17 candidates apply for Nepal Telecom managing director post

A total of 17 candidates have applied for the post of managing director at Nepal Telecom (NTC MD) in 2081. The list includes the current acting managing director Sangita Pahadi, and various others from inside the company and those from other public enterprises.

The ministry published the vacancy for the MD post in Ntc on Tuesday, Jestha 22, 2081. After two weeks, 17 candidates have emerged to have applied for the coveted post. The post has remained vacant since the suspension of the former MD Sunil Paudel over charges of financial irregularities in the National Payment Gateway system purchase.

The 17 candidates submitted their applications to the Ministry of Communication, Information, and Technology (MoCIT) to lead the country’s largest telecommunication service provider. The ministry’s spokesman Gajendra Kumar Thakur confirmed that 17 candidates have sent their applications for the post in response to the vacancy.

Acting MD Sangita Pahadi is among 17 candidates to apply for the Nepal Telecom MD post
What is interesting is that 11 out of the 17 applicants are from within the company itself. Among the applicants is the current Acting MD of the company Sangita Pahadi. She has been leading the company in her current post since Ashoj 17, 2080.

Likewise, other candidates including managers at the company Rajesh Joshi, Ananta Prakash Mallik, Dr. Bimal Acharya, and Krishna Prasad Bhandari are also among the applicants.

Others who are also serving as managers at the company have applied for the post. The list includes Dr. Shaligram Parajuli, Laxman Maharjan, Kedarnath Koirala, Kamal Lamichhane, and Shalikram Subedi. Besides, Prem Prasad Silwal who is working as Director in the company is also among the elite list of applicants.

Buddhi Prasad Acharya, the former MD of the company has also applied to lead the company again.

Besides, Chintamani Baral from NTV, Anil Kumar Jha from Janak Shiksha Samagri Kendra, and Nagendra Kumar Das from DDC have also applied for the NTC MD post. Ramesh Prasad Joshi from previous UTL/VAS and Subash Shah are other candidates who applied at MoCIT for the same post. Nepali Telecom