The 31st Annual General Meeting of the Nepal Olympic Museum was held in Lalitpur. The assembly paid tribute to the late founding president Kshitij Arun Shrestha and the late treasurer Manju Tuladhar. The parliamentary assembly unanimously elected Sansi Shrestha as president, expressing a commitment to advance the museum at both national and international levels. March 22, Kathmandu.
The Nepal Olympic Museum, the first and only Olympic museum in South Asia, successfully held its 31st annual general meeting in Lalitpur. The meeting honored the memory of the late founding president, Kshitij Arun Shrestha, and the late treasurer, Manju Tuladhar, acknowledging their invaluable contributions. Shrestha established the museum in 1994 as a pioneering initiative to preserve Nepal’s sports history.
During the meeting, Shrestha’s daughter, Sansi Shrestha, was unanimously elected as the new president. Upon her election, she expressed her commitment to fulfilling her parents’ vision by promoting the museum on both national and international stages. The new executive committee includes Jit Bahadur KC and Bhairav Shahi as vice presidents, Kishor KC as general secretary, and Ranjan Nagarkoti as treasurer. Olympians Tika Ram Shrestha and Vimala Rana Magar, along with Sulojana Sijakhwa, Surya Nepal, Kumar Shrestha, Ganesh Thapa, Ganesh Bhattarai, G.R. Khatri, and Prajapati Dahal were appointed as members.
Officially inaugurated at the Dashrath Rangashala in Tripureshwor during the 8th South Asian Games in 1999, the museum has been dedicated to preserving sports artifacts, collecting athlete records, promoting traditional sports, and conducting sports research. Looking ahead, the museum plans to prioritize digitization, creating digital archives of athletes, and programs connecting youth with sports history. Additionally, it was announced that special events will be held to honor the founders during the 32nd anniversary celebration.
