Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha

Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha (born 3 May 1944) is a Nepalese politician and former Governor of Province No. 2. He was appointed as a governor of Province No. 2 by the Government of Nepal on 17 January 2018.^[3][4] He served as a Governor of Province No. 2 from 19 January 2018 to 3 November 2019.^[5][6][7]

Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha
Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha at Chitragupta Sewa Samiti- Golden Jubilee Ceremony, Rajbiraj in 2018.
1st Governor of Madhesh Province
In office 19 January 2018 – 3 November 2019[1]
President	Bidhya Devi Bhandari
Prime Minister	Sher Bahadur Deuba
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tilak Pariyar
Spokesperson and Secretary of Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
In office 2004-2018
Personal details
Born	(1944-05-03) 3 May 1944 (age 81) Suga Bhawani (now Jaleshwar), Mahottari, Province No. 2, Nepal[2]
Political party	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
Spouse	Sabita Kayastha
Children	4
Education	Engineering geology
Alma mater	Imperial College London
Website	oph.p2.gov.np

Earlier, he was the Secretary at Ministry of Agriculture and Director General at Department of Irrigation, Nepal. Kayastha began his political career with Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal in the 2004.

Early life and education

Ratneshwar Lal Kayastha was born at Suga Bhawani (now Jaleshwar), Mahottari on 3 May 1944 to Lal Kishore Lal & Achakmani Devi.^[8] His father was a secondary level Teacher.^[9] He was passed School Leaving Certificate (SLC) in 1st division from Laxmi Chand Murarka Higher Secondary School in Jaleshwar and earned an Intermediates degree with Science from Tri-Chandra College, Kathmandu. He further studied Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech.) from the same college and later he moved to IIT, Kharaghpur and Imperial College London for higher education degree.^[9]

Civil service career

Kayastha joined Civil services of Nepal as an Engineer in 1964.^[9]

See also

• Prof. Dr. Govinda Bahadur Tumbahang
• Anuradha Koirala
• Baburam Kunwar
• Durga Keshar Khanal
• Mohan Raj Malla