Kalpana Bista Explained

Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Kalpana Bista
Native Name:श्रीमती कल्पना बिष्ट
Office:Minister of Education, Science and Technology
Term Start:22 December 1978
Term End:11 October 1981
Appointer:Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev
Birth Name:Kalpana Rana
Birth Date:1905 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Kathmandu, Nepal
Death Place:Zürich, Switzerland
Country:Nepal
Spouse:Tej Pratap Bista
Education:AB
Alma Mater:Somerville College
University of Oxford
Awards:Gorkha Dakshin Bahu

Kalpana Bista (15 April 1905 – 11 June 2001) was the first female minister of education of Nepal in 1978.

She was born in Kathmandu to an aristocratic family in the Rana Dynasty.[1] Bista was appointed by late King Birendra of Nepal and late Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa as the minister of education as well as the member of the Office of the secretariat and parliament on multiple occasions.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

She was also appointed as a lifetime member of the child welfare committee of the state of Uttarakhand in India.

Personal life

She was married in to the Bista family that originates in the far western region of Nepal.

Many members of her family including her son and father-in-law as well as most of her brother-in-laws have held public office in the government of Nepal. Her son Lok Pratap Bista was also appointed by King Mahendra of Nepal as the Minister of Forestry and Agriculture.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: सुदूरपश्चिमबाट द्वारिकादेवीको बिरासतलाई जोगाउँदै राज्यमन्त्री बन्ने को हुन् आशा बिक ?. dineshkhabar.com.
  2. http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/download?ref=16215
  3. http://rajpatra.dop.gov.np/welcome/download?ref=16232
  4. गृष्म बहादुर देवकोटा (२०३९). नेपालको राजनीतिक दर्पण भाग ३. डिल्लीबजार काठमाडौं: उमेश बहादुर देवकोटा. pp. 166-167.
  5. Web site: परिवर्तन%20गाउँ%20कार्यपालिकाको%20८०औं%20बैठक%20२०७८।०४।०३%20का%20निर्णयहरु. Change Village Executive 2080th Meeting202078.04.03 Decisions. duikholimun.gov.np.
  6. Web site: नयाँ शक्तिको जिल्ला परिषद्.
  7. Web site: King Mahendra Ministry.