Background
Dixit was born on January 27, 1956, in Lalitpur.
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Kanak Dixit
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He studied at the Tri Chandra College in Kathmandu and obtained there his Bachelor of Arts in 1975. He studied at the University of Delhi, where he obtained his Bachelor of Laws.
Career
Afterwards he continued his study at the Columbia University, where he obtained two Master"s degrees, one in 1981 in international relations and one year later one in Journalism. After his study, he worked for eight years, until 1990, at the secretary of the United Nations in New York City. During his position here, in 1987, he founded the bimonthly magazine Himal.
In 1996 changed the name to Himal Southasian and he enlarged the area to, as he calls it: "from Afghanistan to Burma and from Tibet to the Maldives." Furthermore, it has become a monthly magazine since then
Since 1998 he also publishes the biweekly news magazine Himal Khabarpatrika in Nepali language. Furthermore, he is writer of children"s stories, and he founded Film South Asia (Federal Security Agency), a film festival for documentary films.
In August 2013, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Kathmandu, Nepal awarded NOK 3892000 (NRs 60 Million) to The Southasia Trust, where Kanak Mani Dixit is an Executive Director, to use “Media to Promote Regional Peace and Development”. Maoist lawmaker Shakti Basnet accused Mr.
Dixit of misusing granted fund to campaign against the ongoing peace process and using funds without accountability, triggering a debate on the support of foreign diplomatic missions for Nepali media.
Dixit refuted the accusations, claiming that the Maoist lawmaker in question was misusing his parliamentary platform in order to damage his credibility through personal targeting.
