Laxman Humagain
General Secretary, NPI
Present Position : General Manager, Janata Television
Profession : Journalist, Broadcaster
Address : 74 Bhaktta Marg, Baluwatar, Kathmandu.
Email : laxmanhumagain@gmail.com
Contact Number : 9851040208/9801040208
Key Qualifications
- A Journalist by basic qualifications and by almost two-decade-long experience, completed Master’s Degree in Mass Communication and Journalism with distinction.
- Completed Master degree in Public Administration with first division.
- More than 27 years experience working in different government institutions and Nepal Television as journalist and as civil servant.
- Worked as Senior News Editor of Nepal Television and involved in news planning, collecting, processing and dissemination of news.
- Worked at the Comptroller General’s Office under the Ministry of Finance as an accountant.
- Worked as General Manager of Nepal Television from 2012 to 2016 November.
- Working as General Manager of Janata Television from December 2016 to till date.
Professional Experience
- General Manager, Janata Television (JTV) [2016 to till date]
- General Manager, Nepal Television (NTV) [2012 to 2016]
- Senior News Editor, Nepal Television (NTV) [1994 to 2012]
- Accountant, Ministry of Finance, Office of Comptroller General [1985 to 1994]
Formal Education
2010 Purbanchal University (Kantipur City Collage) Kathmandu, Nepal
Master degree in Mass Communication and Journalism. Distinction.
2006 Tribhuvan University (Public Administration Campus) Kathmandu, Nepal
Master Degree in Public Administration MPA. First Division.
Professional Training
- 1993 Nepal Press Institute. Diploma of Basic Journalism, Kathmandu
- 1994 Programme presenter training, Nepal Television
- 2001 One-person Journalism Training. Reuters Foundation, UK
- 2004 Training on Broadcast Journalism Radio Netherlands training center, Netherlands
- 2008 Visual Story Telling training, Oklahoma University, KTM
- 2009 Visual Story Telling training, Oklahoma University, USA
Membership in Professional Societies
- Life member : Public Administration Association Nepal (PAAN)
- Member : Federation of Nepalese Journalist Association
- Honorary Member : School Management Committee, Kushadevi high school
Recognition of Duty
- Outstanding Employee award for the year 2000 from Nepal Television,
- Outstanding Employee award for the year 2008 from Nepal Television,
- Appreciation Certificate from IIE Washington DC for voluntarily producing a mini documentary on the activities of Humphrey Fellows Association in Nepal,
- More than two dozen appreciation letters on coverage of elections, live reporting, parliamentary reporting and other major political events.
Other Key Experiences
- Provided consultancy services to different national and international organizations including Ministry of Local and Development LGCDP, UNDP, World Bank, DANIDA, FINIDA, European Union etc. on audio- visual program production and preparing media strategy.
- Produced feature stories during the free time in English and Nepali on issues of governance, gender, domestic violence, child exploitation etc for Young Asia Television that used to broadcast its programme in 51 countries of Asia.
