Ram Pratap Thapa

Ram Pratap Thapa ( Nepalese : राम प्रताप थापा, Rām Pratāp Thāpā, born June 6, 1950 in Gorkha ) is Honorary Consul General of the Democratic Federal Republic of Nepal in Cologne and works as chairman of the German-Nepalese Society eV and in several other non-governmental organizations for international understanding between Nepal and Germany . As a founding member of the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA), he represents the interests of the worldwide Nepalese diaspora .

Ram Pratap Thapa

Life

Thapa grew up in Bhairahawa and Kathmandu and completed an MBA with a focus on financing and marketing at the Tribhuvan University in Kirtipur (near Kathmandu). After a brief activity in business research and teaching at the Tribhuvan University, he moved to Bamberg in 1976 . At the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg he completed his studies with a degree in business administration with a focus on banking .

From the mid-1980s until his retirement in 2015, Thapa worked in various positions at the Stadtsparkasse Köln .

Social Commitment

Thapa is a co-founder and active member of numerous German-Nepalese non-governmental organizations .

German-Nepalese Society eV

Thapa has been a board member of the German-Nepalese Society in Cologne since 1988 . After holding positions as managing director and deputy chairman, he has been chairman of the association since 1999. The annual “Nepal Day” in Bonn and the “NGO Forum Nepal”, the annual meeting of German Nepal NGOs , go back to his initiative .

As a member of the editorial board of the specialist journal “Nepal Information” published by the German-Nepalese Society , he has been writing regularly since 1988 on economic and development issues in Nepal.

Non-resident Nepali Association

Thapa is a founding member of the diaspora organization Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA). After two years as a member of the NRNA's International Coordination Council , he was elected its vice-president. Two years later he moved to the post of Vice President for the Europe Region before being elected Vice President of the International Coordination Council . After a failed application for the office of President of the International Coordination Council , he is now the official patron of the NRNA.

As part of his NRNA work, he made connections with Nepalese diaspora communities across Europe.

His special concern is the enforcement of dual citizenship for Nepalese living abroad, for which he campaigns in Nepalese politics and public also in his function as coordinator of the NRNA task force "Dual Citizenship".

Other organizations

• Thapa is a board member of the Asia Foundation in Essen.
• With Gunther Nogge , Thapa founded the German committee of the King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation (now the National Trust for Nature Conservation)
• Thapa was a co-founder of the Nepal Pariwar Familienkreis eV association

Awards

• In 1999, Thapa was awarded the Prabal Gorkha Dakshin Bahu order by King Birendra .
• In 2001 Thapa received the Federal Cross of Merit for his efforts to promote international understanding between Germany and Nepal.

Works

• Tuhinchhan Jinjikā Sapanāharu , short stories, Kathmandu 1972.
• Nepal - Myths and Realities. Essays in Commemoration of the 75th Birthday of Dr. Wolf Donner , edited together with Joachim Baaden, Pilgrims Books, Kathmandu 2002.

See also

• Page no longer available , search in web archives: Interview with Ram Pratap Thapa as Marco Polo correspondent

Web links

• Personal homepage of Ram Pratap Thapa
• Honorary Consulate General Cologne
• German-Nepalese Society eV

Individual evidence

1. ^ Federal Foreign Office - Representations in Nepal
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Board of the German-Nepalese Society eV
3. ↑ International Coordination Council of the Non-Resident Nepali Association ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ^ NGO forum Nepal
5. ↑ Founder and patron of the Non-Resident Nepali Association ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Task Forces of the Non-Resident Nepali Association ( Memento of the original from January 19, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ^ Thapa, Ram Pratap "Case for dual citizenship" MyRepublica (published on November 21, 2010)
8. ↑ "NRNA renews its call for dual citizenship for NRNs" NepalNews.com ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (published January 14, 2010) 
9. ↑ Board of Directors of the Asia Foundation
10. ↑ Report at the NGO Forum 2002
11. ↑ Short report on the homepage of Nepalhilfe Beilngries eV ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.