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.

Career[]

She worked as a presenter for Sajha Sawal a discussion program in Nepal.^[1] She began presenting the show in July 2014 and quit the show from January 2018 and co-founded Herne Katha. Before that she was a producer for Sajha Sawal. She has over a decade's worth of journalistic experience in radio, television and newspaper experience.

Early life[]

Bidhya'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 her mother 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 ^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Bidhya Chapagain at IMDb