The ‘Dr. H. K. Upadhyaya Trust Fund’

CEAPRED operates a small Trust Fund established in 1998. The Fund derives the name of Founder-Chairperson, Dr Hari Krishna Upadhyaya, who first made a personal contribution of US$3,000 (equivalent to NRs. 150,000) towards CEAPRED’s institutional development. Subsequently, the Executive Board decided to establish the “Dr. H. K. Upadhyaya Trust Fund” with this initial contribution. Contributions to the Fund have been made by CEAPRED staff/interns, namely Dr. Bhanu Niraula (NRs. 33,023), Mr. Yadav Lal Vaidya (NRs. 33,618), Ms. Reecha Upadhyaya (NRs. 10,000) Mr. Bhadra Bilas Panta (NRs. 2,500) and Mr. Dhanej Thapa (NRs. 24,000). Currently the Fund amounts to NRs. 3,86,899.32

The Fund is currently managed by the Executive Board of CEAPRED. But as the Fund grows in size, its management shall be made more broad-based and external with CEAPRED acting as only one of the members of the Fund’s Governing/Management Board.

At present, the interest against the Fund are being used mainly for the benefit of the most deprived rural communities in the form of scholarships to their young school-going children and small complementary contributions towards functional literacy and income generating programs for women members of such communities.

Any individual, group or agency willing to contribute to the Fund is most welcomed and is requested to contact the Treasurer, Executive Board or the Executive Director of CEAPRED in the following address:

CEAPRED (Central Office), Shanti Basti, Naya Bato, Lalitpur
G.P.O. Box 5752, Kathmandu, Nepal
Phone: 977-1-5520272/5546542
Fax: 977-1-5524165
Email: contact@ceapred.org.np