The 26th Annual General Meeting of Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ), held on 14 October, has unanimously elected a 13-member executive committee with Laxman Upreti as its president. Upreti was elected for the second term.

The newly-elected office-bearers include Kedar Sharma as vice president, Rajesh Ghimire as general secretary, Rajendra Basnet as secretary and Abdullah Miya as treasurer.

Narayan Sapkota, Purna Hari Amatya, Suresh Sharma, Rajendra Manandhar, Sangita Lama and Pragati Shahi were elected from the members while Shailendra Pokhrel and Bhumi Raman Nepal were elected as members from the organization’s associate members.

The Annual General Meeting also constituted a three-member Accounts Committee with Mohan Bista as its convener and Binod Bhattarai and Bharat Sharma as members.

At the AGM held at NEFEJ Secretariat, general secretary Nimesh Regmi present the annual progress report while treasurer Abdullah Miya presented the organization’s financial report. Convenor of the Accounts Committee Arjun Dhakal also present the committee’s report.