Congratulations Ashu.  Reading your articles here in Sajha and at Nepalitimes has always been a delight.  Hope to see you back in sajha soon as the hiatus has been long enough (don't you think so?).  All the best.

http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue/374/BizNews/14179

Tiwari, Aryal at Himalmedia

Himalmedia announced Wednesday the appointment of Ashutosh Tiwari as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the publication house and Kundan Aryal as editor of Himal Khabarpatrika.

Aryal is a journalist of long-standing, and served as editor of the political weeklies Budhabar and Dristi and was also Secretary General of the human rights organisation Insec. He replaces Shiva Gaunle, who is leaving to be even more active at the Federation of Nepalese Journalists, where he is presently Vice-President of the Central Region chapter.

Tiwari, a Harvard graduate, set up and managed Business Service Aadhar for German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) in Kathmandu. For the last three years, he was in Dhaka at the World Bank's International Finance Corporation (IFC) where he advised companies in ready-made garments, agribusiness and light engineering sectors. For the past five years he has also been a contributor to the fortnightly Strictly Business column in this paper