I agree with APC....Nepal is so screwed up becasue everyone is so status concious.... Instead of people going with their talents and interest , people go for status.... eithier to be engineers or doctors, all other professions don't matter....let me tell you one thing EE most of them end up working as programmers... :) Really a closed minded idea... Why would you want input from only "like minded " people only? Why not from eveyrone esle? Ideas can come from anyone, doesn't have to be PHD, mba, md, ms... etc.... So my thought is that this idea is " Stupid" for someone doing a PHD. Why don't you start a Nepali think tank...instead....invite respresentatives from all type of industries , public and private... This to me would be more informative and intersting