51 Notable alumni of Tribhuvan University
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
Tribhuvan University is ranked #2,225 in the world and #1 in Nepal by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 notable alumni from Tribhuvan University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Tribhuvan University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Tulasi Diwasa
1941-. (aged 85)
writer
Tulsi Prasad Joshi is a Nepalese literary figure and folklore expert. He is a prominent name in modern Nepali poetry. He was honoured with the title Bisista Sahitya Siromani at the International Poetry Festival in India in April 2013.
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2. Sonika Manandhar
1990-. (aged 36)
programmer
environmentalist
Sonika Manandhar is a Nepali computer engineer and a social entrepreneur. She co-founded a fintech company named Aeloi Technologies, an organization that helps fund women micro-entrepreneurs using digital tokens. She received the award "Young Champions of the Earth" from the United Nations Environment Programme's in 2019 and the National Geographic Society 2020 Emerging Explorer.
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3. Keshab Prasad Badal
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Keshav Prasad Badal is a Nepalese politician.
4. Sarbottam Dangol
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Sarbottam Dangol, politically known as 'Kailash' (Nepali: कैलाश), is a retired politician, former central committee member of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre), and former prominent leader of United People's Front of Nepal (Samyukta Jan Morcha). He stood as a candidate for the mayor post of Kathmandu Metropolitan City in May 2017. He also stood for the election in 2008 Nepalese...
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5. Bal Gopal Shrestha
1959-. (aged 67)
anthropologist
Bal Gopal Shrestha is a cultural anthropologist based in the Netherlands. He was born in Sankhu, a small town near Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and finished his MA from Tribhuvan University. Later Shrestha completed a PhD in cultural anthropology at Leiden University in 2002.
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6. Ram Pratap Thapa
1950-. (aged 76)
Diploma of Business Administration
Ram Pratap Thapa OGDB is an Honorary Consul General to Germany at Cologne and chairman of German-Nepalese society. He is also the founding member of Non Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) serving Nepalese Diaspora.
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7. Mahendra Bahadur Pandey
1948-. (aged 78)
politician
Mahendra Bahadur Pandey is a Nepalese politician and diplomat. A politburo member of the Communist Party of Nepal, on 25 February 2014 he assumed the post of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Nepal under Sushil Koirala-led government. Since April 2020, he is the Ambassador of Nepal to China. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he assumed his post from Kathmandu...
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8. Ram Prasad Khanal
writer
Ram Prasad Khanal is a Nepalese musician, distinguished class singer, and folk-music activist. He has worked for the growth and development of Nepali folk music for decades. He is an author, journalist, artist, actor, composer, and radio and TV program producer, director and presenter. He serves as President of the International Artists Forum. He has mainly been known for his...
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9. Ramesh Kshitij
1969-. (aged 57)
lyricist
poet
songwriter
Ramesh Kshitij; Salyan, Western Nepal) is a versatile poet, lyricist and a writer. He is best known for the poetry, he has also written stories and songs.
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10. Niranjan Parajuli
1972-. (aged 54)
university teacher
chemist
Niranjan Parajuli is a Nepali chemist, biochemist, and biotechnologist. He served as President of the Nepal Chemical Society from 2019 to 2021, and was a Professor of Chemistry at Tribhuvan University. His research focuses on microbial biotechnology, natural products, protein engineering and computational chemistry.
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11. Jeevan Ram Shrestha
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Jeevan Ram Shrestha ( born 1965 December 30 ) is a Nepali politician, who served as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation in the ruling coalition government led by Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba.
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12. Geeta Tripathee
1972-. (aged 54)
poet
writer
university teacher
lyricist
short story writer
Geeta Tripathee is a Nepali poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic and scholar. An eminent writer in Nepali, Geeta Tripathee has two volumes of poetry collection, one of lyrical poems and seven books in other literary genre to her credit. She also writes for newspapers on issues concerning women, environment and societal injustice.
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13. Narayan Rayamajhi
1963-. (aged 63)
singer
writer
composer
lyricist
music director
Narayan Rayamajhi is a Nepali composer, lyricist, feature-film script writer, film director, and producer. He has steadily excelled as a singer and he has made a significant contribution to promote Nepali music industry. He has written more than fourteen dozen folk songs, more than six dozen modern songs, two dozens soap-opera songs, three musical plays, two documentaries and has he...
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14. Sharada Sharma
1958-. (aged 68)
writer
poet
essayist
critic
Sharada Sharma is a Nepali writer and poet. Her debut novel, Taap, won the 2012 Padmashree Sahitya Samman award.
15. Nisha Rawal
1995-. (aged 31)
taekwondo athlete
Nisha Rawal is a Nepalese taekwondo practitioner who has qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics being held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
16. Ram Saran Mahat
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
Ram Sharan Mahat was the Finance Minister of Nepal under the government led by Sushil Koirala.
17. Dharmapaal Barsingh Thapa
1939-2024 (aged 85)
Dharmapal Barsingh Thapa was a Nepali military officer who was the Chief of Army Staff (1995–1999) and Director of Avant venture.
18. Bharat Jangam
1947-. (aged 79)
journalist
poet
Bharat Jangam, also known as Bharat Mani Jangam is a novelist and freelance journalist from Nepal. He wrote the book Kalo Surya (Nepali: कालो सूर्य). He lives in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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19. Sunil Kumar Yadav
1981-. (aged 45)
politician
Sunil Kumar Yadav is a Nepali politician and current Minister of Finance for Madhesh Province. He's also serving as member of Madhesh Provincial Assembly having been elected from Rautahat 3(B).
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20. Nayan Raj Pandey
1966-. (aged 60)
novelist
screenwriter
writer
Nayan Raj Pandey is a Nepali writer and screenwriter. He writes stories and novels, as well as screenplays for Nepali cinema. He is known for his representation of contemporary Nepalese society in his novels, presented in a figurative style. He received the Padmashree Sahitya Puraskar for his autobiographical book Yaar in 2017. Ulaar, Loo, Ghamkiri, and Sallipir are Pandey’s popular...
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21. Durga Prasad Bhattarai
diplomat
Durga Prasad Bhattarai is a Nepali career diplomat who is currently the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Nepal to the United Nations in New York City. He serves concurrently as the Ambassador of Nepal to Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.
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22. Govinda Raj Joshi
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Govinda Raj Joshi is a Nepalese politician. Govinda Raj Joshi was born in 1949 at Khalte village in Rupakot Village Development Committee of Tanahun district, Nepal, He stepped into the field of politics in 1964 when he had just begun his student life. Joshi who regards late BP Koirala as his ideal was the president of the free student union...
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23. Gyan Chandra Acharya
diplomat
politician
Gyan Chandra Acharya is the Nepali ambassador to the United Kingdom since January 2021, and the former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States. He was appointed to this position by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 14 August 2012.
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24. Sarita Lamichhane
1975-. (aged 51)
actor
Sarita Lamichhane is a Nepalese actress who is known for her work in television series Mukti.
25. Radha Paudel
1973-. (aged 53)
writer
Radha Paudel is a Nepalese nurse, activist and writer. She won the Madan Puraskar for her memoir Khalangama Hamala. She has actively worked for raising awareness related to various women-related issues.
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26. Arjun Karki
1963-. (aged 63)
diplomat
actor
Arjun Kumar Karki is a Nepali development practitioner who served as the Ambassador of Nepal to the United States from 2015 to 2021. As the residential ambassador of Nepal to the US, he also served as the non-residential ambassador to Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala
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27. Agni Sapkota
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Agni Prasad Sapkota is a Nepalese politician and former speaker of the House of Representatives. He was elected speaker unopposed on 26 January 2020, after the previous speaker, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, resigned over allegations of attempted sexual assault.
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28. Banira Giri
1946-2021 (aged 75)
poet
writer
Banira Giri was a Nepalese poet and novelist, best known for her novels such as Karagar, Nirbandha and her poetry collections such as Jiwan: Thayamaru and Euta Jiundo Jung Bahadur. In 1999, she received the Sajha Puraskar for her novel, Shabdatit Shantanu, becoming the first woman to win the prize.
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29. Mohna Ansari
human rights defender
Mohna Ansari is a member of National Human Rights Commission of Nepal. She was appointed to this position in October 2014. She is a well-known rights activist, and Nepal's only female attorney from the Muslim community. She worked as a commissioner at the National Women Commission (NWC) of Nepal between 2010 and 2014. She then worked as the Senior Advisor...
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30. Shankar Pokhrel
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Shankar Pokhrel is the former Chief Minister of Lumbini Province. He was elected as the central secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) from 1998 to 2008.
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31. Gopal Gurung
1935-2016 (aged 81)
journalist
politician
Gopal Gurung was a politician, author, journalist, teacher and vocal advocate of the human rights for the indigenous people of Nepal. Gurung was the editor-in-chief of New Light and Thunderbolt weekly newspapers for many years. He was a former member of the Central Committee of the Nepal Journalists Association, former secretary general of the World Nepalese Association and Chairman of...
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32. Abhi Subedi
1945-. (aged 81)
playwright
literary critic
linguist
translator
literary scholar
Abhi Subedi is a Nepali poet, playwright, columnist, translator and critic, who writes in Nepali and English.
33. Gokarna Bista
1965-. (aged 61)
politician
Gokarna Bista is a Nepalese politician and former secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (UML). He served as Minister of Energy under prime minister Jhala Nath Khanal and as Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security in the KP Oli-led cabinet. He was elected in the 2013 Nepalese Constituent Assembly election from Gulmi district constituency number 3. In April 2011,...
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34. Sunil Pokharel
1963-. (aged 63)
artist
film director
Sunil Pokharel is a Nepalese theatre artist and director. He is considered one of the pioneers of modern Nepali theatre. He is a graduate of National School of Drama, India (1987). He has directed more than four dozens of varied Nepali, Indian and European plays.
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35. Bimalendra Nidhi
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
Bimalendra Nidhi is a Nepali politician who previously served as a Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of Nepal. Also a former Minister of Physical Infrastructure and Transport, Nidhi has won from Dhanusha 3 as MP of House of Representatives and Constituent Assembly. Nidhi has also served as the Vice-president and General secretary of Nepali Congress.
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36. Khagendra Lamichhane
actor
screenwriter
Khagendra Lamichhane is a Nepalese theater actor, writer, and director. He is best known for his work in movies such as Talakjung vs Tulke and Pashupati Prasad. He entered the acting field in 1999. He has directed five plays, mostly staged at national and international theatre festivals. As a writer, he has published three books.
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37. Ek Nath Dhakal
1974-. (aged 52)
peace activist
politician
Ek Nath Dhakal is a Nepalese politician from Nepal Family Party (Nepal Pariwar Dal) and elected parliament member from Gorkha District of Nepal, and founder of the Nepal Pariwar Dal, and served as Minister for the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction of the Government of Nepal. Dhakal's candidacy was supported by CPN - UML. He serves as the Asia Pacific...
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38. Subin Bhattarai
1982-. (aged 44)
writer
Subin Bhattarai is a Nepalese writer and columnist, known for his novels such as Summer Love and Saaya.
39. Sobita Gautam
1995-. (aged 31)
lawyer
journalist
youth activist
politician
Sobita Gautam is a Nepalese politician and member of Rastriya Swatantra Party. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2022 from Kathmandu 2. At 27, she is the youngest directly-elected member in the House of Representatives.
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40. Khil Raj Regmi
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
judge
Khil Raj Regmi was the acting Prime Minister of Nepal from 2013 to 2014. Regmi has served as Chief Justice of Nepal since May 2011, having been appointed by President Ram Baran Yadav after the expiry of the term of his predecessor, Chief Justice Ram Prasad Shrestha. In early 2013, the main political parties agreed to install Regmi as chairman...
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41. Purna Chandra Thapa
1960-. (aged 66)
General Purna Chandra Thapa was the Chief of Army Staff in the Nepalese Army until 2021. He served as the head of mission and force commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force from 19 January 2015 until 7 February 2016.
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42. Rabindra Prasad Adhikari
1968-2019 (aged 51)
politician
Rabindra Prasad Adhikari was a Nepali politician and three-time parliamentarian, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party (NCP). He was Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation from 16 March 2018 until his death in a helicopter crash in February 2019. He was the Kaski District secretary of the party. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Adhikari was elected from the...
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43. Krishna Bahadur Mahara
1958-. (aged 68)
politician
Krishna Bahadur Mahara is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Communist Party. He was a prominent Maoist leader during the civil war. After the Maoists entered the peace process, he was elected to parliament/constituent-assembly multiple times, and also became cabinet minister. Following his election to the house of representatives in the 2017 legislative election, he was elected House Speaker...
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44. Yuba Raj Khatiwada
1956-. (aged 70)
banker
economist
politician
Yuba Raj Khatiwada is a former Nepali politician and economist who has served as the Ambassador of Nepal to the United States since 17 February 2021. As the residential ambassador of Nepal to the US, he was also the non-residential ambassador to Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala and was entitled to look after the affairs related...
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45. Gagan Kumar Thapa
1976-. (aged 50)
businessperson
politician
Gagan Kumar Thapa is a Nepali politician serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2026. He is the prime ministerial candidate for the Nepali Congress in the 2026 general election.
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46. Malvika Subba
1981-. (aged 45)
model
presenter
beauty pageant contestant
businessperson
actor
Malvika Wanem subba is a Nepalese television personality, entrepreneur, model, social activist and beauty pageant title holder who was crowned Miss Nepal 2002. She graduated from Pokhara University with Masters in Mass Communication and Journalism.
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47. Gyanendra of Nepal
1947-. (aged 79)
regent
politician
Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev was the last king of Nepal. He reigned from 1950 to 1951 and again from 2001 to 2008, when the Kingdom of Nepal was abolished and a republic declared.
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48. Bidya Devi Bhandari
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Bidya Devi Bhandari is a Nepali former politician who served as the second president of Nepal from 2015 to 2023. She formerly served as the minister of defence and minister of environment and population.
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49. Suman Pokhrel
1967-. (aged 59)
songwriter
literary critic
literary scholar
linguist
researcher
Suman Pokhrel is a Nepali poet, lyricist, playwright, translator and artist. Universities in Nepal and India have included his poetry in their syllabi.
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50. Madhav Kumar Nepal
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Madhav Kumar Nepal, is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister of Nepal. He served as prime minister from 25 May 2009 to 6 February 2011.
51. Sulochana
1955-. (aged 71)
activist
poet
writer
Sulochana Manandhar Dhital, professionally known as Sulochana, is a Nepali poet, writer, columnist and political activist. She writes poems in Nepali, Nepalbhasa and Chinese. She served as the Founding Chairman of the Mother Tongue Literature Department of Nepal Academy. Her works has been translated into multiple languages. Raat, Jhyalkhana are some of her popular works.
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