Kathmandu. Arbind Sah, the founder and founder of Khalti Digital Wallet, has won from Bara-3 with a huge margin.
Shah created history by defeating Minister Farmullah Mansoor by a margin of 30,000 votes.
The newly elected member of the House of Representatives, Arvind Sah is widely regarded as Nepal’s successful technology entrepreneur, spokesperson for innovation and a pioneer of digital transformation. After studying computer engineering, he became active in the information technology sector and played a significant role in expanding digital services and increasing financial access in Nepal through the private sector.
Sahle Janaki Technology Pvt. Ltd. He led the expansion of SMS-based services in Nepal. Since 2007, he has steered the company forward, collaborating with various telecom service providers to expand access to digital information services. Today, Janaki Technology has established itself as one of the leading SMS service providers in Nepal.
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He then launched a new project in 2017 as the co-founder and director of Khalti’s digital wallet, with the goal of expanding access to digital financing.TAG_OPEN_p_29 Khalti has made digital payment system popular in Nepal and has connected millions of Nepali to online financial services. His vision of “Bridging the Digital Divide and Financial Access for All” has also contributed significantly to the campaign of digital financial literacy in Nepal.
Known for his leadership skills since his student days, Sah was also an elected member of the Free Students’ Union of IOE Pulchowk Campus.TAG_OPEN_p_28 Since then, he has played an active role in improving education, technology and management.
Challenges:
The constituency includes both urban and rural areas of Kalaiya, the district headquarters of Bara district. Kalaiya has produced national level cricketers time and again. Kalaiya’s children have excelled in higher education and have made a name for themselves in their fields in the country and abroad. But lately, Kalaiya has been rejected, the new generation does not want to stand here, they are losing the power to stand them, Kalaiya said. The responsibility of restoring all this rests on Shah’s shoulders.
Although Kalaiya is the district headquarters, it is very weak in terms of infrastructure (roads, electricity, public park, auditorium, sports ground, cultural center). Do you remember that the video of TikToker Ashika Tamang drowning in the mud has gone viral after the road of this district headquarters has been muddy for 3 years?
One of the specialties of Kalaiya is that it is a region where the Ranas lived. Some parts of the Barewa palace still survive. Apart from this, Ramraja Mohan Bikram Shah Kalaiya has an old heritage for his higher education. The nearby Gadhimai Temple is one of the most famous religious sites in the world.
Another great feature of Kalaiya is that it is a mixed society. It has a mixed society of Pahari, Madhesi, Hindu and Muslim. However, under the cover of the Madhes movement, some individuals (including journalists) targeted the hill community and carried out extortion, terror and killing, forcing them to migrate to the northern settlements. The mixed society of Kalaiya was shattered.
Despite being the district headquarters, Kalaiya is lagging behind Jitpur-Simara and Nijgadh in terms of attraction for investment and settlement. The elders have said that Kalaiya will be transformed after the construction of Kalaiya-Piluwa road and Postal Road years ago. It has been years since the construction of the Kalaiya-Piluwa road was completed.
After a successful journey in technology entrepreneurship, he now aims to enter politics and contribute to the development of his homeland Bara region.TAG_OPEN_p_27 He pledged to create economic opportunities at local level making information technology, digital services, education and entrepreneurship the basis of development.
