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Biography : Khim Bahadur Gurung 

A great Greek philosopher Aristotle’s famous saying, “The roots of  education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet”, is pretty much true to an  academician, entrepreneur, community leader and sports lover Mr. Khim  Bahadur Gurung, who had to combat with multiple obstacles in gaining  education and achieving the set goals in academic field, and who now is  relishing his achievements. 

Childhood and Education 

Khim Bahadur Gurung was born in a remote village in Syangja district,  Gandaki zone (currently Gandaki Province, Syangja District Waling  Municipality - 3) Nepal in 1973. He spent his childhood and teenage years in the  same village associating himself with traditional agriculture and animals  husbandry. Just simply to gain his primary education, he had to walk on  foot for a couple of hours every day to get to school and come back home.  Nevertheless, he never let his will power drop. He completed his SLC (10th Grade) when education was rarely approachable to common people, and  when people hardly knew how significant education is in human life. 

Khim Bahadur Gurung was born in such a community and caste in which  joining British or Indian Army for young boys has become an undeclared set  custom. However, unlike the other young boys of his time, he didn’t long  for joining the army, rather he understood the value of education and decided  to pursue his higher education. He then determined himself to do  something in the field of education. In order to achieve his goal, he left his  village and went to Pokhara, one of the most beautiful cities in Nepal,  where he joined a college and put in his untiring efforts in gaining his higher  education. He completed his I.Sc. degree in Forestry Science in 1993. He  obtained his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Sociology in 1998. He  then completed his PGDCA with CGPA 3.94 in 2003 and he obtained his  Master's Degree majoring in Anthropology in 2014.

Career in Teaching: A Profession 

While he was still a student at college, he took up the job of teaching as his  career. He started teaching from the beginning of 1994. He taught both in  privately run English medium schools and government schools. He finds this  profession so noble and benevolent that he highly regards it and loves to  carry on till time and circumstances favour him. One of the reasons why he  loves teaching is that he believes getting education or being  educated is not merely removing one’s ignorance and accumulating  knowledge for oneself, but sharing and transforming the gained knowledge  to the young generation is a great humanitarian service. 

Khim Bahadur Gurung has a wide range of teaching experience. He has  spent a very significant period of his lifetime, almost three decades, in  teaching and school management, and still tirelessly involved in it. In addition to it, he has participated in various professional training and  workshops, and successfully completed them which are reflected in his  work skills, be it in management, be it in teaching or be it in treating staff,  students and dealing with parents on a psychological basis. He has visited  different countries like the USA, Canada, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia  to attend international seminars, training, conferences and workshops related to education. 

Involvement in Social Public School and Entrepreneurship 

Khim Bahadur Gurung and his team started running a private school on their  own investment in 2012. The name of the school is Social Public School located in Pokhara Metropolitan City, Kaski, Nepal. He played different  roles like teacher, Vice-Principal and Principal to upgrade the institution.  Currently, he holds the post of the Chairman and Managing Director of the  school. The school offers courses from Nursery to grade 12. Around 900  students and 70 teaching faculties and administrative staff are directly  getting involved in the school/college now. Almost 60% of the students are  from economically weak, socially marginalized groups and from rural areas, who are provided with different categories of scholarships and are getting  quality education equally as the students from well off families. Under his  proper management and strong leadership capabilities, the school has grabbed many more outstanding achievements in academic and extracurricular activities. The school has now become one of the most successful  leading educational institutions in Pokhara valley. 

Multi-Disciplinary Role of Mr. Gurung 

Khim Bahadur Gurung is not only an academic leader, he is equally involved  in different social services, sports activities and other human rights  movements as well. Gurung is an ethnic group of Nepal who basically  reside in hilly areas of mid Nepal. This ethnic group has its own language, costumes, traditions and cultures which make it the unique identity of this ethnic  group. Mr. Gurung is well aware of preserving these assets of Gurungs so that it can be safely transferred to the young generations. Khim Bahadur  Gurung is deeply concerned about preserving the unique identity of  Gurungs and contributing to his community as a General Secretary of  Aandhikhola Gurung (Tamu) Society (Samaj), Pokhara. 

He is the life member of Pahar Trust Nepal (PTN) which works on  infrastructure building in school sectors in rural remote areas of Nepal. 

Mr Gurung is also a sports lover. He prefers to entertain all kinds of games  and sports. He has successfully completed the role of Secretary of Kaski  District Handball Association. At present, he is the Central Committee  Member of Nepal School Rugby Commission. 

Khim Bahadur Gurung has a deep honour towards the "right to live" of  every human being and their self dignity which has made him involved in  many of the human rights movements too. He is the advisor of Amnesty  International, Teachers and Social Workers Group - 82, Pokhara. He has  successfully accomplished his role of Country Coordinator for Afghanistan (2010). 

Rewards and Felicitations 

For his honesty and dedication in every field he involves, he has been  awarded by different organizations. For serving continuously more than a  decade in private school, he was felicitated by Long-term Service Award by 

Marigold Boarding High School, Pokhara. He has been awarded by his  former school Shree Majhkot Secondary School for contributing in the education sector. Recognizing his service and leadership skills in both  education and social sectors, he has been awarded by Universal Peace  Federation with the title Ambassador for Peace. 

Finally, honesty, patience and dedication are the key attributes of Mr.  Gurung which are likely to be imitated by everyone.