Education
Patna University; University of Wales.
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Jagadish Ghimire
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Career
He had a master"s degree in sociology from Patna University, India and a post-graduate diploma in population studies from the University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
TSS"s main goal is to provide help with reproductive health by organizing communities, women empowerment, access to safe drinking water and sustainable agriculture. He founded the non-governmental organization Federation in 1991 and led Nepal"s non-governmental organization movement as its chair until in 1994. He is the founding president of Tilganga Eye Hospital in Kathmandu.
Ghmire served as assistant director of the South Asia Region for International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), London, from 1984 to 1990.
He was Chief Executive Officer of the Family Planning Association of Nepal in 1980 and a consultant for the United Nations Population Fund of Nepal. Ghmire was a visiting lecturer, Center for Population Studies, University of Wales
Ghimire died of cancer at Om Hospital in Kathmandu on 31 October 2013.
Achievements
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Together with his wife (Durga Ghimire) he was the co-founder of Tamakoshi Seva Samiti (Tamakoshi Service Society, TSS), a nonprofit, non-governmental organization, working in the rural areas of the Ramechhap district for community development, health and education. He won the Madan Puraskar and Uttam Shanti Puraskar for his biography "Antarmanko Yatra," written while he was in hospital for treatment of multiple myeloma of the spine.
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Born
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Nationality
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