Rabindra Mishra


Rabindra Mishra is a Nepalese philanthropist, journalist, writer, poet, politician and the founder of global charity, Help Nepal Network, which has chapters in 14 countries and is run entirely by volunteers. He is the national co-ordinator of Sajha Party. He formerly worked as the editor-in-chief of BBC Nepali Service, and left the BBC in February 2017 to enter Nepalese politics.

Education

Mishra received his master's degree in major English from Tribhuvan University. He then went to Punjab University, Pakistan, earning a master's degree in journalism. He joined London University and majored in international politics.

Career

Mishra worked with Nepal Television and Pakistan's leading English language daily, The News International. He joined the BBC World Service in 1995 as a producer with BBC Nepali Service. Later he worked on English language flagship programmes, including World Today and Newshour. He was appointed as the chief editor of BBC Nepali Service in 2006.

Political career

On 28 February 2017, Mishra resigned from BBC Nepali to enter politics. He stated that the reason behind his move was to "create a common platform to bring together honest and capable Nepalis from all walks of life for the sake of clean politics to transform Nepal."
The next day, on March 1, Mishra approached the Election Commission with an application to secure the name Sajha Party and a weighing scale as the symbol of his yet-to-be formed political party.
Mishra ran against Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh in the 2017 legislative elections from Kathmandu 1, but was defeated by a margin of 818 votes.

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