Known as an eloquent speaker right from school, he always excelled in extra-curricular activities of the school. He never hesitated to help his friends in any way. Due to his nature, he was also loved by the teachers. Panauti Municipal Ward.No. 8 He started his schooling from Bhaleshwor High School in home twon. Tejganga Multipurpose Campus and Indreshwor Multipurpose Campus. Right from school, he took the lead in every work. Even after coming to college, he continued to take it. Being good at studies and a clear speaker, everyone from school to college used to call him 'Leader'. Known as a 'leader' from school to college, he is considered to be excellent in Nepali journalism and media industry management not only in the district but also in the country, He is Manoj Basnet.
From school to college, everyone considered me a leader. The word "leader" always encouraged me to move forward in my career. He always insisted that something should be done differently, something different should be done, he said. Born in 2043 in Palpaliga village, Kavrepalanchok district, Panauti-8, Malpi, he joined Nepal's largest and numbered media company Kantipur Publications from 2007 and started his career in the media sector as a Kavre reporter of Kantipur daily. While working as a reporter, he created a unique identity in the district. Every day the news he sent was published in Kantipur. He really excelled in investigative journalism.
He used to send news by reporting up to 5-6 times a day. Most of the news he sent were printed in the newspaper,' he said. 'When the news he reported and sent was published in the newspaper, energy was added to do better reporting.' , "Bashtrachar, village", stories of young industrialists, stories of agriculture, health, political disharmony within the district, and the slow pace of development. He said, "I am happy when the reporting that I have done with hard work and evidence has attracted attention at the national level and the state agencies are interested in it."
During his career, he gave the first credit to media and air industrialist Captain Rameshwor Thapa for giving him the opportunity to work in the media industry from reporter to management. "He is the one who gave me the opportunity to work in the media industry," he said, "after working as a reporter for a few years, he brought me into the management of the media industry." Thapa is currently the president of Annapurna Media Network.
After working as a reporter in Kantipur Daily, he got the opportunity to work in the management of the media industry by becoming the western regional head of Annapurna Post Daily, which was opened by Thapa. That became his way to enter media management.
Manoj Basnet, who was born in the year 1987 in Panauti Ward 8 of Kavrepalanchok District, is known as Media Profession/Youth Entrepreneur/Management & Sales Specialist/PR Enthusiast. He has 16 years of experience working in 2 big media houses in the country.
In 2007, he started working in the media sector as the Kavre district reporter of Kantipur Daily. He joined Annapurna Media Network from 2012 and worked for 7 years as the head of the province, business bureau, corporate, regional coordinator and head of the sales distribution department. "Having a different opinion with the management, I ended my 7-year journey with Annapurna Post," he said. He is working as the head of sales distribution press and regional department. He expresses his gratitude to Kantipur Media Group Chairman Kailash Sirohiya, Managing Director Sambhav Sirohiya, Director Swatika Sirohiya, Group Chief of Staff Shishir Pachai, who qualified him for the role of department head in the management of the media industry.
In the same way, Mr. Manoj, as a Sales Consultant, Himalayan Essence Pvt. Ltd, Karmanta Consultancy pvt.ltd, has worked as a Business Outreach Development Consultant. He also holds a position of International Media Advisor of Youth's UNESCO Club, USA.
As a member of the International Relations Department (Federation of Nepali journalists (FNJ), he is also a member of the International Federation of Journalists. Along with this, he is serve s as a member at International News Media Association (INMA), American Marketing Association (AMA) International Committee of the Red Cross - ICRC, and he has international exposure gained from numerous international level seminars and conferences. Socially active both professionally, he holds a good PR from the international and national corporate houses (MNCs) to the political level.
For his outstanding work, he is awarded with Corona Yodya Service Award by SAMAST BHARAT NATIONAL MAGAZINE, INDIA, Chairman's Excellence Award from Kantipur Publications Ltd, Best Performer of the Year from Annapurna Media Network, Shanti Janardash Seva Kendra Dhulikhel, Rastriya Khanpani Patrakarita Puraskar from Kavrepalanchok .
Passionate about socializing and travelling, Manoj has attended various national and international media-related training and workshops earlier. He has also had an opportunity to studying and observing with the Times of India and got excellent exposure and PR with Indian Express, Hindu, Pioneer, Zee News and several other Indian Media houses. He is also a young entrepreneur. Collaborating with young entrepreneurs from all over the world for knowledge skills and capacity building, he is Director at Platonic Education Service and chair and managing director at Manjil Business House Pvt. Ltd.
