{"id":"suresh-raj-sharma","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/suresh-raj-sharma","language":"en","name":"Suresh Raj Sharma","name_en":"Suresh Raj Sharma","name_ne":null,"description":"Nepali educationist","headline":"Nepali educationist","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Suresh Raj Sharma (Nepali: डा. सुरेशराज शर्मा; 22 July 1940 – 23 September 2026) was a Nepali educationist who was the founder Vice Chancellor of Kathmandu University.","summary_more":["Sharma held a Ph.D. in Chemistry from London South Bank University, London. He was the first executive director of the Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training, Member Secretary in National Education Committee, Member of National Commission for UNESCO, and National Delegate to the SAARC Technical committee on science and technology. Sharma was a well-known educational administrator. He made significant contribution to the development of education policy in Nepal. He had a number of books, research papers, articles, secondary school curriculum textbook and many more to his credit.","He was a lifelong member of the board of trustees of Kathmandu University."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"22 July 1940","date":"1940-07-22"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34616993#P569"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"23 September 2026","date":"2026-09-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34616993#P570"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34616993#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"chemist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q593644"},{"text":"pedagogue","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1231865"},{"text":"professor","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121594"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34616993#P106"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"rector","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212071"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34616993#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"honorary doctor of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42553137"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34616993#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Raj_Sharma","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34616993"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Suresh Raj Sharma born?","a":"Suresh Raj Sharma was born on 22 July 1940."},{"q":"What positions has Suresh Raj Sharma held?","a":"Positions held by Suresh Raj Sharma include: rector."}],"related":[{"name":"Camillo Golgi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/camillo-golgi"},{"name":"Paul Karrer","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paul-karrer"},{"name":"Johannes Fibiger","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/johannes-fibiger"},{"name":"Claude Goasguen","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/claude-goasguen"},{"name":"Francesco Brioschi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/francesco-brioschi"},{"name":"Paolo Ruffini","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/paolo-ruffini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/suresh-raj-sharma-b34a97142e.jpg","width":500,"height":378,"license":"CC BY-SA 2.0","credit":"Thor Nielsen/NTNU","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suresh_Raj_Sharma_at_NTNU_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Suresh Raj Sharma","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Raj_Sharma","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q34616993","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34616993","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Suresh Raj Sharma at NTNU (cropped).jpg by Thor Nielsen/NTNU (CC BY-SA 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Suresh_Raj_Sharma_at_NTNU_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Suresh Raj Sharma, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Suresh Raj Sharma at NTNU (cropped).jpg — Thor Nielsen/NTNU, CC BY-SA 2.0.","cite":"\"Suresh Raj Sharma\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/suresh-raj-sharma. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/suresh-raj-sharma","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/suresh-raj-sharma","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/suresh-raj-sharma?lang=ne"}}