Nepal Olympic Committee organized the 2nd National Sports Forum in the Olympic Building on May 25, 2019. In the program 2 representatives of all the National Associations affiliated to NOC, all the NOC Board members and NOC Commission Members were invited.
The program was divided in 2 sessions.
In the first session Deputy Secretary General Mr. Rajiv Shrestha welcomed all the guest and participats in the program. Chief Guest Member of Parliament, Education & Health Committee's President Honorable Jaypuri Gharti. Hon. Gharti thanked the organizing committee for organizing very useful program and said that she was also an athletic person from her childhood. Honorary President of NOC Mr. Dhurba Bahadur Pradhan spoke about the importance of better relationship between NOC and the Nepal Sports Council for the benefit of the athletes. President of NOC/ Member of Parliament Honorable Jeevan Ram Shrestha also said that this National Sports Forum will give useful knowledge to the representatives of different associations.
In the Second Session different Experts spoke about different topics in different themes. Each Speaker got limited time to talk about their theme and an interaction( Question/ Answer) time was also allotted.
Theme 1: Mr.Krishna Peasad Devkota, Seceetary of Youth & Sports Ministry presented a presentation on Sports Act in Nepal.
Theme 2: Mr Rabi Rajkarnikar, National Olympic Academy of Nepal spoke about Strategic Planning of Sports Organization
Theme 3: Mr.Devendra Subedi, President, National Sports Journalist Forum gave a presentation in Sports & Media .
Theme 4: Mr.Keshab Kumar Bista, Member Secretary, National Sports Council talked about the preparation for Upcoming Games [13th SAG and Tokyo 2020 Olympic] .
Theme 5: Ms. Binita Adhikari talked about Sexual Harassment in Sports
Theme 6: Dr. Saroj Krishna Shrestha Chairman of Medical Commission(NOC) gave a presentation on Doping in Sports
Theme 7: Honorable Jeevan Ram Shrestha gave a presentation on Sports Act. Theme 8: Mr. Dhirendra Kumar Pradhan Vice President of NOC gave a vote of thanks and read out the Declaration of the Program.
President of NOC Hon. Shrestha presented a small token of love to all the presenters.