Biography of uttam sanjel

Graduated in humanities from Pashupati Multiple Campus, Kathmandu. My family ran a store that sold agricultural products. It was a business started by my grandfather. So I returned to Nepal. At the time, the country was in the midst of the Maoist insurgency. People, especially the youth, from rural areas were either joining the rebels or fleeing to Kathmandu.

Those who had escaped to Kathmandu had no skill or training, which compelled them to work in carpet factories and as wage laborers. Children of many such workers were begging to help their families. They were also picking up bad habits like smoking and drinking. The only way to help these children, I thought, was through education.

Uttam Sanjel began telling stories to these street kids and from this, was inspired to help them receive an education.

The condition of government schools at the time was awful. Most parents preferred sending their children to private schools, but not everyone could afford their high fees. I started the Samata Sikshya Niketan Bamboo school in with the goal of providing quality and affordable English-medium education. I did not offer free education as giving away services for free is virtue-signaling.

It is patronizing the disadvantaged people in the garb of charity work.