Bikas udhyami

A critical part of our mission has been to promote social innovation and encourage other young people to become social entrepreneurs. Therefore, from the start, we decided that it was important to document and share via our 'Bikas Udhyami Blog' the stories, insights and experiences of other young social entrepreneurs in Nepal who are changing the way business is done.


Check out our past blogs below as well as our publications 'Social Entrepreneurship in Nepal 1: Stories of Young Entrepreneurs Changing the Way Business is Done' and 'Social Entrepreneurship in Nepal 2: Stories of Young Entrepreneurs Changing the Way Business is Done'.

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Bringing The Tastes from The Kitchen to The Cafe - The Story of The Village Cafe SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG SERIES NO: 19May 31, 2019 Bikas Udhyami (Sajani Lama)
Our Cafe is based on the farm-to-table concept. The vegetables, dry lentils and other kinds of stuff used in our cafe are directly supplied from the farms of our home-based workers. There are several business units located in different parts of Nepal which supply the kitchen materials. Read More
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG SERIES ISSUE NO. 18:BNN FELT HANDICRAFT: BECAUSE BUSINESS IS NOT ONLY ABOUT EARNING PROFITApril 26, 2019 Suraj Subedi (Bikas Udhyami)
Working with women, one of the first things I encountered was patriarchy. Husbands who can earn and who can’t earn both are not willing to let their wives go and earn. It is a matter of pride for them. Because of this reason and others, women are confined to the house that is run by a male. It happens among all classes of people, even among upper-class women. Many men still want their wives to be at home, raise the children, wash their clothes and do nothing more than that. Read More
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG SERIES ISSUE NO. 17: BIKAS UDHYAMI: We Found Purpose in Emotional Intelligence: The Story of My Emotions MatterMay 7, 2019 Suraj Subedi (Bikas Udhyami)
The most common thing they have is overthinking. They think a lot. It doesn’t lead to the solution. It is about assuming things and that keeps running around the head. They lack emotional literacy. If people could level the impact of their emotion, these things could be solved easily. It helps to manage the emotional things. But unfortunately, we do not know the names of the emotion we have. We don’t know to expect good, bad, depressed sad etc. Depressed is the most mistakenly used prediction nowadays. We should work something more to spread emotional vocabulary. Read More
SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP BLOG SERIES ISSUE NO. 16: Burn but not Undone; The Story of Radhako Burn SurvivorsJanuary 21, 2019 Suraj Subedi - Bikas Udhyami
The fire burnt her body, not her courage. She went on starting something of her own not only for her but also for other women burn survivors. And now have been the example of what a burned body can do. There are 19 other burn survivors working with her. Read More
SISTEER NEPAL DAY 2: BIKAS UDHYAMIJanuary 1, 1970 CAPT SOCIAL INNOVATION (Sin Yeou Donovan)
We’re off to visit our first organisation of the trip, Bikas Udhyami! Bikas Udhyami was a great way to introduce the social innovation scene in Nepal to us as it is an organisation that focuses on capitalizing the abilities of youths in Nepal (who makes up almost 40% of the population there). As many of us were first time visitors to Nepal, the presenters from Bikas Udhyami helped to put Nepal in perspective for us. Read More