Newly elected members of the Executive Committee 2017

The newly elected members of the committee are as follows-

President
Mr. Davin Lama Gurung

Vice President
Mr. Surendra Kumar Mandal
Mrs. Manju Khadka

Secretary
Mr. Ramesh Khadka

Asst. Secretary
Mr. Ganesh Acharya

Mrs. Rukmini Pyakurel Paudel

Treasurer
Mr. Japan Rai

Asst. Treasurer
Mrs. Saraswati Subedi

Members
Mr. Sulav Adhikari
Mr. Kamala Adhikari
Mr. Geeta Rai
Mr. Rajan Shrestha
Mr. Krishna Bhujel
Mr. Krishu Lama

Mr. Ram Shrestha

Happy Holi / Fagu (2009)

Happy holi to everyone!!! May the colours of Holi bring you to your colourful world of dreams that you have.
God bless you all.

Ex-Chief of NCP(UML) comes to Austria

Current Development and Political Scenario of Nepal :

Opportunities and Threats
Nepal still faces rampant poverty, regional imbalance, increasing social divide and numerous political, social, economic and cultural problems. These problems are not only manifest in the daily lives of the people, but have led to violent conflicts at the national, regional and local levels. Recent political developments after the success of Jana Andolan II (aka People's Movement II), including a momentum for negotiation Nepal’s development policies, strategies and priorities, opportunities and threats and moving towards the participatory democracy, are, understandably, at the forefront of the concerns and activities of all those involved in promoting the emergence of a ‘New Nepal’.
It is, thus, important that politicians, policy makers, scientist, development community as well as the people at large reflect and review Nepal ’s recent past and develop appropriate strategies- based on a fresh perspective and analysis. In this context, we are going to organize the interaction program entitled ‘Current Development and Political Scenario of Nepal: an Opportunities and Constraints’ on 25th November at Vienna . It is our great pleasure to have former Deputy Prime Minister & Leader of CPN (UML), Madhav Kumar Nepal, as a chief guest of the program. We would like to invite all Nepalese societies and individuals in and outside Vienna for active participation in the discussion and contribute for defining development priorities, and frame the direction and nature of political change at present development scenario of Nepal.

Mr. Nepal took part in a conference in Brazil on 19th of November. His planned route of travel is as follows -

19 Nov- Brazil
22 Nov- Moscow, Russia
24 Nov- Paris, France at 11:45 and Vienna, Austria at 23:15

26 Nov- Budapest, Hungary at 14:00

27 Nov- Brussels, Belgium

28 Nov- Lisbon, Portugal
30 Nov- On the way again to Paris, France back to Nepal

Venue:

Seminarraum 1 des Institut für Südasien- , Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2.7, 1090 Wien (U6 Alserstrasse and Tram 43 towards Schotentor: Two stops (Langegasse) and U2 Schotentor and Tram 43 (Langegasse two stops)

Date:
Nov, 25, Tuesday, 2008 (18:30 PM sharp time)

Dr. Shyam Upadhyaya
President, NRN Austria

Fund sent to Koshi Victims

Fund sent to Koshi Flood Victims from Neplese Diaspora

We are pleased to inform and thank to Neplese Diaspora based in Austria and some other doners who are living in Austria for contributing fund to Koshi flood Victim in Nepal. We have transferred the amount to Prime minister Relief Fund. We declare hereby that we had collected a total of € 680.22 (the receipt of the bank transfer is scanned and pased hereon) of which € 665.22 is remitted and € 15.00 Bank charge occured.

We hope this would help the ill-fated people make a difference in their lives. Although it would be a drop in ocean. We thank them, who help raising fund and rescue our countrymen back in Nepal and hope they will do so again, if necessary.

If you would like to view the contributor lists, follow the link-
http://www.opmcm.gov.np/nepali/index.php?param=p49
http://www.opmcm.gov.np/nepali/body/pm-notice.htm

Happy Tihar 2065

Happy Tihar / Bhai Tika to everybody in Austria and all the readers round the world. We wish you all the best in your life.

Happy Vijaya Dashami 2065

Wish you all the best on the auspicious occasion of Vijaya Dashami 2065. To celebrate this festival, NESAS is going to hold a cultural program on Saturday, October 4th, 2008. The essential details are as follow -

Date of Programme - 04.10.2008
Entry from - 18:00 O'clock
Cultural Dance Programme - 19:00 till 20:00 O'clock
Dance Floor for all - from 22:00 O'clock on
Place of Gathering - Kürschnergasse 9, 1210, Wien
Traffic Link - U1 Bahn, Station Großfeldsiedlung
Entry and Buffet -
For Individuals €14
Children 6-12 Years old €6 and
Married Pair €25

Result : New NESAS Executive Committee

The result of the election held yesterday on 7th September 2008 has come. I would like to inform you all round the globe about this new Executive Working Commettee of NESAS.

The elected candidates are listed below -

President
Mr. Deepak Malla

Vice President
Mr. Hari Prasad Tamang/Lama

Secretary
Mr. Ramesh Dhamala

Asst. Secretary
Mr. Binod Khadka

Treasurer
Mr. Debaki Nandan Pandey

Asst. Treasurer
Ms. Asha Thapa

Members
Mr. Chhabilal Sapkota
Mr. Bishwa Maharjan
Mr. Gurung Davin Lama
Mr. Tul Bahadur Bohra
Ms. Janu Singh
Mr. Netra Bahadur Khadka
Mr. Subarna Gautam
Mr. Binay Pokharel
Ms. Anju Shrestha

For more photos of the elections click on the following photo -

(Photos credit: Churchill BISTA)

Candidature of NESAS Elections

Today, we are glad to inform all about the candidature of the proximate elections that is going to hold on the 7th of September 2008. We are thankful to all individuals concerned for the betterment of Nepali Community in Austria and wish the candidates the best of luck on the elections. We are following the election schedule as per planned and mailed you before. Moreover, we feel proud to declare that many NESAS members have shown their interest to participate in the elections to get into NESAS Executive Committee and to become general members. We got several responses and requested to extend the election program and especially from executive committee members are working to form participative leadership. It seems apparantly that the real competition would be for the post of Vice President.

Therefore, we have decided to extend the election program till 7 Sep. 12 PM and our office will be work at general assembly hall in AAI building, Vienna in general assembly day ( 7 Sep,08).

The list of candidates is as follows -

President
Mr. Deepak Malla

Vice President
Mr. Hari Prasad Tamang/Lama
Mr. Rupak Shahisamuda
Mr. Indra Nidhi Lohani

Secretary
Mr. Ramesh Dhamala

Asst. Secretary
Mr. Binod Khadka

Treasurer
Mr. Debaki Nandan Pandey

Asst. Treasurer
Ms. Asha Thapa

Members
Mr. Chhabilal Sapkota
Mr. Bishwa Maharjan
Mr. Guring Davin Lama
Mr. Nirmal Paudel
Ms. Janu Singh
Mr. Netra Bdr Khadka

NESAS : Introducing Itself

NESAS stands for नेपाली सामाजिक र सांस्कृतिक संस्था that is a Nepali Name for a non profit making social organisation for the welfare for all Nepalese based in Austria. The name means lieterally Nepalese Cultural and Social Society in English whereas Nepalesischer Kutur- und Sozialverein in German.

The Society is now on the way to improving best-possible network among the members and well-wishers. The authentic Email address is nesas.austria@gmail.com and address for it's blog is
wienesas@gmail.com.

Statistically, it is the biggest Nepali Organisation stationed in Austria covering a total of 300 members under it's umbrella. Whereas the whole number of the Nepalese in Austria is estimated to be around 500.
NESAS organises and holds mainly cultural Festivals, Folk Dance, Modern Dance from Nepali Soil. Despite problems regarding time schedules and the functionality, the organisation has succeeded to hold many very big Get-togethers, accompanied by great feasts.

Prabhakar Ghale presides the organisation and Deepak Malla, Dhruva Poudel, Somnath Poudel, Bhuwan are some of the most active members of the organisation.
We will write more about the organisation, its activities in the days to come.