Pokhara. Manish Shrestha has been elected as the president of the Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNIYEF). The forum’s annual general meeting held in Pokhara on Friday formed a new working committee under the chairmanship of Shrestha for the year 2025-2026.

Shrestha, the founder of Kazi Studio, has been associated with the forum for the last four years.

The forum’s outgoing chairman Ashish Agrawal administered the oath of office to newly elected Chairman Shrestha.

Sugam Ghimire (Learning Chair), Punit Agarwal (Member Integration Chair), Nida Dun Malla (Growth and Expansion Chair), Yash Agarwal (Finance Chair), Ankur Agarwal (International Relations Chair), Chirag Saraogi (Startup Chair), Saini Khetan (Network and Communication Chair) and Sujit Regmi (Startup Co-Chair) have been elected to shrestha’s executive committee.

Sudayakanta Jha received the most active member award at the forum’s annual general meeting. CNIYF Lumbini has been awarded with the highest membership, while Manish Shrestha, Sujit Regmi and Arun Agrawal, who participated in SAARC Tank Nepal, have been given tokens of love from the forum.

The Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI) Youth Entrepreneurs Forum is a youth organization of the Confederation formed in 2008. The forum has been giving top priority to the promotion and promotion of young entrepreneurs.