Radha Paudel

She is the fourth daughter of Late Ms. Ganga Maya and Mr. Devi Prasad Paudel. She put the fire on the pyre of her mother’s death body in 2009. She donated her eye in 1999 and she declared to donate her body to medical schools in 2016.

She was a Staff Nurse in Pokhara, Nepal as well as a Nurse specializing in Anaesthesiology. She worked 24 hour shifts for four years as an anaesthetic nurse, one out of the five total anaesthetic nurses at the time. She received a Bachelor in Community Health Nursing (2000), a Master in Health Education (2001) and a Master in Sociology (2003), all from Tribhuvan University in Nepal. And obtained a Master in Development Management from the Asian Institute of Management (2010) (AIM).

An anecdote written by Radha Paudel, 2002’s war memoir between the Nepali Government’s army and Maoist Insurgency called JUMLA: A Nurse’s Story also known in Nepali as Khalangama Hamala (The Attack on Khalanga) where she nearly lost her life. The book got awarded the Madan Puraskar in 2014. She wrote Shanti Ka Pailaharu,[8] a poetry book as well as Dignified Menstruation is Everyone’s Business,[9] a book about the dozens of inhumane practices followed while menstruating. In this book, Radha Paudel attends to the fact that the assumptions believed are wrong in a book of fact and logic. She dedicated another towards Dignified Menstruation entitled `Apbaitra Ragat[10]’. She has written opinion based editorials in national mainstream newspapers and continues to contribute to international books. She also founded two awards: the Miteri Ganga devi Peace Award 2014 (from Madan Purasakar) and the Miteri Gangadevi Scholarship Fund  2009- Gauriganj Secondary School Gauriganj, Chitwan

In 2020, she received a TripleA award from Asian Institute of Management. She also received the Madan Literature Prize (2014) for her book Khalangama Hamala, in which she was the third woman to attain the award. She also received the Youth Innovation award 2014 from the Nepali Government. Due to her persistent effort to build resilient communities, by quitting many high-position jobs including a permanent position in the Nepali government, she received the N-Peace award and Women Peace Maker (2012).[11]

She spoke for Universities across globe: Austria (Afro Asiatisches Institut, Universtität Salzburg, FH Salzburg, Vienna University), Germany (ASTA, Osnabruck, Bremen ), Philippines (Asian Institute of Management), United Kingdom (London School of Public Health and Hygiene, Cambridge, Oxford, Essex University, Liverpool University, BCoT, Cranbourne), United States (University of San Diego, San Diego State University, Fullerton University, Florida University, Community Colleges, and Cigna University) and spoke among more than three dozens of diaspora community in the US, UK, Norway, Germany, Austria, etc. She is also associated with global networks.