{"id":9841,"date":"2026-10-12T07:21:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T07:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/?p=9841"},"modified":"2026-10-12T08:03:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T08:03:04","slug":"friends-of-chakraviu-nepal-welcomes-rejina-pokharel-to-its-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/friends-of-chakraviu-nepal-welcomes-rejina-pokharel-to-its-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of Chakraviu Nepal Welcomes Rejina Pokharel to Its Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Friends of Chakraviu Nepal is pleased to welcome Rejina Pokharel as its newest member of the Board of Directors.<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rejina brings a combination of scientific expertise, research experience, entrepreneurship, and a strong interest in innovation to the organization. She currently serves as a <strong>Senior Research Scientist at Novartis<\/strong> and holds an <strong>MSc in Biotechnology from Harvard Extension School<\/strong>. She is also the <strong>Founder of N.O.D.E<\/strong>, bringing additional experience in building and developing initiatives focused on innovation and collaboration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Her appointment strengthens the Board at a time when Friends of Chakraviu Nepal is expanding its efforts to connect people, resources, expertise, and opportunities across the United States and Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Friends of Chakraviu Nepal is a US-registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in Virginia to extend the reach of Chakraviu Nepal beyond Nepal\u2019s borders. It serves as an international resource-mobilization and partnership arm, building relationships with individuals, foundations, institutions, professionals, and the Nepali diaspora to support locally led initiatives in Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The organization supports Chakraviu Nepal\u2019s work across <strong>education, research and innovation, sustainability, and climate action<\/strong>. This includes initiatives such as <strong>Circular Nepal: Upcycling For Education<\/strong>, which connects textile waste recovery with education, livelihood opportunities, and climate action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Rejina\u2019s background in science and research, combined with her experience as a founder, adds a valuable perspective to the Board as Friends of Chakraviu Nepal continues to build partnerships and support the development of practical, locally led solutions in Nepal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>We are delighted to welcome Rejina to the Board of Directors and look forward to the ideas, expertise, and perspective she will bring to Friends of Chakraviu Nepal.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Welcome to the Board, Rejina.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends of Chakraviu Nepal is pleased to welcome Rejina Pokharel as its newest member of the Board of Directors. &nbsp; Rejina brings a combination of scientific expertise, research experience, entrepreneurship, and a strong interest in innovation to the organization. She currently serves as a Senior Research Scientist at Novartis and holds an MSc in Biotechnology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-focn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9841"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9850,"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9841\/revisions\/9850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chakraviunepal.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}