Bidhya Chapagain

She worked as a presenter for Sajha Sawal a discussion program in Nepal.[1] She began presenting the show in July 2014 and quit the show from January 2018 and co-founded Herne Katha. Before that she was a producer for Sajha Sawal. She has over a decade's worth of journalistic experience in radio, television and newspaper experience.

Bidhya's childhood was spent with her parents in Gothatar, Kathmandu. She grew up helping her parents on their farm. She was inspired to become a journalist from listening to the radio with her brother and reading the newspaper in her school library. Her mother was only 13 when she got married Chapagain got a lot of support from her mother, who wanted her daughter to be well educated.

She says that it is the family who motivates and encourages women and girls, and supports girls’ education. As a woman presenter she encourages women's participation and for questions to be asked in Sajha Sawal.

The Man Who Died Once - 'Best Documentary Award' in Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (KIMFF 2018) Directed by - Bidhya Chapagain and Kamal Kumar [2]

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