Udaya Shumsher Rana

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Udaya Shumsher Rana
उदय शमशेर राणा
Udaya rana profile.jpg
Minister of State for Finance(Nepal)[2]
In office
2017[1]–2018[1]
PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari
Prime MinisterSher Bahadur Deuba
President Of Nepal Tarun Dal(Sister and Youth Organization Of Nepali Congress) [3]
In office
2012[3]–2017[3]
Personal details
Born (1970-02-27) 27 February 1970 (age 51)
Lalitpur
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepali Congress
Spouse(s)Urvashi 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

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]

Early life[]

Udaya Rana with his sons Ayush Rana and Samar Rana at Anfield.

Personal life[]

Rana was born in Lalitpur, Bagmati Province, to Sagar SJB Rana and Brinda Rana.[7] He has spent most of his formative life in both Nepal and India.[8] 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.[7] For his secondary education he was sent to St Joseph's College (North Point) in Darjeeling[7] and completed his high school from Lawrence School, Sanawar, India.[8][7] He received his undergraduate (Bachelors in Arts) from St Stephen's College,[7] University of Delhi and holds a master's degree from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York (USA).[8][7] 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”.[9]

Career[]

Rana has various publications in both Nepali and English in leading Nepali news media[10] [7] and has worked as a consultant to various NGO/INGOs including The Asia Foundation, SNV Nepal, ESPS/DANIDA and others.[7] He is currently the Advisor to the Nepal Shooting Association.[11][7]

Political career[]

Just like many Nepali Congress leaders, his political activism commenced in India.[7] During his educational sojourn in Delhi, he established and became the first President of Nepal Students Union, Delhi (Student organization of Nepali Congress Party).[7][8] 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.[7]

Udaya Rana Receiving Sushma Swaraj at Tribhuvan International airport in Kathmandu, Nepal
[12][13] 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.[8][7] By 1998, he was already affiliated to Nepal Tarun Dal and was serving as the district president.[7][6] While being a member of NTD, he fought his first Constitutional Assembly (CA) elections from Lalitpur Constituency #1 in 2008.[6][7] 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][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][7]

  • Banking and Financial Institute Act (BAFIA) 2015[7]
  • Cooperative Act 2017[7]
  • Recommended amendments for the Procurement Act to the PMO.[7]
  • He went on to serve as a Minister of State for Finance from 2017 to 2018.[5][7]

Electoral history[]

2008 Constituent Assembly election

Lalitpur - 1[14]

Party Candidate Votes Status
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Barshaman Pun 15,329 Elected
Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana 14,011 Lost

2013 Constituent Assembly election

Lalitpur - 1

Party Candidate Votes Status
Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana 18,560 Elected
CPN (UML) Madhusudan Poudel 10,682 Lost

2017 House of Representatives Election

Lalitpur - 1[15]

Party Candidate Votes Status
CPN (UML) Nawaraj Silwal 26,951 Elected
Nepali Congress Udaya Shumsher Rana 20,729 Lost

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba inducts 15 state ministers; Cabinet 3rd largest ever". firstpost. August 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "Udaya Shumsher Rana".
  3. ^ a b c "Tarun Dal convention in September".
  4. ^ Uday Shamsher Rana Ujjyalo Online
  5. ^ a b c "Udaya Rana as state finance minsiter" (PDF).
  6. ^ a b c d e "Udaya Rana,Leading the young". nepalitimes. 21–27 February 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "उदय शमशेर राणा". mediasanchar.
  8. ^ a b c d e "Leading the young". nepalitimes.
  9. ^ "Udaya Rana writing about current context". https://thehimalayantimes. Nov 13, 2018.
  10. ^ "Udaya Rana Article". kathmandupost. June 22, 2018.
  11. ^ "Nepal Shooting Association". Nepal Olympic Committee.
  12. ^ "Sushma Swaraj arrives in Nepal on a 'political mission'". Hindustan Times. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  13. ^ Republica. "IEAM Swaraj Nepal visit in pictures". My Republica. Retrieved 2021-09-07.
  14. ^ Salokya. "भक्तपुरमा ६२ र ललितपुरमा १०७ जना हार्ने निश्चित". Mysansar. Shrestha, Umesh. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  15. ^ "Jhapa : Province 1 – Nepal Election Latest Updates and Result for Federal Parliament". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

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