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Karna Shakya

कर्ण शाक्य

Nepalese writer

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Karna Shakya (Nepali: कर्ण शाक्य) (born in April 2, 1943) is a Nepalese environmentalist, conservationist, hotel entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist. Shakya is a forester by academic qualification. He served as a wildlife officer and pioneered in establishing the first National Park in Nepal. He resigned from his government job, entered the tourism business in 1970, and now owns a chain of eco-friendly hotels in major touristic cities like Kathmandu, Pokhara, chitwan and Lumbini.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Kathmandu wd
Citizenship
Nepal wd
Occupation
writer, businessperson wd

About

In 1998, the old neoclassical garden in Keshar Mahal was to be demolished for the construction of a commercial center. However, on the advice of Karna Shakya, Minister of Education Arjun Narasingha KC stopped the demolition work at once and declared it open to the public with a new name, Garden of Dreams.

Early life and education

Quoted from Wikipedia: Karna Shakya (CC BY-SA 4.0); each sentence links the source Wikipedia cites for it. Checked 7 November 2026.

  • Shakya holds AIFC postgraduate in Forestry from the Indian Forest College, Dehradun, India in 1967. samriddhi.org

Career

Questions

When was Karna Shakya born?
Karna Shakya was born on 2 April 1943 in Kathmandu.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Karna Shakya · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikipedia (Nepali): कर्ण शाक्य · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Wikidata item Q17018840 · CC0 1.0
  4. Image: Karna Shakya.jpg by Mukesh Shrestha (CC BY-SA 3.0)
  5. Wikipedia (English), revision used for cited facts: Karna Shakya · CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. samriddhi.org: Story of an Entrepreneur: Mr. Karna Shakya (Owner, Kathmandu Guest House)
  7. books.google.com: Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens

Last updated · facts checked 7 November 2026

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"Karna Shakya". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/karna-shakya. Retrieved 7 November 2026.

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