Forbes: 30 Under 30 Asia
April 13, 2017 — Forbes announces 2017 Asia Foundation Development Fellow Surya Karki as one of their 30 Under 30 Asia recipients. The award is given to 300 of Asia’s brightest young entrepreneurs, innovators and game changers:
Karki is the founder of Nepal’s Diyalo Foundation, which provides free education to children living in rural parts of the country. It also works to develop sustainable energy and farming by offering related services and training programs to rural residents. Born in rural Nepal to a single mother, Karki won a national scholarship at the age of eight and is currently working on his master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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