{"id":34,"date":"2026-09-11T13:29:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2026-09-14T02:14:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T02:14:04","slug":"past-presidents-of-nps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"Past President\u2019s of NPS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>President<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Photo<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(1983-1986)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Shankar Prasad Pradhan<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"147\" class=\"wp-image-233\" style=\"width: 140px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1.Shankar_Prasad.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(1986-1988)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Balaram Joshi<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"140\" height=\"135\" class=\"wp-image-234\" style=\"width: 140px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/BRJ-300x289-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(1988-1990)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Kedar Lal Shrestha<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"139\" class=\"wp-image-236\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/KLS.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(1990-1993)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Narayan Hari Joshi<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"160\" class=\"wp-image-238\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NHJ-281x300-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(1993-1997)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Lok Narayan Jha<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"152\" class=\"wp-image-241\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LNJ-297x300-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(1997-2001)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Devendra Raj Mishra<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" class=\"wp-image-239\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/DRM-300x291-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(2001 \u2013 2005)<\/strong><br><br><strong>(2009 \u2013 2013)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Shekhar Gurung<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"157\" class=\"wp-image-246\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SG-286x300-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(2005 \u2013 2007)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Shesh Kant Aryal<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" class=\"wp-image-247\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/SKA-300x294-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(2007 \u2013 2009)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Assoc. Prof. Ramesh Shakya<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"146\" class=\"wp-image-245\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RS-300x291-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(2013 \u2013 2016)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Jeevan Jyoti Nakarmi<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"176\" class=\"wp-image-240\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/JJN-256x300-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(2016 \u2013 2019)<\/strong><br><strong>(2024 \u2013 2026)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Pradeep K. Bhattarai<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"171\" class=\"wp-image-244\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/PradipB-2-263x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(2019 \u2013 2021)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Narayan P. Chapagain<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"156\" class=\"wp-image-242\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NPC-289x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>(2022-2024)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Prof. Dr. Neelam Shrestha Pradhan<\/strong><\/td><td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"156\" class=\"wp-image-243\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/NSPM-289x300-1.png\" alt=\"\"><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Year President Photo (1983-1986) Prof. Dr. Shankar Prasad Pradhan (1986-1988) Prof. Dr. Balaram Joshi (1988-1990) Prof. Dr. Kedar Lal Shrestha (1990-1993) Prof. Dr. Narayan Hari Joshi (1993-1997) Prof. Dr. Lok Narayan Jha (1997-2001) Prof. Dr. Devendra Raj Mishra (2001 \u2013 2005) (2009 \u2013 2013) Prof. Dr. Shekhar Gurung (2005 \u2013 2007) Prof. Dr. Shesh Kant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":396,"href":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nps.org.np\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}