NRCCI elects new executive committee

Nepal Russia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NRCCI) has elected a new executive committee under the chairmanship of banker Ashok Sherchan.

The 25th General Assembly of the binational chamber held in the capital on Friday unanimously elected a 26-member working committee under the leadership of Sherchan who is the chief executive officer of Prabhu Bank.

Diwas Amatya was elected as Senior Vice President of Commerce, Kumar Karki and Nimanuru Sherpa were elected as Vice Presidents.

Bishnuhari Pandey has been elected as the General Secretary.

Yamuna Shrestha has been elected as the Treasurer of Commerce and Anurag Goyal and Avinash Silwal as Secretaries.

Similarly, the members of the executive committee of commerce include Anuj Bhattarai, Deepakraj Bhusal, Dr. Bijay Thapa, Dr. Mani Ram Pokhrel, Dr. Unnat Shrestha, Amrit Khadka, Anil Manandhar, Rupak Rajbanshi, Sanchit Bajracharya, Gore Sherpa, Lokeswaraman Joshi, Manoj Rasaili, Praveen Gauchan, Pranilman Singh Pradhan, Ravi Thapa and Saroj Pandey.

Naresh Lal Shrestha is the immediate past President while Rajesh Kaji Shrestha is the honorary member.

Diplomatic relations were established between Nepal and the then Soviet Union in 1956.