Udaya Shumsher Rana

Udaya Shumsher Rana Nepali: उदय शमशेर राणा (born in 1970)[4] is a Nepali politician and a youth leader who served as a Minister of State for Finance from 2017 to 2018.[5] He was the president of Nepal Tarun Dal (NTD) a sister and youth organization of Nepali Congress from 2012 to 2017.[6] He is currently working as a Central Working Committee Member of Nepali congress.[7]

Honourable
Udaya Shumsher Rana
MP
उदय शमशेर राणा
Minister of State for Finance(Nepal)[1]
In office
2017[2]–2018[2]
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
Member of Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha
Assumed office
22 December 2022
Preceded byNawaraj Silwal
ConstituencyLalitpur 1
Member of 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly
In office
21 January 2014 – 14 October 2018
Preceded byBarsaman Pun
Succeeded byNawaraj Silwal
ConstituencyLalitpur 1
President Of Nepal Tarun Dal[3]
In office
2012[3]–2017[3]
Personal details
Born (1970-02-27) February 27, 1970
Lalitpur
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepali Congress
SpouseUrvashi Singh Rana
ChildrenAyush SJB Rana, Samar SJB Rana
Alma materCornell University,
St Stephen's College,
The Lawrence School, Sanawar,
St. Joseph's School, Darjeeling,
St. Xavier's School, Jawalakhel
Known forYouth Leader Nepali Congress
Websitehttp://udayarana.com

Early life
Udaya Rana with his sons Ayush Rana and Samar Rana at Wembley .

Personal life

Rana was born in Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, to Sagar SJB Rana and Brinda Rana.[8] He has spent most of his formative life in both Nepal and India.[9] He is married to Urvashi Singh Rana and they have two sons Ayush and Samar.

Education

He received his primary education from St. Xavier's School Jawalakhel, Lalitpur.[8] For his secondary education he was sent to St Joseph's College (North Point) in Darjeeling[8] and completed his high school from Lawrence School, Sanawar, India.[9][8] He received his undergraduate (Bachelors in Arts) from St Stephen's College,[8] University of Delhi and holds a master's degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA).[9][8] He wrote his thesis on Nepal's foreign policy vis-à-vis India and China, which was titled "Foreign Policy of Nepal: Emphasis on relations with India and China”.[10]

Career

Rana has various publications in both Nepali and English in leading Nepali news media[11] [8] and has worked as a consultant to various NGO/INGOs including The Asia Foundation, SNV Nepal, ESPS/DANIDA and others.[8] He is currently the Advisor to the Nepal Shooting Association.[12][8]

Political career

Just like many Nepali Congress leaders, his political activism commenced in India.[8] During his educational sojourn in Delhi, he established and became the first President of Nepal Students Union, Delhi (Student organization of Nepali Congress Party).[8][9] In Delhi, he instigated protests and took out rallies in support of the ‘First People's Movement of 1989’ against the autocratic Panchayat System. His interest in global politics and economics led him to join the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) and later was elected as the Vice President.[8]

Udaya Rana Receiving Sushma Swaraj at Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal
[13][14] Udaya Rana Receiving Sushma Swaraj at Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal

Upon returning to Nepal he devoted majority of his young days in grassroots politics.[9][8] By 1998, he was already affiliated to Nepal Tarun Dal and was serving as the district president.[8][6] While being a member of NTD, he fought his first Constitutional Assembly (CA) elections from Lalitpur Constituency No. 1 in 2008.[6][8] He lost by a narrow margin of thousand votes. Unfazed by his early loss, he redeemed himself in the Second CA elections in 2013 by defeating by opponent by a little more than 8000 votes.[6] His victory in 2013 started his legislative career.[6][8] He is currently working as a Central Working Committee Member of Nepali congress. He was elected as the Central Working Committee Member with popular votes at 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress.[7]

Udaya Rana with congress personal after winning election.

As a member of parliament, he was a member of the Finance Committee 2014–17 and was also a member of three sub-committees that finalized bills that was passed by the parliament as an Act, which are as follows:[5][8]

  • Banking and Financial Institute Act (BAFIA) 2015[8]
  • Cooperative Act 2017[8]
  • Recommended amendments for the Procurement Act to the PMO.[8]
  • He went on to serve as a Minister of State for Finance from 2017 to 2018.[5][8]

Electoral history

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Lalitpur – 1[15]

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)Barshaman Pun15,329Elected
Nepali CongressUdaya Shumsher Rana14,011Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Lalitpur – 1

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
Nepali CongressUdaya Shumsher Rana18,560Elected
CPN (UML)Madhusudan Poudel10,682Lost

2017 House of Representatives Election

Lalitpur – 1[16]

PartyCandidateVotesStatus
CPN (UML)Nawaraj Silwal26,951Elected
Nepali CongressUdaya Shumsher Rana20,729Lost

References
  1. "Udaya Shumsher Rana".
  2. "Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba inducts 15 state ministers; Cabinet 3rd largest ever". firstpost. August 22, 2017.
  3. "Tarun Dal convention in September".
  4. Uday Shamsher Rana Ujjyalo Online
  5. "Policy Analysis In The (Parliamentary) Finance Committee" (PDF).
  6. "Udaya Rana,Leading the young". nepalitimes. February 21–27, 2014.
  7. "16 new faces elected in NC's Central Working Committee from open category". myRepublica. December 20, 2021.
  8. "उदय शमशेर राणा". mediasanchar.
  9. "Leading the young". nepalitimes.
  10. "Udaya Rana writing about current context". thehimalayantimes. November 13, 2018.
  11. "Udaya Rana Article". kathmandupost. June 22, 2018.
  12. "Nepal Shooting Association". Nepal Olympic Committee.
  13. "Sushma Swaraj arrives in Nepal on a 'political mission'". Hindustan Times. February 1, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  14. Republica. "IEAM Swaraj Nepal visit in pictures". My Republica. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
  15. Salokya. "भक्तपुरमा ६२ र ललितपुरमा १०७ जना हार्ने निश्चित". Mysansar. Shrestha, Umesh. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  16. "Jhapa : Province 1 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved December 10, 2017.
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