Bimarsh Jha

I come from a business family in Nepal, and that has shaped how I think about almost everything. Growing up alongside Nepovit Group, a publicly listed construction materials company built by my father, I came to understand early that building something of consequence requires more than a good idea: it requires systems, people, discipline, and patience.

That instinct drove me toward Industrial Engineering Technology at Purdue University, and back to Kathmandu each summer to contribute directly to the business. I have worked across ERP implementation, export strategy, and long-term manufacturing expansion, learning to hold the operational detail and the larger strategic picture at the same time.

The other half of my formation is less conventional. I trained in Hindustani classical music, grew up reading across three languages, translated a book, wrote for a national newspaper, and helped organise a literature festival. I do not think of these as separate from the business work. The same qualities that make a serious vocalist, sustained attention, responsiveness, and the willingness to be corrected, are the ones that make a serious operator.

This is where I am from. The work ahead is the next chapter of it.