KATHMANDU, March 10: DV Education has felicitated nine women who have made significant impact in various fields such as business, education, media, arts, sports and hospitality industry with DV Saksham Nari Samman 2079 BS amidst a special program held in Kathmandu on Friday.

Chief Guest of the event Anuradha Koirala, founder of Maiti Nepal along with Tarun Pratap Shah, director of DV Group of Companies, felicitated nine women making outstanding contributions in their respective fields with Nari Samman award. 

Chief Executive Officer of Nagarik Network Samridhi Gyawali, who is also Executive Director of Nepal Republic Media Limited (NRML), was given the I Write, Therefore I Am Award for Journalism and Literature.

Former Miss Nepal Anushka Shrestha was presented with Start-up/Innovation: The Originals award for her company, Makkuse. Similarly, the Healing Hands award was given to senior gynecologist Dr Swaraj Bhandari. Sewa Pathak, CEO of Vianet Communications, was given the Game Changer award for business and banking.

While Dr Shilu Manandhar Bajarcharya, Vice-Chancellor of Nepal Open University, was presented with the ‘In A Class of Their Own’ award for her contribution in the education sector, Shailee Basnet of Seven Summits Women received the ‘I Am A Trailblazer’ award for sports. 

Popular singer Indira Joshi was given Women like the Water award for arts and DIG of Nepal Police Kiran Bajaracharya was given the Daughter of the society award.

Addressing the function, Chief Guest Anuradha Koirala highlighted the importance of providing education to young people to stop girl trafficking. “Most of the people think that the biggest reason for girl trafficking is poverty. However, I believe that lack of proper education for girls is the main reason for girl trafficking,” she said. “Everyone should advocate for compulsory, free and quality education.”

The award felicitation ceremony was followed by a panel discussion on domestic violence in which panelists included three former Miss Nepal winners, namely Preeti Sitaula, Zenisha Moktan and Malina Joshi. They discussed how crucial it is to take domestic violence seriously, hold abusers accountable and provide support and resources to victims to prevent further harm.

 
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