Krishna Gyawali served Nepal’s civil service in various positions almost for 30 years including as Secretary in the ministries of local development and environment and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. He retired as Secretary in the Ministry of Industry.
Upon retirement in 2014, Mr. Gyawali worked as National Coordinator of Nepal for MCC (Millennium Challenge Corporation, USA). Mr. Gyawali led all preparatory works on large investments in energy and transport infrastructure in Nepal between May 2015 and May 2016.
Mr. Gyawali holds Master’s degrees from Tribhuwan University and the University of Birmingham, UK. He also carries Sanskrit and law background.
He was a Hubert Humphrey Fellow in Economic Development at the Michigan State University, US in the year 2005-06. He has also attended an executive course on Leadership in Development at the Harvard Kennedy School. He once served UN missions in Cambodia, South Africa, East Timor and Kosovo as UN Volunteer. He has also credit of working as a BBC Nepali Service staffer from 1995 to 1996 in London.
Mr. Gyawali is currently a freelance development consultant in capacity of a public service professional. He reads and writes mostly on issues related to political economy of development and governance.
Publications:
“Lead the Change, Mr PM”, Republica (a national daily), August 24, 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=81573
Columnist for the column, “Policy” in Business 360, a magazine contributing to bridging the gap between public service and the private sector of Nepal, Media9 Publications, Kathmandu, Nepal (over a dozen articles published to date).
“Nepalma Audyogik Kshetrako Bikas: Sambhabana ra Chunautiharu” (in Nepali) (“Industrial Development in Nepal: Possibilities and Challenges”), Udyog ra Bikas, A Journal of Industries and Development, Vol. 10, No.1, June/July 2014, Ministry of Industry, Singh Durbar, Kathmandu (also published in two issues of Aarthik Abhiyan, a national Nepali daily, August 20 and 21, 2014; http://www.abhiyan.com.np/article-opi_4bhadau2071_bikas#.U_mCIGNaaSr )
“Setting a Standard. Nepal and ISO”, Republica (a national daily), December 2, 2013, Kathmandu, Nepal (http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=65440)
“Walk along, not alone”, Republica (a national daily), November 2, 2013, Kathmadu, Nepal
(http://myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=63956)
“Setting the Climate. Nepal at COP18”, Republica (a national daily), December 4, 2012, Kathmandu, Nepal (http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=45874)
“Nayan Nepali Rajyako Nirmanma Karmacharitantrako Bhumika” (in Nepali) (“Role of Bureaucracy in Building New Nepali State”) in “Nepali Rajyako Nayan Swarup ra Charitra” (in Nepali) (New Nature and Character of Nepali State) edited by Krishna Hacchethu; Sanepa, Lalitpur: Nepal Center for Contemporary Studies-NCCS, 2011).
“Integrating Aid. Trade and Investment”, A Nepalese Journal of Trade and Development, Vol. 1, No. 2, July 2009, Ministry of Commerce and Supplies, Government of Nepal.
“Sajha Nyunatam Sahamatiko Punarlekhan” (in Nepali) (Rewriting Common Minimum Consensus), Kantipur, Jeth 15, 2066 (May 29, 2009) http://kantipuronline.com/kolnepalinews.php?&nid=196565
“Envisioning New Nepal: Can the Nepal Development Forum set a tone to that end?” The Kathmandu Post, April 30, 2009 (http://www.ekantipur.com/kolnews.php?&nid=191765)
“Manual for bureaucrats”, The Kathmandu Post, April 9, 2009 (http://kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=188513)
“Prashanma Byabsayikata” (in Nepali) (Professionalism in Bureaucracy), Kantipur, Chait 19, 2065 (April 1, 2009) (http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnepalinews.php?&nid=187270)
“Loktantrik Prashasanko Agenda” (in Nepali) (Agenda of Democratic Administration), Kantipur, Chait 16, 2064 (March 30, 2007)
“Reviewing Foreign Aid Policy 2002 of Nepal”, Finance News and Views, Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal. February 2008.
“Restoring Faith in Bureaucracy”, The Kathmandu Post, February 4, 2007.
“Employees Provident Fund: Challenges and Opportunities” (in Nepali), Kosh (A Journal of EPF, Nepal), Vol.63, May 2005.
“Legal Arrangements for Fiscal Management” (co-authored with Bhuban B Bajracharya, Ph.D.), Rastra Rin Khabarpatra (Public Debt Bulletin), (3) September-October 2004, Half-yearly Publication of the Public Debt Management Department, Nepal Rastra Bank, Thapathali, Kathmandu.
Public Debt Management in Nepal”, Rajaswa (A Journal of Finance and Development), Year 25, Vol.1, April 2004, A Publication of the Revenue Administration Training Center, Ministry of Finance, Kathmandu, Nepal.
“In Defence of Bureaucracy”, The PAAN Journal, Vol. 14 & 15, Year 8, Jan. 2003, Public Administration Association of Nepal, Kathmandu.
“Civil Service Reform”, The Kathmandu Post, December 24, 2002.
“Statesman, Politician and Political Activist” (in Nepali), Kantipur (a Nepali national daily), August 5, 2002.
“Governance of the poor, for the poor…”(a review of the book, “Pro-poor Governance Assessment-Nepal” published by a UK Department for International Development (DFID) – sponsored project, “Enabling State Programme (ESP), Kathmandu, 2001), The Kathmandu Post, January 13, 2002.
“Making Bureaucracy Professional: Nepal’s Case”, CAMAD Journal, Vol.4, No.2, Issue 8, October 2001, Center for Administration, Management and Development (CAMAD), Kathmandu.
“Administrative Culture of Nepal: Need for Reform and Readjustment” (in Nepali), CAMAD Journal, Vol.4, No.1, Issue 7, April 2001, Center for Administration, Management and Development (CAMAD), Kathmandu.
“In search of positive attitude” (in Nepali), Gyawali Guthi Souvenir, Gyawali Guthi, April 2001, Kathmandu.
“Strengthening Cabinet Secretariat for consolidating Cabinet System of Government: A Case of Nepal”, CAMAD Journal, Vol.3, No.2, Issue 6, Oct. 2000, Center for Administration, Management and Development (CAMAD), Kathmandu.
“Nepal’s Long Walk to Democracy” (a review of the book, “People, Politics & Ideology. Democracy and Social Change in Nepal” by Martin Hoftun et. al., Mandala Book Point, Kathmandu, 1999), The Kathmandu Post, June 27, 1999.
“Deconstructing the Development Myth” (a review of the book, “In the Name of Development: A Reflection of Nepal” by Nanda R. Shrestha, University Press of America, Inc., Maryland, 1996), The Kathmandu Post, January 25, 1998. For the book’s Nepali review, see “Vikaska Namma Visangati”, Kantipur (a vernacular daily), Chaitra 20, 2055 V.S., Kathmandu, Nepal.
“Reshaping Social Democracy” (A review of the book, “The Third Way. The Renewal of Social Democracy” by Anthony Giddens, Polity Press, Cambridge, UK, 25 April, 1999), The Kathmandu Post, 1999.
“Crisis of Implementability in Administrative Reform. Lessons for Nepal” (July 1998), Prashasan: the Nepalese Journal of Public Administration (82), Ministry of General Administration, Lalitpur, Nepal.
“O & M: Concept, Need and Benefits” (Nov.1994), Prashasan: the Nepalese Journal of Public Administration (71), Ministry of General Administration, Lalitpur, Nepal.
“Basic Services Accessibility to the Rural Poor: Issues & Suggestions”, (1994), Prashasan: the Nepalese Journal of Public Administration, (69), Ministry of General Administration, Lalitpur, Nepal.
“South Africa in Retrospect” (in Nepali) (a five-episode, serialized account of election observation experience in South Africa), (1994 May-June), Rashtra Pukar (a vernacular weekly), Kathmandu.
“Foreign Aid: Improving its Effectiveness” (August 1993), Administration & Management Review, (9), (A journal of the Nepal Administrative Staff College), Lalitpur.
“Journalism: An intellectual and Social Perspective”, The Kathmandu Post, Sept. 17, 1993.
“Rural Development and Growth: Concept & Issues”, (1993), Jana Prashasan: A Journal of Public Administration Campus Alumni Association of Nepal, Vol.1, No.1, Kathmandu.
“Civil Service in Nepal: Some Absurdities” (in Nepali), (1993), Karmachari: A Journal of Nepal Civil Servants’ Association, Vol.1, No.2, Kathmandu.
“Democratic Nepal and Civil Administration” (in Nepali), (1992), Karmachari: A Journal Of Nepal Civil Servants Association, Vol. 1, No. 1, Kathmandu.
“Democracy: the change in human culture or merely a change of guards?” (in Nepali), (1992), Ekta (a publication of Nepal Students Union, Banaras branch, India).
“B.P.Koirala: The Great Man or a Good Man?” (in Nepali), Punarjagaran (a vernacular weekly) Asoj 8, 2048 V.S. and Kantipur, Saun 6, 2051 V.S.
“Integrated Rural Development Programs in Nepal: Search for a New Role”, (1989), Unpublished Master’s Dissertation submitted to the University of Birmingham, UK.
“Basic Needs Fulfillment in Nepal: A Perspective”, (1988), Public Administration Journal, Vol. IX-X, No. 2-1, Public Administration Campus (PAC), TU, Kathmandu.
“Frustration in Nepal Civil Service: A Study”, (1987), Unpublished Master’s Dissertation submitted to PAC, TU, Kathmandu.
