Last Updated on May 22, 2026
Summary✨
- 32 applicants have submitted their candidacy for the NTA chairman position following the vacancy left by Bhupendra Bhandari.
- NTA also announced four board member vacancies, with 33 applicants representing various fields.
- The candidates for the NTA board include individuals from law, audit and accounting, market management, and administration.
- MoCIT will shortlist candidates for both the chairman and board member posts soon, given the ongoing telecom developments in Nepal.
- The upcoming 5G spectrum auction and the expansion of 4G services are key tasks for the new leadership.
32 applicants have submitted their candidacy for the post of the new chairman of Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), the regulator of telecom industry. The new incumbent will fill in after the former chairman, Bhupendra Bhandari, lost office due to a special ordinance promulgated by the president on Baisakh 18.
NTA announced a vacancy for chairman and four board members on Baisakh 26, 2083. At the moment, the leadership is vacant at the authority that is responsible for all the telecommunications operations in Nepal.
NTA Chairman Applications in 2083
The following candidates have applied to become the next chairman of NTA:
- Rohit Rauniyar
- Nagendra Kumar Das
- Rakesh Tamrakar
- Saroj Kumar Sharma
- Pradip Kumar Shrestha
- Subhash Sah
- Sushil Prasad Sah
- Anil Kumar Jha
- Narendra Man Singh Maharjan
- Amalendu Narayan Singh
- Ramesh Kumar Shrivastava
- Nabin GC
- Mahesh Prasad Pandey
- Shailendra Giri
- Buddhi Prasad Acharya
- Arjun Ghimire
- Janardan Bhatta
- Anant Man Singh
- Madhusudan Dahal
- Dipak Raj Luitel
- Shri Krishna Subedi
- Sanaullah Khan
- Bhoj Raj Ghimire
- Sunil Kumar Mishra
- Ambar Sthapit
- Pankaj Kumar Das
- Krishna Ram Dhungju
- Dipak Raj Upreti
- Madhav Adhikari
- Nabin Kumar Karn
- Dipesh Shivakoti
- Rajib Subba
Applicants for NTA member posts 2083
33 applicants have applied for NTA board member posts from different fields. According to NTA, four applicants are from law, nine from Audit and Accounting, five from market management, and fifteen are from administration and technical fields. The competition is seemingly tough for the next NTA board members.
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NTA Board Members
Law
- Amrit Prasad Rupakheti
- Binod Acharya
- Shri Krishna Subedi
- Asgarul Haq
Audit and Accounting Member
- Kshetra Gopal Pradhan
- Keshav Baral
- Hemant Raj Ramali
- Gokarna Prasad Sitaula
- Kavindra Dahal
- Indra Mani Pokharel
- Pratik Shrestha
- Manoj Adhikari
- Tirtha Prasad Yadav
Market Management
- Bipin Chauhan
- Sujita Shrestha
- Om Lal Shrestha
- Ramesh Kumar Shrestha
- Dayanath Das
Administration and Technical
- Anil Raj Gautam
- Ashish Sharma
- Subhash Sah
- Dhaneshwar Jha
- Narayan Prasad Kafle
- Anant Mallik
- Dipendra Bahadur Shah
- Nabin GC
- Bimal Prakash Sah
- Gyanendra Khatiwada
- Janardan Bhatta
- Dipak Raj Luitel
- Minu KC
- Phool Babu Jha
- Bikash Acharya
For the candidates, the communication ministry has made some revisions to make them eligible. According to the ministry, the candidates must be Nepali citizens between 30 and 65 years of age. They should have worked in a gazetted first-class, eleventh level or higher position, and for a person working in any association, organization, or company, should have gained experience by working for a period as per Rule 3 of the Telecommunications Regulations, 2054 BS. A good number of applicants have been from Nepal Telecom (NTC) with years of experience in the telecom field, while some of them have been retired from various organizations including Nepal Telecom, NTA and more.
MoCIT will now short list the list of the candidates for the chairman of NTA and its board members and proceed to their appointment. It’s expected that the ministry under Dr. Bikram Timilsina will complete the procedure soon, as there’s a pile of work ongoing for the telco sector in Nepal. This includes the upcoming 5G spectrum auction and the launch of 5G in Nepal, and the expansion of 4G services across the country.
