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_ नयाँ बर्ष २०७४ को हार्दिक मंगलमय शुभकामना !! _

Posted on April 14, 2017

“सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिन:, सर्वे सन्तु निरामया, सर्वे भद्राणी पश्यन्तु , मा:कस्चित् दुख: भाग्भवेत “

Happy Nepali New Year 2074!

Respected Nepali Community Members in NASeA Region and Globally,

Respected Editors, Online/TV/Print Media in USA and around the globe,

Happy Nepali New Year 2074!

On behalf of Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA) together with my officers, all former Presidents and advisers, and well-wishers of NASeA, I extend to you all, good health and prosperous life ahead during the auspicious occasion of Nepali New Year 2074!

As we welcome Nepali New Year 2074, we proudly invite you all to be the part of 13^th NASeA/ANMA Joint Convention 2017 in magnificent city of Charlotte, NC during the Labor Day weekend i.e. September 2-4, 2017. Please be advised to lock this date and stay tuned for further announcements.

NASeA proudly marked her Silver Jubilee in 2016 with various activities and officially declared to continue the spirit of NASeA Silver Jubilee 2016 to the 2017 convention. To honor this, we successfully completed Blood Donation Drive in 6 States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina) where 93 Social Heroes donated blood saving 279 lives.

Furthermore, during the joint convention we will proudly honor “Silver Jubilee Medal” to all distinguished individuals for their outstanding contribution towards NASeA. We will officially release NASeA Silver Jubilee Bisheshanka. NASeA Life Member is indeed a Life Time pride and we encourage all to take the benefit of special Silver Jubilee discount and be NASeA’s prestigious life member.

Welcoming Nepali New Year 2074, I would like to propose NASeA together with her partner State organizations will work towards sponsoring “ADOPT-A-HIGH WAY” in the respective regions and community. Nepal Center of North Carolina (NCNC), North Carolina has been the 1^st State to Adopt-A-High-Way in our region and now from this year the town of Morrisville, NC has officially declared the third Saturday of April as a Nepal Day. This is the first time any city in North Carolina or NASeA region has recognized Nepal. These types of activities will indeed open the door for Nepali organizations “Civic Engagement” in all fronts to best serve our village, city, town and state of this great nation and keep our Nepali American identity alive.

Let us together Welcome Nepali New Year 2074 with Pride!

During this special occasion, let us all meet, greet and welcome Nepali New Year B.S. 2074 keeping our rich traditions alive here in the US far from our motherland Nepal. I join NASeA Interstate Coordinating Committee Chair Udhav Karki in circulating the announcement of various State/Student and Community organizations Nepali New Year 2074 celebration events to be held in various cities and states of our region.

With due respect, I would like to inform you all that I will be participating in three regions of North Carolina i.e. Morrisville-NCNC, High Point-TNCC and Charlotte-GCNA during this New year’s event and encourage all our officers, advisers, Former Presidents, Life Members to represent NASeA and be the part of local event to welcome Nepali New Year 2074!

NASeA April 2017 Calendar of Nepali New Year 2074 Celebrations:

Florida:

·         Orlando, Florida:

Nepali New Year Picnic 2074 is organized by Nepalese Association of Florida (NAF) in association with Nepali Community Center (NCCO), Orlando, FL.

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017

Time: 12 PM to 5 PM

Venue: “Frederick Park” 3401 South Hiawassee Road, Orlando, FL 32835

For detail information please visit NAF website or contact individuals listed below:https://www.floridanepalese.org/

NAF President Ram Thapa at ramsharanthapa@hotmail.com

NCCO President Dhan Thapa at dhanthapa777@gmail.com

NASeA Adviser Bikash Devkota at bandipur3@hotmail.com

·         Tampa, Florida:

Nepalese Student Association of University of South Florida NeSA @ USF together with Nepalese community in Tampa is organizing Nepali New Year Picnic 2074 at USF Park.

Date: Sunday, April 16, 2017

Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Venue: USF Park.

For detail information please contact:

NeSA @ USF President Nawaraj Pokharel at nawaraj@mail.usf.edu

·         Jacksonville, Florida:

Successfully organized “Ban-Bhoj” to welcome Nepali New Year Picnic 2074 Picnic organized by Nepalese Association of Florida (NAF)- Jax Chapter in association with Nepali Community in Jacksonville, FL.

Date: Saturday, April 8, 2017

Venue: 8th at Little Talbolt Island State Park.

For details please contact:

NAF-Jax Chapter President Pankaj Sharma<pankajnathsharma@gmail.com>

Georgia:

·         Atlanta, Georgia:

“Nepali New Year 2074″, Celebration together with NAG Election 2017-2018, and Annual General Meeting Celebration in Atlanta, Georgia. This event is organized by Nepalese Association in Georgia (NAG) and request all Nepalese to be the part of this New Year Celebration event.

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017

Voting Time: 1 pm to 8 p.m.

NAG AGM Time: 3 pm to 4 pm

Snacks Time: 6 pm and Nepali Dinner at 8 pm

Venue: All Noor 6010 Singleton Rd. Norcross, GA 30093

For detail information please visit NAG website or contact individuals listed below:https://nepalgeorgia.org/

NAG President Damu Dangol @ damudongol@gmail.com

NAG VP Kumar KC @ <kumarkc002@yahoo.com>

South Carolina:

·         Greer, South Carolina

Nepali New Year 2074 celebration in SC by organizing Picnic. South Carolina Association of Nepalese (SCAN) requests all to come and together welcome Nepali New Year 2074. Egg hunting (Easter) will also be performed for kids with delicious foods and music.

Date: Sunday, April 16, 2017

Time: 10:30 AM

Venue: 301 East Poinsett Street Greer, SC 29651

For detail information please visit SCAN Facebook and Contact individual listed below:

https://www.facebook.com/SCAN.NEPALESE/

SCAN President Satish Gupta at sgupta5151@yahoo.com

North Carolina:

·         Morrisville, North Carolina:

Nepali New Year 2074 Celebration, with Nepal Day parade with various cultural activities organized by Nepal Center of North Carolina (NCNC), North Carolina. It is a pride as the town of Morrisville, NC has declared the third Saturday of April as a Nepal Day. This is the first time any city in North Carolina or NASeA region has recognized Nepal.

The highlight of this historical event will be the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony of the Parade in presence of H.E. The Nepali Ambassador to USA Dr. Arjun Karki and Honorable Mayor Morrisville Town Mark Stohlman and other distinguished guests.

Two miles long parade starts from Morrisville Town Hall and ends at Church Street Park. The parade will be a showcase of Nepali community of the area displaying wide range of Nepali culture and tradition.

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017

Venue/Parade: 100 Town Hall Drive, Morrisville, NC

Formal Program: Church Street Park

Nepal Day Parade Inauguration/Ribbon cutting Time: 1:30 PM

Snack break and Socialization Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Nepali New Year Celebration Time:  4:30 PM – 6:30 PM

For detail information please visit NCNC website and Contact individual listed below:  https://www.ncnepal.org/

NCNC President Dr. Sushma Pradhan spradhan@gmail.com

·          High Point, North Carolina:

Nepali New Year 2074 Celebration, TNCC Elected officers (2017-2019) Installation ceremony with various Cultural/Sports activities food and fun organized by Triad Nepalese Community Center, (TNCC), North Carolina.

Triad Nepalese Community Center (TNCC) is the first organization in NASeA region to establish her own TNCC community center in High Point, NC.         A perfect way to keep our culture and identity alive under one roof of community center.

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017

Time: 12 Noon to 5 PM

Venue: NHCC, 3519 Imperial Drive, High Point NC 27265

For detail information please visit TNCC website and Contact individuals listed below:   www.nctncc.org

TNCC President Dr. Narayan Khadka 336-707 0592

·             Charlotte, North Carolina:

Nepali New Year 2074 celebration with an outdoor yearly event in Charlotte. Welcoming the New year and enjoying the beautiful weather of Spring with families and friends organized by Greater Charlotte Nepalese Association (GCNA), North Carolina.

Date: Sunday, April 16, 2017     Time: 11:30 AM

Venue: Frank Liske Park, 4001 Stough Rd, Concord, NC 28927

For detail information please visit GCNA Facebook and Contact individual listed below:

https://m.facebook.com/events/1527313107309580?%3Fti=ia

GCNA Coordinating Council, Sushil Nepal  gcna.cc@gmail.com

Alabama:

·             Huntsville, Alabama:

Nepali New Year 2074 Celebration, NANA Election, and Elected officers (2017-2019) Installation ceremony with various Cultural/Sports activities food and fun organized by Nepalese Association in North Alabama (NANA), Alabama.

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017

Time: 11:00 AM

Venue: Ditto Landing Pavillion,

293 Ditto Landing Road, SE Huntsville, AL 35803 Phone: 256-883-9420

For detail information please visit NANA Facebook and Contact individuals listed below:

https://www.facebook.com/alabamanepali/

NANA President Sita Mainali SitaDidi@gmail.com

NANA Former President Dr. Divya Pradhan DPradhan97@gmail.com

NANA General Secretary Dr. Tilak Shrestha tilakbs@hotmail.com

·              Birmingham, Alabama:

Nepali New Year 2074 Celebration, Alabama Nepalese Association (ALNA) and its Nepalese Community of Birmingham invites all to be the part of Nepali New Year celebration. Do not miss chance to enjoy full day at Oak Mt. State park. We will have different activity including cooking, hiking, and more

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017

Time: 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM

Venue: Oak Mountain State Park/200 Terrace Dr. Pelham, Alabama 35124

For detail information please visit NANA Facebook and Contact individuals listed below:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/210963678941449/

ALNA President Siddhartha Joshi <siddharthajosh@gmail.com>

Tennessee:

·                  Knoxville, Tennessee:

Nepali New Year 2074 celebration in Knoxville, TN organized by Tennessee Nepali Student Association (UTNSA).

Date: Saturday, April 15, 2017

Time: 03:30 PM onwards

Venue: West Hills Park (a.k.a West Hills John Bynon Park)

Entrance Address: 7624 Sheffield Drive, Knoxville, TN 37909

Nearest Landmark: Next to West Side YMCA

For detail information please visit SCAN Facebook and Contact individual listed below:

https://www.facebook.com/UTKNSA/?fref=hovercard

UTNSA President Suresh Poudel

BDA State Coordinator of TN Binod Chapagain  binodpchapagain@gmail.com

MISSISSIPPI

·                  Jackson, Mississippi:

Nepali New Year 2074 celebration in Jackson, MS organized by Nepalese Community in Jackson, Mississippi.

Date: Saturday, April 22, 2017

Stay tuned for the detail information or contact NASeA Adviser Dr. Khusi Ram Tiwari Tiwarikr@hotmail.com

LOUISIANA

·               NSA @ LSU, Louisiana:

Nepali New Year 2074 celebration in Louisiana organized by Nepalese Student Association of Louisiana State University and Nepali Community in Louisiana. Stay tuned for the detail information. We will update accordingly.

NASeA proudly shares her service towards the community. With our effective communication and active partnership with all our State/Student and community organizations we will give consistency to our mission in best serving our community of this region and together we will learn our best practices and moving forward build a strong networking always placing the American Nepalese community first.

I urge all State/Student and community leaders to provide us with the information of Nepali New Year 2074 Celebration and other regular activities in your region and we will update the monthly calendar accordingly. As always, thanks for all your support.

Let us all welcome the Nepali New Year 2074 and together keep our Nepali American root values alive here in US far from our motherland Nepal.

Always for the Nepali American community and Friends of Nepal,

Respectfully,

Bimal Nepal

President,

Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA)

Theme Competition

Posted on April 9, 2017

13^th NASeA/ANMA Joint Convention hosted by GCNA, Charlotte, NC

Respected Nepali community leaders and individuals of NASeA/ANMA region and beyond,

Happy Nepali New Year 2074 Greetings from joint convention!

We are writing this with great enthusiasm to inform you all that 13th Annual NASeA/ANMA joint Convention 2017 is going to be held in Charlotte, North Carolina from September 01-03, 2017.

This historical event will be is hosted by the Greater Charlotte Nepalese Association (GCNA).For the planning and preparation of the convention, the nine members of Core Committee have been formed to lead the joint convention. Similarly, several Program Coordinators have been nominated who will lead each committee and will be responsible for assigned tasks.

On behalf of joint convention committee please find below announcement for the THEME Competition.

With this note, we encourage you all interested individuals to be the part of this competition.Your creative thought can be “THEME” for this historical convention.

Nine member Core Committee composed of members from Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA), Association of Nepalese in Midwest America (ANMA), and GreaterCharlotte Nepalese Association (GCNA) will select the best Theme which will be used for the convention web sites, banners, flyers and all other official communications. The people whose Theme is selected will be recognized during the Joint Convention.

Criteria for the Logo/Theme Competition:

1. One person can send multiple entries.

2. The theme has to be original and should reflect the mission of all 3 organizations involved (NASeA,ANMA,and GCNA). For your reference, please visit the web pages of each of the organizations, naseaonline.org, www.anmausa.org, and https://www.facebook.com/gcna.cc/?ref=page_internal

3. Sample theme:“Persevering Nepali American Culture and Identity”, “Nepalese Unity for Prosperity” etc.

4. Please send your theme to the Convention Chair at rsingh2002@hotmail.com no later than April, 12, 2017.

5. Please provide your name, email address and contact phone number.

On behalf NASeA/ANMA- GCNA Core Committee members, we would like to welcome and encourage you all to be a part of this historical joint convention.

Thank you all in advance!

With Respect,

Rajesh Singh, Convention Chair

Bimal Nepal, NASeA President

Bala Ghimire, ANMA President

Core Committee Members

13^th ANMA/ANMA Joint Convention 2017 hosted by GCNA

Charlotte, NC

Successful completion of coordinated blood drive in NASeA region

Posted on April 9, 2017

PRESS RLEASE: “Blood Donation is Life Donation”

93-Social Heroes Donated Blood Saving 279 Lives in Six States of NASeA region

Respected Nepali Community members and well wishers in NASeA region and beyond,

Respected Editors, Online/TV/Print Media in USA and around the globe,

Greetings from NASeA-BDA!

On behalf of Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA) Health and Welfare Committee Chair Satish Gupta, together with Blood Donors of America (BDA) President Dr. Nanda Regmi, I take this pleasure to share with you all that NASeA successfully marked her 25 Years of Community services by organizing synchronized Blood Drive in six states of NASeA region last Saturday, March 25, 2017.

Please join us in saluting all 93 Social Heroes from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee for generously donating blood during this historical day and being part of this great humanitarian task of saving 279 lives. Please find a brief blood drive report below:

Alabama: 5-Social Heroes donated blood in 15 Hughes Road, AL

Madhav Mainali, Santosh Pokhrel, Chrystal W, Kristin P, Cleveland L

Special thanks to host organization Nepalese Association in North Alabama (NANA) President Sita Mainali, and BDA State coordinator Madhav Mainali and well wishers for making this NASeA-BDA-NANA event in Alabama a success.

Florida: 12-Social Heroes donated blood in West Palm Beach, FL

Jaya Satyal, Dr. Amar Karki, Gopesh Maskey, Kiran Dev Pandel, Krishna Shrestha, Rishi Gautam, Dinesh Khatiwada, Srijana Nepal, Kari Boulder, Doyete Paul, Carlos Lovato, Bimal Nepal

Special thanks to host organization Nepalese Association of Florida (NAF) President Ram Sharan Thapa and BDA State Coordinator Dr. Choodamani Khanal and well wishers for making NASeA-BDA-NAF event in Florida a success.

Georgia: 26-Social Heroes donated blood in Marietta, GA

Nabin Regmi, Sagar Rijal, Arjun Sharma, Shailendra Bajracharaya, Surya Lamsal, Khadga Khadka, Raju Thapa, Deepak Pahari, Bikal Sharma, Kamal Thapa, Kapil Wagley, Krishna Devkota, Parash Kunwar, Saroj Nepal, Pashupati Neupane, Roshan KC, CK Parajuli, Tapobal Dhakal, Pranaya Lama, Karan Kunwar, Dinju Shrestha, Sujit Pun, Bikash Chhetri, Sanjay Dhakal, Sujan Basnet and Bhabindra Basnet.

Special thanks to host organization Nepalese Association of Georgia (NAG) President Damu Dongol and BDA State coordinator Bhabindra Basnet and well wishers for making this NASeA-BDA-NAG event in Georgia a success.

North Carolina: 26-Social Heroes donated blood in High point, NC.

Dr. Narayan Khadka, Roshan Shrestha, Bandana Khadka , 23 individuals did not want to publish their names.

Special thanks to host organization Triad Nepalese Community Center (TNCC) President Dr. Narayan Khadka, BDA Joint Treasurer Bandana Khadka and well wishers for making this NASeA-BDA-TNCC event in North Carolina a success.

South Carolina: 11-Social Heroes donated blood in , Mauldin, SC.

Shashank Gupta, Basudev Parajuli, Dilli Bhatta, Ofisher Hartsoe, Michelle Burke, Gary Hensley, Mary Koenemanh, Ksinges, Satish Gupta & 2 individuals did not want to publish their names.

Special thanks to host organization South Carolina Association of Nepalese (SCAN) President/BDA State Coordinator and NASeA Health and Welfare Committee Chair/EC member Satish Gupta and well wishers for making this NASeA-BDA-SCAN event in South Carolina a success. Furthermore, BDA EVP and Blood Donors Hero Ajaya Satyal graciously observed this event as a chief guest in SC.

Tennessee: 12-Social Heroes donated blood in University of Tennessee, TN

Puskar Chapagain, Bishwa Pokharel, Girish Upreti, Som Shrestha, Joshua Crum, Mary Reynolds, Kristen Brown, Caitlin Harpell, Justin, 3 Individuals did not want to publish their names.

Special thanks to BDA State Coordinator of TN Binod Chapagain together with University of Tennessee Nepali Student Association (UTNSA) President Suresh Poudel and UTNSA Faculty Adviser Hem Bhandari and well wishers for making NASeA-BDA-UTNSA event in Tennessee a success.

Finally, we would like to extend special gratitude to all our partner organizations i.e. State/Student organizations Presidents, community leaders together with Blood Donors America State Coordinators, all our community members and well-wishers for their full cooperation in supporting us making this historical Blood Drive marking NASeA Silver Jubilee a grand success!

Count on us, NASeA and BDA will continue its partnership to organize multiple Blood drive events in this region and together we will work towards saving the precious life to fulfill this great humanitarian task. We will always reinforce our commitment in best serving our community here in NASeA region and beyond.

Once again I salute you all!

Always for the Nepali American Community and Friends of Nepal!

With Respect,

Satish Chandra Gupta,

Chair, Health and Welfare Committee, NASeA

Nanda Regmi, DVM, PhD

President and Officers Blood Donors of America (BDA)

https://blooddonorsofamerica.org/bda/

Bimal Nepal

President and Officers Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA)

naseaonline.org

NASeA Talk Session: Tax saving tips (Individual/Small Business Tax)

Posted on March 15, 2017

NASeA Talk Session: Tax saving tips (Individual/Small Business Tax)
Tax compliance issues and pitfalls faced by immigrant taxpayers

Don’t miss an opportunity to ask your question to Tax experts!

(Presentation will be followed by Question and Answers)

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Time: 11 AM EST

Conference Call Dial – (712) 432-0385

Conference Call Code: 139004#

The following will be the speakers:

Kumar Bhandari CPA, MTX, Georgia
Rabin Karki, Liberty Tax Owner, North Carolina
Roshan Bhandari, High Point, North Carolina
Saroj Nepal, MBA, Georgia

	Kumar Bhandari CPA, MTX Masters of Taxation and Bachelor in Accounting Kumar Bhandari works at as tax consultant (Prime Accounting & Tax Solutions LLC). He has full range of tax planning & preparation, payroll, accounting and bookkeeping services throughout the United States. He has been engaged as senior tax advisor with other large national and international Accounting firms. ● Federal and multistate tax compliance and planning in various industries with focus in Real Estate ● provided tax planning, consulting & compliance service ● High Net-worth Residents and Non-Resident individuals tax compliances ● Tax compliance and planning of estates & trusts, manufacturing, distribution, software, technology, staffing, non-profit private schools/associations/foundations, professional services industries ● US compliance for international operations/owners’ (inbound & outbound) tax planning and compliance ● Consulted various small to mid-sized companies on financial reporting, multi-state payroll tax, sales tax, property tax and local jurisdiction tax planning and compliances. Consulted on Mergers and Acquisitions ● Performed audit of multinational corporations.
	Rabin Karki, Liberty Tax Owner Raleigh, North Carolina Rabin Karki has been in tax business for more than 14 years.He owns “Liberty Tax Service” in several locations in North Carolina. He has tremendous knowledge, and experience in both “Individual”, and “Business” tax laws.He has been conducting training classes on Tax for everyone in North Carolina.
	Roshan Bhandari High Point, North Carolina Roshan Bhandari has been working as an accountant for a hotel management company for last six years.Prior to working in his current job he volunteered for The City of High Point to file taxes for the low income population also known as VITA program.VITA program, also known as Volunteered Income Tax Assistance which is a program set up by IRS to offer free tax filing services to individuals who make less than $54,000, person with disabilities, and individuals with limited English.Roshan understands that there are certain section of Nepalese folks all over who are on their way to prosperity but currently qualify for VITA program. He will be able to guide to the VITA program in your city so that the IRS-Certified volunteer will be able to file your taxes electronically for free.
	Saroj Nepal, MBA Georgia Saroj Nepal graduated from Bellevue University with MBA (Master in Business Administration). He has been working in the accounting and tax field for last 8 years. Currently he works as a Senior Accountant in Phase 3 Marketing and Communication. He also owns a book keeping company where he is providing service to small business and personal financial needs such as tax preparation bookkeeping, payroll, CFO Service.

Welcome/Opening Remarks: Bimal Nepal   President,  NASeA

Moderator: Shailendra Bajracharya

Once again, looking forward welcoming you all in this important talk session.

With Respect,

Shailendra Bajracharya

Chair, External Relation Committee, NASeA

Executive Vice President, NASeA

Synchronized Blood Drive Event in all states of this region

Posted on March 14, 2017

Blood Donation is Life Donation!

Nepalese Association of Southeast America (NASeA) in partnership with Blood Donors of America (BDA), and the host organization, Nepalese Association of Georgia, (NAG) marks her Silver Jubilee (25^th) celebration by organizing a Synchronized Blood Drive Event in all states of this region.

For all locations – Blood Drive On Saturday, March 25^th, 2017

State	Time	Location	Contact Info
Alabama
Florida
Georgia	3:00am – 7:00pm	Haveli Indian Cuisine 490 Franklin Gateway SE, Marietta, GA 30067	Damu Dongol, President, NAG (770) 330-6917Bhabindra Basnet, State Coordinate (404) 324-3473 Shailendra Bajracharya (404) 376-7292 Gobinda Shrestha (404) 313-0337 Tara Pun (404) 944-8939 Bishw Angdembe (678) 250-5264 Arjun Khapange (678) 733-2886 Kumar KC (347) 531-6431 Bachan KC (678) 592-1710 Santosh Pahari (954) 397-5435 Ram Khatri (678) 770-8063 Bidhya Gurung (404) 447-8272
South Carolina	11:00am – 4:00pm	785 E Butler Road, Mauldin, SC 29662	Satish Gupta (919) 455-5151 Nishant Aryal (313) 515-4280

Photo ID required.

Please Spread the news and request all to be the part of this humanitarian task!

Contact: Satish Gupta, 919-455-5151

Chair, Health and Welfare Committee, NASeA

Requesting application for “2017 Eric Lu Scholarship” managed by APAC-GA/NASeA

Posted on March 13, 2017

Respected Parents/Students of Georgia, Greetings!

NASeA Scholarship Ad-Hoc committee is requesting for application for annual APAC-GA scholarship awards. The committee will select one candidate to represent Nepali community from Georgia. Selected candidate’s essay will be submitted to APAC-GA to enter for scholarship program as given below.

Please submit your application to NASeA Scholarship Ad-Hoc committee via email at Scholarship@NASeAOnline.org by Monday March 27, 2017 Midnight Eastern Time. Upon selection, you will be asked to fill in the final APAC-GA Application, and a short bio.

Scholarship Description & Rules:

Applicants must be resident of Georgia (APAC decided to accept applicants only from Georgia this year)
Apply by submitting application Click here for Application
Essay should follow Rubric Click here Rubric
Applicants will be judged on their overall academic achievement, leadership qualities, extra-curricular involvement, community service, established essay grading rubric, and the following guideline set by APAC-GA. APAC-GA will be awarding a “2017 Eric Lu Scholarship” of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) at APAC-GA’s 32st Annual Unity Gala on Saturday, May 6, 2017 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM.
This scholarship is meant to support the college education of deserving Asian American high school students who are about to graduate and enter college.
Candidate must be physically present for the event to receive award.
ESSAY must not exceed 500 words.

Eric Lu Scholarship Award – Essay Theme:
“Based on your culture identity, you were selected as an advisor to the President of the United States of America for one day. How would you use this opportunity as it relates to community and philanthropy? ”

Please spread the news and encourage your children to submit the application along with the supporting essay, and take an advantage of this college entering opportunity. Best of Luck!

With Respect,

Manoj Jha, Ph.D. Chair
Academic and Professional Committee, NASeA

Damu Dongol
President, Nepalese Association of Georgia (NAG)
Coordinator, NASeA Scholarship Ad-Hoc Committee

Shailendra Bajracharya
Executive Vice President, NASeA
Coordinator, NASeA Scholarship Ad-Hoc Committee

Keynote address by Founding President Dr. Bishwa Acharya

Posted on December 2, 2016

NASeA President Bimal Nepal presented following keynote address by founding president Dr. Bishwa Acharya during Silver Jubilee celebration in Atlanta.

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NASeA Silver Jubilee Day 2016 Concludes Successfully

Posted on October 22, 2016

Press Release:

NASeA Silver Jubilee Day 2016 Concludes Successfully

Happy Dashain – Tihar 2016 Greetings from NASeA!

On the occasion of Nepali Dashain-Tihar B.S. 2073, Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA) successfully held her Silver Jubilee 2016(नासा रजत महोत्सव वर्ष २०१ ६) celebration; wrapping up the day with celebratory Cultural/Concert in the magnificent city of NASeA’s regional capital Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, October 8, 2016.

NASeA was established on the auspicious occasion of Happy Bijaya Dashami 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia. She proudly completes her twenty five years of journey with a lot of accomplishments and has a glorious history. NASeA Silver Jubilee 2016 official ceremony was chaired by President Bimal Nepal. The opening ceremony commenced with the lighting up of DIYO in Panas by the
chief guest Excellency Honorary Consulate General Prem Raja Mahat. Both American and Nepali national anthems were played during this occasion. Expressing his remarks the Chief Guest Mahat proudly claimed that NASeA being the role model to other organizations in the United States of America. On behalf of Nepal Government and Consul General Office, he congratulated NASeA on this special occasion of Silver Jubilee celebration.

NAG, the host organization President Damu Dangol welcomed all participants, congratulated NASeA family and expressed his best wishes for NASeA Silver Jubilee. NASeA EVP and the Silver Jubilee organizing Committee Co-Chair Shailendra Bajracharya welcoming the guest outlined entire events of the day.

President Bimal Nepal welcomed all distinguished guests and respected participants and took the moment with pride to read out the keynote address message sent by the Founding President Dr. Bishwa Acharya. Please find the attached copy of the Founding President Dr. Acharya message with this Press Release.

On a separate note, President Nepal Saluted all NASeA Founders, Former Presidents, All current and past officers, Life Members, General Members, State Organizations Presidents/Officers, Community leaders and well wishers for their outstanding and unconditional support extended towards NASeA for the past 25 years and he reinforced his commitment to cherish NASeA for another 25 years and more to come.

Furthermore, he informed that the Silver Jubilee celebration will be continued till NASeA-ANMA joint convention 2017 in Charlotte, NC; marked with Special recognition of “NASeA Heroes” together with NASeA Silver Jubilee publication special edition “NASeA SMARIKA” NASeA will organize Blood Donation with her partner organizations in all the states of this region together with other activities throughout the year. Stating that NASeA Life Member is our Life Time Pride, he said that the discounted rate for NASeA Life member will be extended till the joint convention 2017 to encourage everyone to be NASeA Life Member.

Addressing the ceremony, NASeA Former President Dr. Ramesh N. Amatya congratulated each and everyone and advised all to work together to recognize NASeA globally. Other Former Presidents Shaubhagya L Shrestha, Raja Ghale and Dr. Sanjeeb Sapkota also addressed the opening ceremony and shared their experiences and expertise and extended best wishes to NASeA. On behalf of the current Executive committee members, President Nepal honored all the respected Former Presidents with a special plaque for their outstanding contribution towards leading NASeA and serving Nepali American community and Friends of Nepal in preserving and promoting our culture, identity during their respective tenure.

The written congratulatory and best wishes message (attached) sent by the Rt. Honorable Prime Minister of Nepal Puspa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was read out by General Secretary Shiva Bista. On behalf of their respective organizations, Special Guests Dr. Prahlad Pant (Former President-ANMA and President-NCC), Mr. Gobinda Shrestha (Director-NRN-NCC of USA), Mr. Chet Nath Ghimire (President INLS, Georgia Chapter), Mr. Satish Gupta (President SCAN), Mr. Dilip Dahal (Vice Chairman of Bhutanese Community) all extended best wishes to NASeA. The special guest and renowned TV journalist of Nepal Prem Baniya also addressed the session and expressed his willingness to move together with NASeA to do some good things for Nepal. During this event, NASeA honored Chief Guest Honorary Consul General Prem Raja Mahat for his exceptional contribution to preserve our native culture and tradition. Host organization NAG President Damu Dongol and TV Journalist Prem Baniya were also honored for their contribution.

During the business hour, Ms Natasha Wozniak presented the Rainaskot , Lamjung Reconstruction Project trying to rebuild the badly affected area by the Mega Earthquake. NASeA and ANMA has been supporting her project with the donation of 10 K dollars . Community building named as ” NASeA” and “ANMA” House is being constructed in this village. This event was moderated by EVP Shailendra Bajracharya, and he was able to energize the participants to raise more than $1100.00 dollars within 30 minutes, right after Natsha’s presentation. This fundraiser continued during cultural show led together by Treasurer Pashupati Neupane and Adviser Mohan Bista. President Bimal Nepal expressed the best wishes for Lamjung project and reinforced NASeA’s commitment to match the committed fund to build NASeA-ANMA house within coming Loshar celebration. He directed IT Chair Manish Shakya to create Donation tab “NASeA Fund for Lamjung” on the website. NASeA generously supported $1002.00 to HIMPAT victims to Sindhupalshok village during the extreme cold weather in Nepal this year was a perfect example of NASeA helping the country of origin Nepal. This project was led by Treasurer Neupane.

Cultural and concert capped the day with fun filled performances. Local talents Oskar Sharma, Rujala Shrestha and Sanjana Shrestha Dance, Dr. Sanjeeb Sapkota, Bhuwan Khanal, Kailash Kayastha, Sudha Amatya and local band 4 M spellbound the audience.

Musical event performed by young artist Lokesh Gurung followed by folk duet renowned singers Suman Budha Magar and Sangita Thapa Magar were the pivotal attraction. The musical event was able to entertain all demographic background including the senior local leaders. ANMA VP Kailesh Kayastha extended best wishes to NASeA Silver Jubilee and performed his two melodious songs. Cultural/Concert event was coordinated by VP of NASeA Tara Pun.

During the cultural event, NAG also recognized all founding members with the special plaques in the presence of Chief Guest Mahat and NASeA President Bimal Nepal. On behalf of Atlanta Nepali School, the president of NCC, Atlanta Dr. Prahlad Pant and NAG President Damu Dangol along with dedicated volunteer teachers Sabita Shrestha, Ichchha Bastola, Mrs Sujata Dongol. President Dongol presented the School activities. Dr. Pant also requested everyone to contribute for the Atlanta Nepali School. NASeA proudly recalls that Atlanta Nepali School was officially handover by NASeA to NCC a Inline image 10

few months back.

Highlight of the event was the special NASeA Silver Jubilee 2016 Birthday Cake cutting ceremony which was jointly cut by the Chief guest Prem Raja Mahat, Former President Dr. Ramesh N. Amatya and the current President Bimal Nepal. Prior to cake cutting ceremony, President Nepal once again honored all NASeA Founders, Former Presidents/Officers, Life Members and wishers and together promised to keep the NASeA torch alive in best serving the community as guided by her By-Laws.

A complete one day event of this celebration was organized in well decorated ba Inline image 1

nquet hall inside Global Mall at the heart of beautiful city of Norcross in Georgia. Board members Bidya Gurung and Namita Ghimire led the decoration of the venue.

Registration desk was well managed by NASeA Treasurer Pashupati Neapupane, NAG Treasurer Baburam ji Kumar KC. NASeA Board members Sushil Nepal, Manish Shakaya, and Satish Gupta very effectively managed the booth where special T-Shirt with NASeA Silver Jubilee logo was sold. Board Members Gajendra Aryal, Girwan Pandey, Yogeshwar Karki, Narendra Baral together with NASeA Adviser CK Parajuli, Kumar KC, Gobinda Shrestha, Amreeta Regmi, Mohan Bista were physically present and extended their valuable contribution towards making this convention a success.

Self-pay Lunch was offered in Asiana restaurant in Global Mall and for all registered participants a delicious Snacks/Dinner was served during the cultural/concert night.

The opening ceremony and business hours was conducted jointly by Shiva Bista and Krishna Shrestha the General Secretary and Joint Secretary respectively. While the Cultural/Concert event was Emceed by NASeA Executive Member Bhuwan Khanal.

NASeA Silver Jubilee Day Celebration concluded with a Grand Success and together we will celebrate this with various activities till Dashain 2017.

नासा रजत महोत्सव वर्ष २०१६ NASeA Silver Jubilee Celebrations and Dashain –Tihar 2016

Posted on September 21, 2016

नासा रजत महोत्सव वर्ष २०१६
NASeA Silver Jubilee Celebrations, October 8, 2016 in Atlanta, GA

Respected Nepali Organizations Presidents, Community leaders, Professionals, Media Personnel and well wishers,
May Goddess Durga Bhawani Bless us all!

On behalf of Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA), I take this pleasure to welcome you all to “NASeA Silver Jubilee 2016” (नासा रजत महोत्सव वर्ष २०१६) in the magnificent city of Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, October 8, 2016.

With due respect, I would like to request you to kindly lock this date October 8, 2016 where we will celebrate one-day long NASeA Silver Jubilee event with various activities including grand NASeA Dashain-Tihar party 2016 and the Cultural-Concert show.

Highlights of the event (see attached for DRAFT Program Details):
A: Inauguration/ Welcome and Business Hours: 10 AM – 4 PM
B: Cultural/Dashain-Tihar event/Concert Program: 6 PM – Midnight

NASeA together with our host organisation NAG and all our partner organizations of this region would like to celebrate and cherish our twenty five years of establishment and together set her goals for another decade.

NASeA would like to welcome our Life Members, General Members, Officers, Advisers, Former Presidents and all Presidents/Community leaders and well wishers in the US and around the world to celebrate our Silver Jubilee 2016 in a grand manner. We will definitely be a catalyst to support Nepali American Community here in US and our country of origin Nepal in all fronts.

Always with the Nepali American Community and Friends of Nepal.

With Respect,
Bimal Nepal
President and Executive Members
Nepalese Association in Southeast America (NASeA)
https://www.facebook.com/Nasea-America-1587069598248750/

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$89 / Per Room night
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Global Mall is located at 5675 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA 30071

Hampton Inn is located at 5655 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, GA 30071

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Thank you

Shailendra Bajracharya
Executive Vice President, NASeA

Joint Press Release: 12th Annual ANMA/NASeA Joint Convention, 2016 Concludes Successfully

Posted on September 18, 2016

12^th Annual ANMA/NASeA Joint Convention, 2016 Concludes Successfully

The twelfth Annual Joint Convention of the Association of Nepalese in Midwest America (ANMA) and the Nepalese Association of Southeast America (NASeA) was held in St. Louis, MO at the Union Station – a Double Tree by Hilton Hotel from September 2-4, 2016. The Greater St. Louis Nepali Chautari (GSTLNC), was the gracious host of the Joint Convention. This convention also marked the 35^th Convention for ANMA and 25th Anniversary of NASeA.

The conference welcomed over 600 attendees from across America, St. Louis Bhutanese Nepali community members as well as visitors from Nepal and various parts of the world. The theme of the convention was “Nepali American Community, Preserve Our Culture and Identity” and its conclusion marked yet another validation of the concept of ANMA and NASeA, regional organizations, collaborating with local Nepali organizations in these undertakings and rendering Conventions into sought-after events by host cities in the presence of Nepali-Americans.

The formal opening Ceremony was on September 4^th and featured Convention Chair, GSTLNC President Mr. Balram Panthi, NASeA President Mr. Bimal Nepal, ANMA President Mr. Sushil Raj Sharma, Chief Guest H.E. Ambassador Dr. Arjun Kumar Karki, Embassy of Nepal, and Member of Parliament of Nepal Mr. Ambar Bahadur Thapa as well as leaders and representatives of various Nepali and American organizations.

H.E. Ambassador Dr. Karki officially inaugurated the convention following the traditional lightening of the deep in Panash.

H.E. extending his remarks during the convention, highlighted various task the Nepal Embassy has performed in the past and extended special thanks to all Nepali organizations, individuals and US nationals for providing financial support to collect fund for the catastrophic earthquake that struck Nepal in 2015. He informed that the Nepal Embassy to US has posted all the details of the pledged donation in the website. Furthermore, he added the US Embassy Task team during the convention is a perfect example for our extended services to outreach the non-resident Nepalis in US along with new mobile technology for MRP. He thanked ANMA, NASeA and GSTLNC leadership for requesting to bring Embassy services at your doorsteps and expressed that our Nepali community will benefit from this facility.

Convention Chair Mr. Panthi on behalf of the joint convention, welcomed the chief guest and all distinguished participants and expressed that this convention will keep the spirit of ANMA-NASeA joint convention to a different height.

ANMA President, Sharma highlighted some of the activities that ANMA was engaged during his tenure such as “Ek EkPaila”. Ek Ek Paila is an initiative by Dr. Suman Thapa, professor at the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, and an acclaimed singer and songwriter from Nepal, for treating patients of remote areas of Nepal. He also thanked the core committee members, the coordinators and the residents of Greater St. Louis for their dedication, perseverance and hard work in making the convention a grand success.

NASeA President Mr. Nepal while welcoming the participants, highlighted the 12 years of togetherness in organizing the joint convention which has reinforced NASeA/ANMA joint commitment in best serving Nepali American community in this region and beyond. Furthermore, he invited everyone to be the part of NASeA Silver Jubilee 2016 special event organized during Dashain festival in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, October 8, 2016.

Various other dignitaries and representatives wished success to the Annual Joint Convention and praised for continued partnership of two organizations. Some of the representatives include Mr. Padam Biswokarma – President of ILNS, Mr. Nima Sherpa – Vice-President of BDA, Ms. Natasha Wozniak – Director of Funds for Lumjung, Mr. T. B. Karki – advisor of NRNA and Mr. Ron Sitoula – Vice Mayor of Town of Indian Head.

During the ceremony, ANMA and NASeA jointly awarded the token of appreciation to American citizen, Natasha Wozniak, who had a big heart to Nepal and Nepali people. Natasha is the Director of Funds for Lamjung and is leading the effort to rebuild Gurug village in Rainaskot, Lamjung.

A token of appreciation was awarded to Mr. Surya Thapa – Managing Director of White Himal for his continued support to ANMA and NASeA joint convention as a media partner.

ANMA General Secretary Mr. Bharat Kandel along with NASeA General Secretary Shiva Bista and GSTLNC General Secretary Dilip Yogi conducted the Opening Ceremony. The culture program was conducted by MC Surya Thapa from White Himal TV and Sunita Gurung, a beauty pagent from Bhutanese Nepalese community in St. Louis.

Plenary and concurrent sessions commenced Saturday morning, and continued on into Sunday evening. Some were focused on Nepali heritage and language, like literary and poetry workshops and the cultural programs. Others dealt with the socio-economic transformation of Nepal such as the presentation on “Empowering Children in Nepal to Reach Their Potentials”, “Rebuilding Rainaskot” and “Changing Banking Industry and its importance in daily life”. Community needs and interests were addressed in sessions like “Health and Wellness, Youth Feud, Information Technology, Mobile Development, and Mobile Games, How to Raise Happy Children & Cultural Differences in Parenting and Women’s Empowerment and Domestic Violence. Most of the panels and forums were well attended.

“NASeA Services towards community 25 Years and beyond,” a special Forum was organized, in order to mark NASeA’s Silver Jubilee. Health Camp, Blood Donations, Talent show, Dharma session and children activities along with Volleyball and football were the main attractions of the Joint Convention.

The Tour Office setup by the Embassy of Nepal to help expedite visa and MRP along with other legal services was the first in the history of Joint Convention as well as the first in the history of Embassy.

The annual general meetings of ANMA and NASeA were also held along with reunion of various alumni organization such as Budhanilkantha School (SEBS). Biannual election of the ANMA executive was conducted with Mr. Bala Ghimire being announced as the new incoming President. Five members of ANMA board of trustees was also announced at the event.

Concert by renowned band of Nepal 1974AD on Saturday and cultural program on Sunday was open to unregistered participants and they swelled attendance considerably. The programs were replete with professional-quality performances from local amateurs.

Keeping the tradition alive, NASeA/ANMA joint convention 2017 host organization city was officially announced by NASeA during culture program on Sunday. The host organization for the 13^th Annual Joint Convention 2017 will be Greater Charlotte Nepalese Association (GCNA) of Charlotte, NC. The local representative of the host organization together with NASeA members invited all to participate to the 2017 convention in Charlotte, NC.

A big thank you goes to the Convention Chair and the President of the host organization Greater St. Louis Nepali Chautari (GSTLNC) Mr. Balram Panthi together with joint convention Co-Chairs and all the Coordinators along with members of GSTLNC and Nepali and Bhutanese communities of Greater city of St. Louis.

Last but not the least our special thank you goes to all media online or paper based, and TV journalists for their wide coverage of the joint convention news in US and around the world.

Sincerely,

ANMA-NASeA-GSTLNC Joint Convention Secretariat

Bharat Kandel, General Secretary -ANMA

Shiva Bista, General Secretary- NASeA

Dilip Yogi, General Secretary/ GSTLNC