Entrepreneurship and innovation

Building the entrepreneurship ecosystem

Business incubation, startup support and industry–academia collaboration at Boston International College and beyond.

Overview

Alongside teaching and research, I work on the practical side of Nepal’s entrepreneurship ecosystem: helping students turn ideas into ventures, and helping institutions build programs that support them.

For five years I was Assistant Director of BIC Startups, the business incubation program of Boston International College, where I oversaw planning, training, seed-fund disbursement and program documentation. As focal person for the college’s Industry Connect program, I built links between students, local industry and government. I also trained as an incubator manager through Skill Lab’s Incubating the Incubators Training of Trainers program and took part in the Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in Bangkok.

In numbers

BIC Startups and Industry Connect, 2019–2024.

  • 5incubation cohorts
  • 130+students in 30+ teams generated ideas, built prototypes and pitched
  • 10+teams selected for further incubation
  • 5teams selected for UGC Nepal funding
  • USD 40,000UGC Nepal Entrepreneurship Support Program
  • 7+institutional collaboration agreements

Programs and initiatives

  • BIC Startups — Business Incubation Program

    2019 – 2024 · Assistant Director

    Led five cohorts of the college's business incubation program, in which more than 130 students in over 30 teams generated startup ideas, built prototypes and pitched them. More than 10 teams were selected for further incubation, including financial support and mentoring, and five teams were selected for funding from University Grants Commission Nepal.

  • UGC Nepal Entrepreneurship Support Program

    2023/24 · University Grants Commission Nepal

    Secured USD 40,000 for Boston International College: USD 15,000 for incubation infrastructure and curriculum, and USD 25,000 for startup financing.

  • Industry Connect Program

    2019 – 2024 · Focal person

    Linked students with local industry and government agencies through industry–academia dialogues, guest sessions by industry experts, industrial visits, experience-sharing sessions, internships and job placement. Played a central role in signing collaboration agreements with more than seven institutions.

Ecosystem and policy engagement

  • May 2025“Business Roadmap: KPIs, Milestones and Timeline”Business Incubation Bootcamp, Agriculture and Forestry University, Rampur
  • Mar 2024“Startup Culture, Liberalism & Trends in Bagmati Province”Liberty Workshop, Language of Liberty Institute, Chitwan
  • Feb 2024International Conference on Capacity Development for Fostering Innovation and EntrepreneurshipHetauda School of Management and Social Sciences, Hetauda (participant)
  • Jun 2023Industry presentation: “Industry–Academia Cooperation for Institutionalization of Startup Initiatives”Innovative Entrepreneurs Development Conference 2022/23, Federation of Nepal Cottage and Small Industries, Hetauda
  • Dec 2022Global Entrepreneurship BootcampBangkok, Thailand (participant)
  • Aug 2022Training of Trainers: Incubating the IncubatorsSkill Lab, Lalitpur

Related research

My research on incubators and startup simulation grows out of this practice. See Research and Publications.