Baral elected to president of Nepal Engineers’ Association

Subash Chandra Baral has been elected as the President of Nepal Engineers Association. According to the election results. Baral defeated his opponent Bishnu Prasad Pandey by 2072 votes. The 34th Central Executive Committee election was conducted on Friday in Kathmandu.

Other elected are Prakash KC as vice president, Vinod Prakash Pandit as general secretary, Anil Manandhar as joint general secretary, SumanThapa as treasurer and Krishna Prasad Pokharel as co-treasurer, the election committee informed.

Similarly, Ram Krishna Paudel, Prabhu Ram Pokharel, Emendra Gurung, Anil Paudel, Sanjay Kumar Shah, Netra Prasad Devkota, Bhairav   Dhital, Sujan Shrestha, Lokendra Adhikari, Vikram Kumar Das, Priyanka Gupta and Jayakisun Rai have been elected as members.

All the elected as above are aligned to democratic group of engineers.

Baral was focused on his campaign on the overall career development of engineers across the country. Under the slogan “Advancement of the Engineering Community: A Vision for the Decade,” Baral has taken the lead of the Democratic Group and raised the issue of providing engineers with more responsibilities and opportunities in the state.

Earlier, during the election campaigns, he has pledged to advocate for policies that would enable engineers to serve as Chief Administrative Officers at the local government level, recognizing the critical role they play in development and infrastructure projects. Baral has also committed to pushing for policy changes to make this a reality.

Likewise, Baral plans to empower provincial committees and advance engineering training at the local level, aiming to foster leadership development and create more opportunities at both the provincial and local levels.

With the increasing number of engineers being produced nationwide, many find themselves deprived of employment opportunities. Baral’s platform includes a plan to involve new engineers in government development projects, thereby enhancing their skills and providing them with employment.

Baral also intends to address the workload on engineers by advocating for an increase in engineering personnel at both the provincial and local levels.