Bidhya Chapagain

Bidhya Chapagain (Nepali: विद्या चापागाई) is a Nepalese journalist. She is also a presenter of Herne Katha, a television web series started March 2018.

Bidhya Chapagain
BornMay 24, 1983
Kathmandu, Nepal
NationalityNepali
EducationTribhuwan University
Occupation(s)TV Presenter
Journalist
Notable creditHerne Katha
TelevisionHerne Katha
ChildrenJunTara

Career

She worked as a presenter for Sajha Sawal, a weekly social discussion and debate program in Nepal.[1] She began presenting the show in July 2014 and quit the show in January 2018, co-founding Herne Katha. She has worked as a journalist for over a decade in radio, television and newspaper media.[2]

Early life

Chapagain's childhood was spent with her parents in Gothatar, Kathmandu. She grew up helping her parents on their farm. She was inspired to become a journalist from listening to the radio with her brother and reading the newspaper in her school library. Her mother was only 13 when she got married. Chapagain got a lot of support from her mother, who wanted her daughter to be well educated.

Impact

She says that it is the family who motivates and encourages women and girls, and supports girls’ education. As a woman presenter she encourages women's participation and for questions to be asked in Sajha Sawal.

Awards

The Man Who Died Once - 'Best Documentary Award' in Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF 2018) Directed by - Bidhya Chapagain and Kamal Kumar [3][4][5]

Bagh Ko Bangara - 'Audience Award' in Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF 2022) - Produced by Chapagain, directed by Kamal Kumar.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Making Waves in Nepal: Bidhya". BBC. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. Dahal, Sneha (5 July 2019). "How Bidhya Chapagain quit hosting BBC's Sajha Sawal to forge her own path in journalism". The Kathmandu Post. Archived from the original on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  3. "Kimff 2018 winner". KIMFF. January 2019. Archived from the original on 25 March 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  4. "'मरिसकेको मान्छे'लार्इ नेपाल पानोरमा बेस्ट डकुमेन्टरी अवार्ड". Himal Khabarpatrika (in Nepali). 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  5. सुवेदी, सुरज (21 April 2017). "'मरिसकेको मान्छे' मा बौरिएका कुरा". shilapatra.com (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  6. "KIMFF concludes". The Rising Nepal. 13 December 2022. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. विश्वकर्मा, मनिका. "'हेर्ने कथा' खोज्दै जाँदा भेटिएको 'बाघको बंगारा'" ["Jaws of a tiger" found while searching for "Herne Katha"]. Setopati (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  8. "किम्फमा मह सिकारीको कथा प्रस्तुत गर्ने फिल्म 'बाघको ब‌ङ्गारा'को प्रिमियर हुने" [The film 'Baghko Bangara', which presents the story of a honey hunter, will be premiered at KIMFF]. Online Khabar (in Nepali). Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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