Sunuwar picked as chair of Nepal American Artists Association

KATHMANDU: Nisha Sunuwar has been elected the chairperson of the Nepali American Artists Association.

The fourth convention of the Association held on Tuesday unanimously elected a 17-member working committee under the leadership of Sunuwar.

Among others elected are Basanti Rai (senior vice-chair), Bimal Dangi, Bikki Pulami, Etana Karki and Rajendra Rai (vice-chairperson), Sangeeta Thapa (general secretary), Madhu Kumar Giri (secretary), Pushkar Bara (treasurer), Pooja Neupane (joint treasurer) and Dilip Kumar Shrish (youth coordinator), informed Chief Election Officer Somnath Ghimire.

Chiniyalal Shrestha, Buddiman Ghising, Pushpa Basnet, Nabin Shrestha, and Maya Rai were elected unanimously.

At the program, consulate general Bishnu Prasad Gautam expressed his hope that the Association would play a crucial role in spreading the Nepali art sector to the global arena.

Also present on the occasion were chief patron Abhaya Dhungel, senior artist Dr Mahesh Raj Thakur, Nhuchhe Narayan Dangol, Nara Bahadur Dahal, Aang Gelu Sherpa, Goma Yonjan Gurung, Narbir Gurung, Sanjok Lama Yonjan, Bikrant Basnet and journalist Diwakar Bagchand. —