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Lohani flags six bottlenecks to investment in Nepal
Lohani flags six bottlenecks to investment in Nepal

22 December 2025

Chancellor of the University of Nepal Bindu Nath Lohani on Sunday flagged six major bottlenecks hindering investment in Nepal, calling for a shift in the government’s role from gatekeeper to par...

NICCI bids farewell to Vice President Ravi Rayavaram
NICCI bids farewell to Vice President Ravi Rayavaram

16 December 2025

KATHMANDU, Dec 16: The Nepal–India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) on Tuesday bid farewell to its Vice President Ravi Rayavaram at a programme organised at the NICCI Secretariat. Ray...

New Horizons of Nepal–India Collaboration
New Horizons of Nepal–India Collaboration

16 December 2025

What are the emerging opportunities for cooperation between Nepal and India in energy, tourism, and technology?Writing in Sejan Smarika, NICCI President Mr. Sunil KC emphasizes: “We must d...

NICCI, University of Nepal join hands to ready skilled...
NICCI, University of Nepal join hands to ready...

13 December 2025

Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the newly established University of Nepal on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to work together in preparing skilled manpower by bridging...

NICCI urges strict monitoring of unauthorised trade along Nepal–India...
NICCI urges strict monitoring of unauthorised trade along...

01 December 2025

The Nepal–India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) has recommended to Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal that the government strictly monitor unauthorised trade along the Nepal–India...

NICCI suggests Finance Minister to form Foreign Investor Council
NICCI suggests Finance Minister to form Foreign Investor...

07 November 2025

KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 7 Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) on Thursday suggested Finance Minister Rameshwor Khanal to form a Foreign Investor Council.   During the courtesy c...

Kunal Kayal appointed NICCI Vice President
Kunal Kayal appointed NICCI Vice President

08 October 2025

Kunal Kayal has been appointed as the Vice President of the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI).    He previously served as Treasurer in the former Executive Committee and...

NICCI, IIT Roorkee sign MoU to boost renewable energy...
NICCI, IIT Roorkee sign MoU to boost renewable...

01 September 2025

The Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) and the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on research and developm...

Indian diplomat calls for closer engagement to boost economic...
Indian diplomat calls for closer engagement to boost...

30 August 2025

The new Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) of the Embassy of India in Kathmandu, Rakesh Pandey, has urged enhanced formal and informal engagement between India and Nepal to facilitate a greater flow of inf...

Brief Analysis by NICCI on Nepal’s Budget for Fiscal...
Brief Analysis by NICCI on Nepal’s Budget for Fiscal...

31 May 2026

The Nepal–India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) has reviewed and analyzed the annual budget for Fiscal Year 2083/84 (2026/27) presented by the Government of Nepal on Jestha 15, 2083. &...

UNESCAP – NICCI – MoPIT Convene National Workshop on...
UNESCAP – NICCI – MoPIT Convene National Workshop on...

21 May 2026

Kathmandu, Nepal, 21 May 2026 - The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), in collaboration with the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI...

NEPAL BUSINESS SUMMIT 2026 CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY
NEPAL BUSINESS SUMMIT 2026 CONCLUDES SUCCESSFULLY

19 May 2026

Kathmandu, 20 May 2026   The Nepal Business Summit 2026, held with grant succes0 in Kathmandu on 18 May 2026. The Summit was convened as a joint initiative of the Nepal Business Institute, the...

NICCI Calls on Minister of Foreign Affairs
NICCI Calls on Minister of Foreign Affairs

30 April 2026

Kathmandu, April 30, 2026 — A delegation from the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI), led by President Sunil K.C., held a courtesy call on Shisir Khanal, Minister for Foreign...

Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) and Nepal...
Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) and Nepal...

29 April 2026

KATHMANDU, April 29, 2026 — The Nepal–India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) and the Nepal Business Institute (NBI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate...

NICCI pushes for hydropower reforms; Minister Shrestha pledges evidence-based...
NICCI pushes for hydropower reforms; Minister Shrestha pledges evidence-based...

03 April 2026

Nepal-India Chamber proposes ‘Nepal-India Energy Forum’   KATHMANDU: Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) has called for sweeping reforms in Nepal’s hydropower...

NICCI welcomes government decision to facilitate investment
NICCI welcomes government decision to facilitate investment

29 March 2026

Kathmandu: Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) has welcomed the government’s recently announced 100-point governance reform agenda aimed at attracting foreign direct investment...

NICCI’s 'Startup Sambad' Identifies Policy Gaps and Infrastructure Needs...
NICCI’s 'Startup Sambad' Identifies Policy Gaps and Infrastructure Needs...

13 March 2026

Kathmandu, March 13: The Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) hosted the "Startup Sambad Roundtable" today at the Dusit Princess Hotel, Kathmandu. The event brought together a divers...

NICCI bids farewell to Dabur’s Harkirat Singh Bedi, welcomes...
NICCI bids farewell to Dabur’s Harkirat Singh Bedi, welcomes...

26 February 2026

Kathmandu: The Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) on Thursday organized a formal farewell and welcome program honoring Harkirat Singh Bedi, Business Head of Dabur Nepal, and welcomin...

Dinner Meeting with Dr. Rakesh Pandey, Deputy Chief of...
Dinner Meeting with Dr. Rakesh Pandey, Deputy Chief...

23 March 2026

Dr. Rakesh Pandey, Deputy Chief of Mission at the India in Nepal (Embassy of India Kathmandu), hosted a dinner meeting for the Executive Committee members of the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce &amp...

PRABHAKAR SHUMSHER RANA MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES: Celebrating Leadership, Vision,...
PRABHAKAR SHUMSHER RANA MEMORIAL LECTURE SERIES: Celebrating Leadership,...

09 March 2025

Pioneering Leadership and Milestones   NICCI’s journey began under the leadership of Late Mr. Prabhakar SJB Rana, its Founding President, who also had played instrumental role in facilita...

‘NEPAL’S LEGENDARY RAMA-SITA TRAIL CAN MAKE TOURISM THRIVE IN...
‘NEPAL’S LEGENDARY RAMA-SITA TRAIL CAN MAKE TOURISM THRIVE...

03 March 2024

By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan The first woman President of the Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Executive Director of Annapurna Group of Hotels and Immediate Past President of the Hotel...

PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal meets Indian PM Narendra...

01 June 2023

Here are the agreements signed between Dahal and Modi: 1. Renewal of Nepal-India transit agreement. 2. Expansion of the Motihari-Amlekhganj petroleum pipeline to Chitwan and building a new petrole...

India-Nepal Economic Partnership Summit 2023
India-Nepal Economic Partnership Summit 2023

18 May 2023

Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) & PHD Chamber of Commerce & Industry (PHDCCI) India Jointly organized “India-Nepal Economic Partnership Summit 2023” at Birgu...

Hydropower Investment and Trade Agenda
Hydropower Investment and Trade Agenda

02 May 2023

सुनील केसी जलविद्युत्मा लगानी र व्यापारका एजेन्डा नेपालको जलविद्युत् क्षमता नेपाल–भारतबीचको आर्थिक र रणनीतिक सम्बन्धलाई पुनर्परिभाषित गर्न गेम चेन्जर साबित हुन सक्छ   नेपाल र भारत असमान...

Nepal India Energy Cooperation On The Eve of...

21 April 2023

Despite asymmetries between Nepal and India, the two countries have remained natural partners. The open border arrangements with similarities in socio-economic and cultural issues have facilitated tha...

Book on religious and spiritual circuits launched - Himalayan...
Book on religious and spiritual circuits launched -...

29 March 2023

The Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NICCI) launched a coffee table book titled ‘Religious and Spiritual Circuit Nepal and India’ amid a programme held at Lalitpur on Monday.T...

Valedictory Speech by Vice President, Mr. Kunal Kayal at 31st AGM of NICCI
Valedictory Speech by Vice President, Mr. Kunal Kayal at 31st AGM of NICCI
Welcome Remarks by President, Mr. Sunil KC at 31st AGM of NICCI
Welcome Remarks by President, Mr. Sunil KC at 31st AGM of NICCI
Panel Discussion on "Private Sector Collaboration in Investment & Cross-Border Power Trading"31stAGM
Panel Discussion on "Private Sector Collaboration in Investment & Cross-Border Power Trading"31stAGM
31st AGM of NICCI, Speech by Dr. Rakesh Pandey, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Kathmandu
31st AGM of NICCI, Speech by Dr. Rakesh Pandey, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Kathmandu
31st AGM of NICCI, Speech by Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, GoN
31st AGM of NICCI, Speech by Mr. Anil Kumar Sinha, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, GoN
31st AGM of NICCI, Speech by Mr. Rameshore Khanal, Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance, GoN
31st AGM of NICCI, Speech by Mr. Rameshore Khanal, Minister of Finance, Ministry of Finance, GoN
31st AGM of NICCI, Speech by Dr. Bindu Nath Lohani, Keynote Speaker
31st AGM of NICCI, Speech by Dr. Bindu Nath Lohani, Keynote Speaker
Life in NICCI | Keshav Man Singh
Life in NICCI | Keshav Man Singh
Second Potato Summit 2025
Second Potato Summit 2025
Panel Discussion – Pre-Budget Conference 2025 by Bizmandu.
Panel Discussion – Pre-Budget Conference 2025 by Bizmandu.
Potato Summit 2025
Potato Summit 2025
Introduction Video (NICCI)
Introduction Video (NICCI)