From the Editor
A Test for the Town-Planner
Both, the planners and populace of Kathmandu Metropolis in particular and, Kathmandu Valley in general have never learnt two terms – Planning and Deconstructions or Creative Destruction. The demolition rampage jointly carried out in main streets of Kathmandu by three authorities namely The Traffic Police, Kathmandu Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) and Kathmandu Valley Town Development Committee also probably lack vision of planning or creative destruction.
Norvic: Care at its Best
Chaudhary Group, a prominent corporate house of Nepal, established Norvic International Hospital in 1993 as a 30 bed facility. Today, the hospital operates 100 beds as a full-service community healthcare facility where 40 per cent of the beds are reserved for critical care – Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Coronary Care Unit (CCU). Growing at a steady 20 per cent per annum for the last three years, it is scheduled to add 66 more beds by the end of March 2012. It also plans to become a 200-bedded super specialized general hospital in the very near future. Praveen Dawar, Vice-President of Norvic International Hospital & Medical College Pvt Ltd says, “We are the leading private sector hospital in Nepal and the leading hospital overall, for critical care.”
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We are Focused on the Basics of Banking
Sunil Kaushal is the newly appointed Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank Nepal Limited. Kaushal is likely to assume a senior role in the South Asia region, the announcement of which is likely to happen soon. He is currently the President and CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (Taiwan) Limited. He has over 23 years of banking experience and held several senior roles with the bank across different markets including Global Head
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