National Excellence Awards 2070 August
2013
FNCCI National Excellence Awards 2070 was not simply as a celebration of success but also as recognition of the efforts of the business sector through extremely challenging times. Held amidst a distinguished gathering of business leaders, political heads, bureaucrats, academia, young entrepreneurs, media persons and socialites, the FNCCI National Excellence Awards took place at the Radisson Hotel on August 27, 2013. Chief Guest at the event was Rt Hon. President of Nepal, Dr Ram Baran Yadav. The awards was first constituted in 2001 and was held for the sixth time this year. Fourteen awards were presented this year while five new categories have been introduced. The evening was dedicated to the spirit of entrepreneurship and business excellence, an acknowledgement of true business acumen. Following were the winners in the different categories:
National Excellence Award Small scale category: Get Paper Industries Medium scale category: Quest Pharmaceuticals Large scale category: Unilever Nepal Service Excellence Award Small scale category: F1Soft International Medium scale category: Advanced Polyclinic Large scale category: Ncell People Excellence Award Large scale category: Nabil Bank
NRN Business Person of the Year Dr Upendra Mahato Best Brand Peoples’ Choice Award Multinational Nepalese Company: Ncell National Company: Wai-Wai NYEF-Young Business Achiever Male: Prabal Gurung Female: Nikita Poudel and Meeli Shrestha Lifetime Achievement Award Prabhakar SJB Rana
Businessperson of the Year – Editors Choice Award Min Bahadur Gurung The evening also featured live music by the very talented and versatile duo, Salil Subedi and Nikhil Tuladhar on the theme of excellence while Pranav Rajouria and Yuvash Vaidya hit the notes of celebration to conclude the evening with a jazz composition. The event was hosted with a lot of panache by young business leader and chair person of the FNCCI National Excellence Award Committee 2070, Saurabh Jyoti. President of FNCCI, Suraj Vaidya reiterated FNCCI’s commitment to creating an enabling environment for better business practices and the culture of excellence.
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FNCCI NATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD COMMITTEE
from the fncci President Suraj Vaidya
Saurabh Jyoti
Ajay B Pradhanang
Bishnu Dass Dangol
Indu Bikram Joshi
MD, Fleur Himalaya Ltd
Exec. Chairman, Bhaktapur Craft Paper
Director, Nepal Bureau of Standards & Metrology
Dharma Raj Rajkarnikar
Jeevan Kansakar
Ramesh Man Singh
MD, Oriental Wood Carving Industries
Director, FNCCI Secretariat
MD, BISCONS Dev. and Mgmt. Consultants
Director, Jyoti Group
It is a privilege to present the FNCCI National Excellence Awards 2070 not simply as a celebration of success but also as recognition of the efforts of the business sector through extremely challenging times.
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My term as the President of FNCCI has been one of the greatest learning experiences. Even as I have endeavoured to lead the apex business body of the country, I am humbled by what I get to learn and experience through the incredible efforts of entrepreneurs far and wide, of all sizes and scales, of different age groups, and of extraordinary dreams and achievements. I have had the opportunity to understand what it really means to be an entrepreneur, not just through my experiences but through the collective understanding and practices of the business community of our country from the faraway mountains and terai to the centre of commerce in the capital. The challenges are many, but not insurmountable. It is a time when we cannot simply use our intelligence, but must rely on wisdom. Because every choice we make today as entrepreneurs, as leaders, as citizens and as a nation will determine the future of the generations ahead. We must make meaningful choices today - choices that will steer Nepal onto the course of economic progress and a better life for her citizens. We need to address with absolute emphasis the energy, education, healthcare, infrastructure and tourism sectors. We need to put into place policies that allow business to grow and create jobs and opportunities. This is a world of plenty, we must work so that no child lacks a decent education, no woman dies during childbirth, no person dies of hunger and poverty, and no youngster has to stand in a queue for days to leave his country for work opportunity on foreign lands. At FNCCI, we know that this is a time to keep success and failure – both - in perspective. It is time to make tough decisions but with integrity. Though times have been tough, we are today tougher as a nation. FNCCI is committed to creating an enabling environment for better business practices. We need to connect, reach out and give back even as we create a culture of excellence.
FNCCI NATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 2070 Consultant Execution & Support
Charu Chadha
Preeti Rajeshwori Shah
Pratishya Pant
Editor, Media 9 (Business 360 & WOW)
Officer, FNCCI
Asst. Coordinator, Awards 2070
JURY - NATIONAL, People & Service EXCELLENCE AWARDs 2070
Prof. Dinesh P. Chapagain Quality Expert
Rameshore Khanal
Professor, SAIM College
Prof. Subas KC Dean, KUSOM
NATIONAL, People & Service EXCELLENCE AWARDS ASSESSMENT TEAM
Roshan Rathi
MD, Skills to Earn Pvt. Ltd
Arun Sharma
Visiting Faculty, KUSOM
Manohar B. Shrestha Treasurer, NQPCN
NATIONAL, People & Service NATIONAL EXCELLENCE AWARDS TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT team
The Awards tonight is a way of honoring people and companies that have achieved success in their vision and goals besides having contributed to economic development. I am privileged to be a part of this success tonight and express my gratitude to all the participants, the awards organizing committee, and my heartfelt congratulations to the winners. Madhav P Pradhan
Technical & Project Mgmt., Jyoti Group
Saroj Rai
Adjunct Faculty for MBA in Strategic and Development Mgmt
Ramesh Sthapit
Former Jt. Secretary, Ministry of Industry
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JURY - BEST BRAND – PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2070
Chairperson of the FNCCI National Excellence Awards Committee 2070 Saurabh Jyoti
Harshwardhan Shahani
CEO / Creative Director, V-chitra
Ranjit Acharya
CEO, Prisma Advertising
Sanket Lamichhane MD, Linez
Ujaya Shakya
MD, Outreach Nepal
JURY - LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2070
Dr. Bimal Koirala
Former Chief Secretary, GoN
Dr. Sunity Shrestha Hada Professor, TU
Rameshore Khanal
Professor, SAIM College
Prof. Bishwambher Pyakuryal
Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. - Steve Jobs
Professor, TU
JURY - BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR 2070 – EDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD
FNCCI National Excellence Awards is a tribute to celebrate the spirit of companies and individuals who constantly strive to improve and deliver outstanding outputs in products, services, work systems, structures and policies. As a developing nation, we have to prioritize our focus on qualitative rather quantitative and work towards building quality into our systems and organisational structures so that we can compete not just nationally, but internationally also.
Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
Editor, The Himalayan Times
Madan Lamsal
Editor, New Business Age & Aarthik Abhiyan
Prateek Pradhan Editor, Nagarik
JURY – YOUNG Business ACHIEVER 2070
Ashutosh Tiwari
Country Representative, WaterAid Nepal
Maggie Shah
Chairperson, Himalayan Distillery Ltd
Sanjib Raj Bhandari
President, NRN Association
Suraj Vaidya
President, FNCCI
Editor, Kantipur
SME’s play a critical role in the economic transformation of a nation hence we need to work on developing the capacity of SME’s and support them and get them into the economic mainstream. With this in mind, we have introduced National Excellence Awards in small and medium business categories to recognise and encourage them. With a trade deficit of 1:8 ratio this year, we need to find immediate measures to move from an import based economy to a manufacturing based one, and the only way we can do that is to focus on quality and adopt Total Quality Management Systems for widespread acceptance, growth and sustainability of our industries.
CEO, Mercantile Office Systems
JURY – NRN BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARD 2070
Jiba Lamichhane
Sudheer Sharma
The objective of the Awards is not only just to recognise the winners but it also adds tremendous value to the participating companies by providing feedback reports from professional assessors. Moreover the winners also share their best practices by which all participants benefit. I believe that with hard work, dedication, commitment and consistently working towards a process of continuous improvement, we can strive for excellence enhancing capacity of our Nepalese Industries, Products and Services so that we become globally competitive.
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Governor, Dr Yuvraj Khatiwada being welcomed
Shrawan Pradhan Director of Business Development & General Manager, Gham Power These types of awards encourage young business like ours to a large extent. Our hardship and dedication are the main ingredients that have helped us win this award tonight.
Rt. Hon. President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav being welcomed at the FNCCI National Excellence Awards 2070
Government officials attend the Awards
Dr. Upendra Mahato Winner, NRN Businessperson of the Year Award The major challenge in investment is to start. After starting there are no challenges. We hear lot of negative things in the business sector but tonight it was all about good things. If you work hard with positive thoughts, you will be rewarded. So, my request to everyone is instead of waiting for the right time, start investing today.
All rise for the national anthem
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Finance Minister, Hon Shanker Pd. Koirala
Sr. Vice President Bhaskar Rajkarnikar welcomes former President FNCCI, Pradeep K Shrestha
Binod Tuladhar Bluebird Mall It was a very well oraganised event and FNCCI should carry it as a tradition. The event was important to inspire all businessmen and it’s continuity can be a wonderful platform to share the achievement.
Governor, Dr Yuvraj Khatiwada
Ranjit Acharya CEO, Prisma Advertising Well organised and equally well crafted event. The new categories of awards have brought intensive competitiveness in the entire business arena. I like to believe that nobody is a loser as this was the perfect opportunity for organisations to find out their strengths as well as their weakness. Awards like these provide a platform especially for small and medium enterprises to boost their networking and builds confidences for the growth of the internal team.
Finance Minister being welcomed
Minister for Foreign Affairs being welcomed
Title sponsor, Anand Bagaria of NIMBUS
National Excellence Award (small enterprise) - GET Paper Industries
Host for the Awards, Saurabh Jyoti
National Excellence Award (medium enterprise) - Quest Pharmaceuticals
People Excellence Award (large enterprise) - Nabil Bank
NRN Business Person of the Year Dr Upendra Mahato
Service Excellence Award (small enterprise) - F1 Soft
President FNCCI, Suraj Vaidya
National Excellence Award (large enterprise) Unilever Nepal
Certificate of Commendation : Gham Power Nepal Pvt Ltd
Ncell takes the Best Brand People’s Choice Award (Multinational Nepalese Company)
Service Excellence Award (medium enterprise) - Advanced Polyclinic
Certificate of Commendation : Sipradi Trading Pvt.Ltd
Prabal Gurung’s mother receives the Young Business Achiever (male) award on his behalf
Nikita Poudel - Young Business Achiever (female)
Service Excellence Award (large enterprise) - Ncell
Certificate of Commendation : Butwal Power Company Ltd.
Meele Shrestha - Young Business Achiever (female)
WAI WAI wins Best Brand - People’s Choice Award (Nepalese Company)
Vote of thanks delivered by Ajay Pradhanang
Business Person of the Year 2070 - editor’s choice award received by Min Bahadur Gurung
Recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award 2070 Prabhakar SJB Rana
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Krishna Gyawali Secretary, Ministry of Industry I liked the way FNCCI National Excellence Award ceremony was run. Professional, flawless and playful MCing by Saurabh Jyoti with support from Charu Chadha, monotonybreaker visuals and music, short speeches with motivational narratives only by the hosts, impressive size of quality audience, and refreshing drinks with delicious dinner. Congratulations to the younger brains behind for making it a success. The public sector needs to learn such things from the private sector. Prabhakar SJB Rana shares insights into his life
Sanket Lamichhane Avani Advertising The award has given recognition to new and small scale companies as well. Regular names and big brands they are always there but it’s important to encourage new ones as well. As the award comprised of various categories, it was very inclusive and competitive at the same time.
Full house at the FNCCI National Excellence Awards 2070
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Bijay Bdr. Shrestha, Nalin Mandirata
BK Shrestha, KB Manandhar
FNCCI President Suraj Vaidya in conversation with Rt Hon President Dr Ram Baran Yadav
Samir Thapa
Restha Jha
Laura Anne Watson
Suhrid Jyoti
H.E. Thai Ambassador
Niranjan Shrestha
Sanju Koirala Corporate Communication Director, Ncell Winner, Best Brand People’s Choice Award and Best Multinational Company Award We received the award for service excellence which indicates that we care about our customers and we are trying our level best to provide excellent services to them. This kind of awards always motivates us to strive more for enhancing our services. It feels great to be voted as the best brand from the general public at the same time. We believe that with success comes responsibility, hence now it is more challenging as we cannot afford to lose the trust of our valued customers.
The distinguished front row
Sashin Joshi, NIC Asia
Suraj Vaidya, Yankila Sherpa
Milee Shrestha Winner, Young Business Achievers Award (Female) There are very few young women who are into business and it’s not because of challenges but also because of the job-seeking attitude. More and more young women should get into entrepreneurship as there are big opportunities waiting. It’s important to target quality of service and products instead of targeting profit and this is what I have been doing.
Suraj Vaidya, Kumud Dugar
Saurabh and Srijana Jyoti
Sanjib Rajbhandari, Banita Mittal
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Anil Gyanwali
Ritu Vaidya cheers the winners Bhawani Rana, Chandi Raj Dhakal, Kush K. Joshi
Manish Jha, Biswas Dhakal, Deependra Chaulagain Prof. Subas KC
Salil Subedi entrances the audience
Nikhil Tuladhar sets the beat
Dr. Hemant Dabadi, Denis Shrestha, Dr. Upendra Mahato, Saurabh Jyoti
Anand Bagaria, Charu Chadha
Dr Sunity Shrestha Hada, Maggie Shah
Minister of Finance with Yankila Sherpa, Pramila Rijal, Barsha Shrestha, Shanti Chadha, Maggie Shah
Min Bahadur Gurung Founder, Bhat Bhateni Supermarket Winner, Businessperson of the Year —Editors’ Choice Award When I started, the business capital was a big challenge for me. I started with small capital of Rs 35,000 and to be awarded amongst the top business entrepreneurs is a matter of great honour for me. I am feeling so encouraged that I now would like to invest more and expand the business further.
The theme of Excellence - Salil and Nikhil
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All eyes on the winners
Suraj Vaidya, Barsha Shrestha
Bhaskar Rajkarnikar with business associates
Prabhakar SJB Rana
Bhaskar Rajkarnikar, Bhawani Rana, Pashupati Murarka
Dr Hemant Dabadi, Dr Upendra Mahato
Harsha Shahani, Saurabh Jyoti, Charu Chadha, Suraj Vaidya raise a toast to the winners
Gen Next - Young talent Pranav Rajouria and Yuvash Vaidya perform
Mandira Bhattarai Get Paper Industry Winner, National Excellence Award (Small Enterprise) I would like to thank FNCCI for organising this event and I hope it gets continued in the coming years as well. It’s more important to recognise small industries like ours. As a member of World Fair Trade Organisation, we keep our focus on social and environment responsibilities as well besides looking at efficiency and quality of products.
Samjhana and Bikas Rauniar
Abhishek Murarka
Gyanendra Lal Pradhan, Pradeep K Shrestha
Ajay Pradhanang
Dr Upendra Mahato, Chandra Pd Dhakal
Lok Man Golchha
Maggie Shah Jury Member FNCCI National Excellence Award Owner, Himalayan Distillery As one of the jury members of the award, I am quite pleased with the selection criteria. It was a very competitive one and the best ones have become the winners. The organising committee has done a great job to make the evening a memorable one and I am happy that FNCCI brought forward young and dynamic entrepreneurs like Saurabh Jyoti and Ajay Pradhanang.
Dinesh Chapagain with wife
Shreya Singh
Rishesh KC General Manager, Swell Investment Pvt Ltd The award function was inclusive and FNCCI was quite successful in comprising every sector from small, medium to large enterprises. The success of the event is encouraging for all the entrepreneurs in times of political transition.
H.E Bangladeshi Ambassador
Kush K Joshi, Ajay Mudbhari
Gokarna Awasthi Business Bureau Chief, Kantipur Daily The event was well organised and the duration of the event was also perfect. I think all the awarded people and organisations were deserving but it would have been better if President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav had awarded all the winners instead of the selected ones. The new added categories was also another positive step and including editors in jury panel was other good aspect.
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Suraj Vaidya, Hon. Minister of Finance Shanker Koirala
Umesh Shrestha
Suraj Vaidya, Ranjan Sharma
Preeti Shah, Shekhar Chettri
Unilever Nepal celebrates
Raveena Desraj Shrestha Chief Consumer Banking and Corporate Affairs at Mega Bank It was a wonderful program and I am really impressed by the quality of business in Nepal. The quality, in my opinion has been enhanced in various sectors, compared to some years back, and an event like this works as a good platform to bring more positive changes.
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Roshan Rathi
Bijay Bdr Shrestha, Jeevan Kansakar
Kabir Thapa, Anil Malik
Binoy Lama, Dhruba Shrestha
Dr Upendra Mahato being congratulated
Shanti Chadha, Himal
Anil Shah
Dileep Agrawal
Sharada Rijal
Bishnu Das Dangol
Biswas Dhakal CEO, F1Soft International Winner, Service Excellence Award (Small Enterprise) I was not expecting to win the award and I am overwhelmed to receive it. I would like to dedicate this award to my team of F1 Soft. What we are today is the result of our dedication, quality of service and team work. Dr Upendra Mahato, Chandi Raj Dhakal, Dr Bharat Rawat, Governor Yuvraj Khatiwada
Kishore Maharjan
Nirvana Chaudhary, Harsha Shahani Anuradha Koirala, Bishwo Khadka
Yankila Sherpa, Saurabh Jyoti, Pramila Rijal, Meera Jyoti, Shanti Chadha
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Ratish Basnyat, Preeti Shah, Tsiring Tamang, Anup Shrestha
Shambhu Shrestha, Padma Jyoti
Winners 2070
Pashupati Murarka, Anand Bagaria welcoming members and invitees
Ritu Vaidya, Suryansh, Sanjib Rajbhandari