YES, IT'S TRUE. DURING MY RECENT VISIT TO NEPAL, I MET SEVERAL PERSONS WHO NOW OCCUPY IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN NEPAL; THEY HAD STUDIED WITH ME EITHER IN DELHI UNIVERSITY OR PUNE UNIVERSITY. I AM A PRODUCT OF THE PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTES (WHICH ARE AMONGST THE TOP-TEN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES IN INDIA/ASIA) VIZ. THE DELHI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES, CAMPUS LAW CENTRE, HINDU COLLEGE (DELHI UNIVERSITY), DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT (PUNE UNIVERSITY), CENTRE FOR RUSSIAN STUDIES (JNU), NIIT, APTECH ETC, AND AM ONE OF THE TWO TOPPERS IN NET (MERIT) JRF/SRF CONDUCTED BY THE UGC. I HAVE ALSO PASSED THE ADVOCATES-ON-RECORD EXAMS CONDUCTED BY THE SUPREME COURT. THOUGH I WAS A LITTLE SAD ABOUT THE HIGHLY UNDULATED SIDE-ROADS, THE HIGH COST OF VEGETARIAN FOOD, AND THE ABSENCE OF DUST-BINS FOR THE WASTE-MATERIAL WHICH LIES ON THE ROADS, YET I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE NEPAL’S TEMPLES AND THE POTENTIAL WHICH NEPAL'S NEW GENERATION--ESPECIALLY THE LADIES (TO WHOM THE PORTALS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTES WERE THROWN OPEN ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO), HOLD IN CERTAIN AREAS OF GLOBAL BUSINESS ECONOMY. FOR EXAMPLE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDIAN BUSINESSMEN, THE NEPALI YOUTH CAN SET UP FOOD PROCESSING & PACKAGING INDUSTIRAL UNITS IN THE EXPORT PROMOTION ZONES IN THE BORDERING TOWNS OF INDIA--THESE INDUSTRIES ARE IN THRUST AREAS AND WILL GET HEAVY SUBSIDIES FROM THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT; AT THE SAME TIME, THESE UNITS WILL PROVIDE CHEAPER SEMI-COOKED AND PACKAGED VEGETARIAN FOOD IN NEPAL. THE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGY CAN BE BORROWED FROM THE DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION. ANOTHER POTENTIAL AREA/FIELD IS A JOINT VENTURE IN NEPAL, WITH THE HELP OF CERTAIN DEEMED UNIVERSITIES IN INDIA, TO START DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES (INCLUDING COURSES IN PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT AND TOEFL) IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, FRONT OFFICE MANAGEMENT, CALL CENTRES MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND MARKETING MANAGEMENT. ANOTHER POSSIBLE AREA IS TECHNOLOGY-INTENSIVE AND NON-INTRUSIVE SECURITY SERVICES FOR THE LARGE CORPORATES, MANNED EXCLUSIVELY BY LADIES.