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List Of Nepalese Americans
Nepalese Americans are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of America who trace their family descent to Nepal. This article is a list of notable Nepalese Americans. Prominent Academia and Educationists * Parag Pathak, Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology * Deepak Shimkhada, Adjunct professor at Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, California * Ram I. Mahato, Professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, United States. * Uttam RajBhandary, Emeritus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Entertainment and media * Daya Vaidya, Actress * Prabal Gurung, Fashion designer * Curtis Waters, Canadian-American Musician * Arthur Gunn, Singer, American Idol (season 18) Runner-up, 2020 * Kiran Gajmer, Singer Voice of Nepal Winner, 2021 * Manita Devkota, Model * Sujita Basnet, Model * Sajjan Raj Vaidya, Singer * Bartika Eam Rai, Singer * Kiran Chetry, News anchor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepalese Americans
Nepalese Americans are Americans or Permanent Residents of Nepalese ancestry. Immigration from Nepal to the United States began in the 20th century, and many have been able to establish themselves as American nationals. The history of immigration from Nepal to America is more recent in comparison to other South Asian ethnic groups. Major community groups of Nepali Americans consists of Madhesis and Paharis followed by minority Newars and Tharus as of American Nepalese Convention Survey of 2018. History Nepali Americans began migrating to the United States in the early 20th century. The first Nepalese immigrants to enter the United States were classified as "other Asian". Nepalese Americans were first classified as a separate ethnic group in 1974 when 56 Nepalese people had immigrated to the United States. The number of immigrants from Nepal remained below 100 per year until 1992. According to the 1990 U.S. Census, there were 2,616 Americans with Nepalese ancestry. Fewer th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Idol (season 18)
The eighteenth season of the reality show singing competition '' American Idol'' premiered on February 16, 2020, on ABC. It is the third season to air on ABC since the series reboot; Katy Perry, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie returned as judges despite budget cuts. Ryan Seacrest continued as show host; Bobby Bones returned as in-house mentor. Taping was suspended after the Top 21 were revealed, and the contestants were sent home, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The show resumed production in late April, with the on-air talent and contestants filming from their homes. The stay-at-home and social-distancing mandates, according to ''Billboard'', compelled producers "to get very, very creative this time around to keep season 18 afloat amid the most challenging conditions in show history". Up to forty-five remote sites were used, and each contestant treated equally, with similar equipment and resource access. Segments were taped usually a day in advance, except for judges' reactions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), to give the U.S. space development effort a distinctly civilian orientation, emphasizing peaceful applications in space science. NASA has since led most American space exploration, including Project Mercury, Project Gemini, the 1968-1972 Apollo Moon landing missions, the Skylab space station, and the Space Shuttle. NASA supports the International Space Station and oversees the development of the Orion spacecraft and the Space Launch System for the crewed lunar Artemis program, Commercial Crew spacecraft, and the planned Lunar Gateway space station. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program, which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lujendra Ojha
Lujendra Ojha (b. 1990 ne, लुजेन्द्र ओझा) is an American planetary scientist. He, as an undergraduate under the direction of planetary geologist Alfred McEwen, discovered compelling evidence that water on Mars includes current, seasonal, surface liquid brine flows. He is current an assistant professor of planetary science at Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a Public university, public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's .... He has also played in a heavy metal band, Gorkha. Awards *Special Recognition — Office of the Governor. Douglas A. Ducey (Governor, AZ) *National Science Foundation (2015) — Research Excellence Award *Lunar and Planetary Institute (2013) — Team-X Merit Award *University of Arizona (2012) — First Place in Physical Science Research. Annual Student Showcase. *Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pratyoush Onta
Pratyoush Onta is a Nepali historian and editor based at Martin Chautari. He is the author and editor/co-editor of several books including ''Social History of Radio Nepal'' (2004, in Nepali), ''Growing up with Radio'' (2005, in Nepali), ''25 Years of Nepali Magazines'' (2013, in Nepali), ''The State of History Education and Research in Nepal'' (2014) and ''Political Change and Public Culture in Post-1990 Nepal'' (2017). He received his BA (economics) in 1988 from Brandeis University and PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He has written about the media in Nepal in the past and now mostly writes about higher education, research and knowledge distribution. He is a former Chair and current Director of Research, Martin Chautari, Kathmandu, Nepal. He is also the founding editor of the journals ''Studies in Nepali History and Society'' (SINHAS) published since 1996 by Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu and ''Media Adhyayan'' (established 2006; name changed to ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samrat Upadhyay
Samrat Upadhyay ( ne, सम्राट उपाध्याय)(born 1964) is a Nepalese born American writer who writes in English. Upadhyay is a professor of creative writing and has previously served as the Director of the Creative Writing Program at Indiana University. He is the first Nepali-born fiction writer writing in English to be published in the West. He was born and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal, and came to the United States in 1984 at the age of twenty-one. He lives with his wife and daughter in Bloomington, Indiana. In 2001, Upadhyay won a Whiting Award for fiction. He was an English professor at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio before moving to Indiana in 2003. His books specially portray the current situation in Nepal, which Upadhyay views largely through the lens of contemporary American realist fiction. According to the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Upadhyay is "like a Buddhist Chekhov." Selected texts ''Arresting God in Kathmandu'' (2001) First pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gautama V
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha, was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist tradition, he was born in Lumbini, in what is now Nepal, to royal parents of the Shakya clan, but renounced his home life to live as a wandering ascetic ( sa, śramaṇa). After leading a life of begging, asceticism, and meditation, he attained enlightenment at Bodh Gaya in what is now India. The Buddha thereafter wandered through the lower Indo-Gangetic Plain, teaching and building a monastic order. He taught a Middle Way between sensual indulgence and severe asceticism, leading to Nirvana, that is, freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth, and suffering. His teachings are summarized in the Noble Eightfold Path, a training of the mind that includes meditation and instruction in Buddhist ethics such as right effort, mindfulness, and '' jhana''. He di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Dipika Garrett
Jane Dipika Garrett (born October 2000) is a Nepalese beauty-pageant title-holder and body-positivity advocate who competed in the 2023 Miss Universe. In November 2023, Jane gained international attention, after she created history by becoming the first plus-size contestant to participate in an international beauty pageant competition. She represented Nepal at Miss Universe 2023 and placed as a semi-finalist, the first Miss Nepal in the top twenty since 2018. Her placement marked the first time that a plus-sized contestant had ever reached the semi-finals. Life and career Garrett was born in the United States and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. Her father is American and her mother is of Nepalese decent. A nurse and business developer by profession, she is a supporter of women's hormonal, mental, and physical health after she experienced depression due to polycystic ovarian syndrome. She describes her goal to inform others about hormone imbalances and the potential effects they can ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiran Chetry
Kiran Carrie Chetry ( ne, किरण क्षेत्री, born August 26, 1974) is a former American television broadcast journalist who, until 2011, was a cable news anchor for CNN's ''American Morning''. From 2001 to 2007 she reported—and then anchored—cable news at Fox News. Early life and education Kiran was born in Patan Hospital (Shanta Bhawan), Patan, Nepal. Seven months later her parents moved their new family to the United States. Her surname, Chetry, refers to the traditional caste of rulers and soldiers among Hindus in the Middle Hills of Nepal. Kiran's father Hom Chetry belongs to this community. Kiran's mother Nancy is of German, Ukrainian, and Dutch ancestry.Nepal Monitor: "Q&A: Kiran Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartika Eam Rai
Bartika Eam Rai ( ne, वर्तिका एम राई) is a Nepalese born-American singer-songwriter based in New York City. In 2016, Rai burst onto public consciousness with the release of her debut album, ''Bimbaakash''. Rai has released two albums so far. Musical career Bartika grew up in Lalitpur, Nepal and pursued music informally from the age of six. At around 11 years of age, she was already performing in front of small crowds. She recorded a number of children's songs and was trained by Shreeti Pradhan, Upendra Lal Singh, Roshan Sharma, John Shrestha and Gurudev Kaamat. It was only after moving to the United States that she began to pursue music professionally as a career. After moving to New York City in 2015, Rai began to work with Nepali-American musician Diwas Gurung, previously of the Ithaca-based progressive rock outfit, Ayurveda. In 2015, they began working on what would become ''Bimbaakash'', a six-song EP, with Rai writing and composing the songs wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sajjan Raj Vaidya
Sajjan Raj Vaidya ( ne, सज्जन राज वैद्य) is a Nepali singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer based in New York City. His music is a symphony of expressive vocals, intricate metaphors and anomalous song structures arriving at the crescendo as a complete musical journey. And rose to prominence after the release of his singles "Hawaijahaj" (2016) and "Chitthi Bhitra" (2018). One of his most widely known singles is " Hataarindai, Bataasindai". His release, titled "BLYHL", was released in February 2020. His song, "Phutki Janey Jovan" released on 16 May 2020 shows various clips of people during the COVID-19 pandemic all around the world, with a special emphasis on Nepali people. He then released "Lukaamaari" on January 1, 2021. After 3 months of "Lukaamaari", he released his next song, "Ultaa Paailaa". He also released the songs "Parkhaai" and "Naganya Maya" by the while, he released his two new singles "Sasto Mutu" and "Ek Sarvanaam" at the beginning of 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sujita Basnet
Sujita Basnet ( ne, सुजिता बस्नेत) (born 10 May 1993) is an American-Nepalese beauty pageant titleholder, social worker and management consultant who participated in many beauty pageants from 2011 to 2021. She was crowned as Miss Universe Nepal 2021. She represented Nepal at Miss Universe 2021. She was also the first runner up to Miss Universe Nepal 2020. She worked at many social organizations in the USA and became a well-known social worker. Early life Sujita Basnet was born in Maryland to single mother Reena Karki and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal by her grandparents until the age of 5 while her mother was completing her studies in the United States. Sujita completed her education at North Point High School in Bennsville, Maryland. After her high school education in Maryland, she moved to Washington D.C., to attend George Washington University. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in Biomedical / Medical Engineering. Career From January 2013 to April ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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