Kathmandu. There are 14 aspirants to become the chairman of Nepal Insurance Authority.
The recommendation committee formed by the government had issued a notice on September 29 inviting applications for the appointment of chairman in the Insurance Authority. The application was to be submitted to the Financial Sector Management and Institutions Coordination Division of the Ministry of Finance on Friday. Till the last day, 14 people have applied.
Ghanshyam Budhathoki (Lalitpur), Vikrant Pandey (Kathmandu), Paras Kafle (Bhaktapur), Bishna Babu Mishra (Kathmandu), Buddhakaji Shrestha (Kathmandu), Dr Damodar Basaula (Kaski) and Chintamani Shiwakoti (Kathmandu) are contesting for the post of chairman of insurance authority.
Similarly, Gyanendra Adhikari (Jhapa), Dev Kumar Dhakal (Morang), Prof Dr Deepak Bahadur Bhandari (Lamjung), Dr Rajendra Pandit (Kathmandu), Yagya Prasad Neupane (Dang), Ramesh Kumar Bhattarai (Kathmandu) and Maheshwor Neupane (Bhaktapur) have also applied for the post of chairman of NEA.
A three-member committee was formed under the coordination of National Planning Commission Vice-Chairman Prof Dr Shivaraj Adhikari. Finance Secretary Ghanshyam Upadhyay is the member of the committee. Khomraj Kharel.
A meeting of the Council of Ministers had sacked sharad ojha, the then chairman of the NRA, on September 27 for lack of work experience. A meeting of the Council of Ministers on February 17 had appointed Ojha, who hails from Kanchanpur, as the chairman. Following Ojha’s dismissal, the government has appointed Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Finance, Sewantak Pokharel, as the acting chairman.
Now the recommendation committee will shortlist the names after studying the applications received within the stipulated date. The committee will then call the shortlisted candidates for action plan presentation and interview. And the committee will recommend the names of three candidates to the Council of Ministers on the basis of the marks obtained by these candidates.
The meeting of the Council of Ministers will appoint one of the recommended members as the chairman of the Insurance Authority.
