Celebrating Nepal’s Women Entrepreneurs: Seven Provinces, Seven Winners

Seven women entrepreneurs — one from each province — were honoured under the Emerging Enterprising Woman of the Year category at the NewBiz Business Women Summit & Awards 2026 in Kathmandu on Friday, February 13.

The recipients were Sushma Rai of Ilameli Lollipop Udyog (Koshi Province); Parbati Kumari Chaudhary of Mahila Hastakala Udyog (Madhesh Province); Sunita KC Thapa of Panchagavya Havan (Bagmati Province); Chandrakala Rana of Chandrashobha Achar Udyog (Gandaki Province); Gita Rawat of Organic Krishi Upaj Tatha Prashodhan Bajar Kendra (Lumbini Province); Gita Kumari Khadka Budha of Sambriddhi Krishi Tatha Pashupankshi Firm (Karnali Province); and Jamuna Kumari Chand of Grishma Kirana Store (Sudurpashchim Province).

Along with the recognition, each awardee received a cash prize of Rs 51,000 and a term life insurance policy worth Rs 1 million from IME Life Insurance, the title sponsor of this year’s awards.