This success story written by,Bidhya Shrestha an agricultural graduate and a former Livelihood Coordinator at World Vision Nepal, is part of the "Young women and Youth's Gender Perspectives in Agricultural Development" series that spotlight young professionals' experiences for women's empowerment in agricultural development. From research to private sector, mass media to civil society work, YPARD 2015 Gender series features, every month, young "gender champions" from different regions of the world. This series is part of YPARD work as special youth catalyst in the GAP : Gender in Agriculture Partnership.
My name is Bidhya Shrestha. I was born in small village of Chitwan district in Nepal and my house is next to the Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) in Rampur, Chitwan. I grew up with aspirations to graduate from this institute as it was considered prestigious to be a part of it. As luck would have it, I successfully completed my Bachelors’ of Agriculture Science in the Institute in December 2010.
