It’s a well-known name in the tourism and the social field of Nepal,. He was born in 30th March 1943 in Kathmandu and joined his brother and two sisters. His father was a successful gold merchant of his time. While his family wanted him in the gold business, he was from the beginning more interested in the nature of this country, especially its wildlife. For this he was ready to give up a secure business career.
So in 1964, he passed B.Sc.from Tribhuwan University, Kathmandu and three years later in 1967, he passed his Post Graduate Diploma in Forestry from the Indian forestry college at the university of Deheradun, India.
After that, he joined as a wildlife conservation officer at the Ministry of Forest in Kathmandu and became in 1968 Instructor at Nepal Forest College, Hetauda. One of his driving forces to join government services was the possibility to travel in this function and this he did.
He was the first wildlife officer in Nepal. Under his guidance the nowadays famous Royal Chitwan National Park was established. Here his training on Nature Recreational Planning and Wildlife management from USA. and Australia helped him a lot..
But if you are in bureaucracy its good to be a bureaucrat, and this he was not. As he could not fulfil his dreams in the field of the wild nature he left the government job in 1970 and entered the world of tourism in the same year with his first venture Kathmandu Guest House in Thamel. This was his own family home, and where can you start better to invite guests, even though paying ones, than in your own place. Still today he is proud that Kathmandu Guest House became at some time the center of tourism intellectualism, as many writers stayed there for some time.
Seeing his success in tourism others followed.
It’s quite interesting, that genes really play a role. He is the one in our success stories who was born already with a golden spoon in his mouth. So he didn’t become rich out of his own.
But what’s interesting, he was open for new areas and that’s important also. So he ended up being one of the most successful hotel entrepreneurs of Nepal.
Today the KGH Group of Hotels ,Resorts, Spa & Travels which he founded own following:
==Kathmandu Guest House, Thamel , Kathmandu,
==Park Village Resort and Spa , Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu
==Buddha Maya Garden , Lumbini
==Maruni Sanctuary Lodge , Sauraha, Chitwan
==Maya Manor Boutique Rooms and Nepal Nature.com Naxal, Kathmandu
==Pokhara view Garden and Park Village Water Front ,Pokhara
==Samjana Travels and Tours , Thamel, Kathmandu
==Himalayan Adventure , New Delhi , India.
While this would be enough for others to sit down he is an Aries and as such he obviously can’t.
But let’s just make a short jump.

At the age of 43, he lost his first wife and daughter due to cancer within a very short period, which must have given him the shock of his life. At that time there was not a single oncologist in Nepal , no treatment facilities and no radiotherapy units.
But after the period of mourning this became another challenge for him. He saw cancer as something to be conquered. He launched a national campaign to raise awareness against cancer and also to create a surrounding which would be possible to treat cancer.
He started fundraising in a big extend, but this was not enough to built a cancer hospital. So he pushed forward to introduce a tax of one paisa on every cigarette produced in Nepal and this together with the money earlier raised was enough to arrive at his dream to build a modern cancer hospital in Nepal.
Now there are dozens of oncologists in Nepal, a department of oncology in every major hospital, and an ultra modern specialized cancer hospital .

We have seen that our Hero is not easily getting tired. So it’s not surprising that he became member in a hell of a lot of social organizations and in one means the Nepal Cancer Relief Society he is still today president.

Being a tourism guy by heart it’s not a surprise that he supported over many years the development of tourism in this country, either in his function as businessman or in his private function as a tourism fan.

After having given everything of his hotels to his children, he obviously felt bored again. With friends he created NepalNature.com which concentrates on the discovery of nature, which only a few years ago created already this year made its first profit. Really you may like him or not, he is a very successful entrepreneur of this country with a strong inclination to social responsibilities, which itself have also to bring money. In addition he is a full blown nationalist, who loves his country more than any other one, For him Nepal is a country with terrific chances to develop new things and to give life sense.

Consequences for a youn entrepreneur

Be always open for new things
Have enough courage to start things , even when it looks a bit difficult
You don’t have to stay in your family business if you are a born entrepreneur, you can make it elsewhere as well
When you are successful don’t forget the society from where you come.
Be gentle to your staff even if you demand deliveries