hotels. Later on I established Vesha Vusha boutique, Namuna Showroom, Namuna Institute of Fashion Technology and Namuna College of Fashion Technology – Nepal’s first 3 years Bachelor level fashion college in affiliation with Purbanchal University.

Awards:
“The Best Woman Entrepreneur of the Year – 2004/2005” award at the BOSS Top 10 Business Excellence Awards.  “Mahamaya” award at Celebrating Womanhood 2004 among many other awards, tokens of appreciation and letters of commendment.

Secret of success:
Success is built on the foundation of “Value and Vision”, along with having positive mindset, patience, commitment, honesty, discipline and good behaviour as a person.

Contribution for Nepal:
Contributed to raising the profile of fashion along with producing skilled fashion designers who are capable enough to support and enhance our garment and textile industries, and also helped provide self-employment skills and opportunities to them as well as to numerous other people.

Memorable Moments:
On being affected by ocular myasthenia gravis I realized that life is short and uncertain and we can’t wait for things to happen. Rather, we should make things happen for ourselves to make our dreams come true. Realizing this I put in great efforts to establish Namuna College of Fashion Technology, Nepal’s first Bachelor level fashion college and I can say with great pride that I succeeded in doing so through sheer willpower and positive attitude.

Inspired From:
My godfather Late Tulsi Meher Shrestha and my mother Beti Maya Sikhrakar.

Target/Future Plan:
To establish a Nepalese fashion research center and fashion university.

Suggestion for youthnepal.com:
Always be keen on continuous development of your skills and have an appetite for learning from each and every experience.

Final Thoughts:
Each Nepalese citizen should unleash their creativity and potential in one field or the other to contribute to the progress of Nepal.

Countries Visited:
The United States of America, Thailand, Hong Kong, Qatar, Bangladesh and India.