KATHMANDU, March 10: Three candidates have been shortlisted for the post of managing director of Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC). The crucial post has remained vacant for the past two months.

According to the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS), the selection committee has recommended Umesh Prasad Thani, Chandika Prasad Bhatta and Jeevan Prakash Sitaula for the post of NOC chief to the Cabinet. In response to the public call issued by the ministry two months ago, a total of 17 individuals had applied for the position.

Thani, who is considered close to the Nepali Congress, has worked as a member of the board of directors of Nepal Electricity Authority. Sitaula is a former director general of the Department of Industry. Bhatta, who led NOC before Gopal Bahadur Khadka, is now the chief of the Special Economic Zone Authority.      

 
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