Bikash Bista (Nepali: बिकास बिस्ट; born 3 December 1965) is a

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

ese

Economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

and

Statistician A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...

, and the former Director General of Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal.

Biography

Early years

Bista was born in

Palung Palung (पालुङ्ग) is an ancient market place in Thaha Municipality in Makwanpur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 5,603 people living in 1,236 individual households. ...

VDC of

Makwanpur District Makwanpur District( ne, मकवानपुर जिल्ला; , a part of Bagmati Province, earlier a part of Narayani Zone, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Hetauda as its district headquarter, as well ...

in Nepal to father Om Bahadur Bista and mother Durga Devi Bista. Graduating from Chitwan High School, he enrolled in

Tribhuvan University Tribhuvan University (TU; ne, त्रिभुवन विश्वविद्यालय) is a public university located in Kirtipur, Kathmandu. Established in 1959, TU is the oldest university in Nepal. In terms of enrollment, it is t ...

to study

Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four years ...

and later obtained a master's degree in Economics in 1988. After working in the Central of Bureau of Statistics for nearly 18 years, he became the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the bureau in 2007. He was appointed the Director General of the bureau in 2012.

Career

Bista started his early career as an officer of statistics for Central Bureau of Statistics. Later, he was involved in

Social Statistics Social statistics is the use of statistical measurement systems to study human behavior in a social environment. This can be accomplished through polling a group of people, evaluating a subset of data obtained about a group of people, or by observ ...

Division of the CBS as a Deputy Director General. The

National Population and Housing Census 2011 National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ce ...

was successfully conducted under his supervision as the bureau deputy. The census included major improvements compared to the previous censuses, introducing the geographical

GPS The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a Radionavigation-satellite service, satellite-based radionavigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of t ...

Mapping of settlements for data collection that helped to reinforce the authenticity of the new census. In the past, CBS used to rely on political divisions for population census. This census also became the first census in Nepal to recognize the country's

third gender Third gender is a concept in which individuals are categorized, either by themselves or by society, as neither man nor woman. It is also a social category present in societies that recognize three or more genders. The term ''third'' is usually ...

population. In addition, he has worked on the

socio-economic Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how modern societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their local ...

surveys' design and implementation and system of price statistics studies, conducting several surveys in the field, like the Nepal Living Standards Survey- 2010/11.

Personal life

Bista is married to Beenu Bista, who is a professor at

. The couple has a son, Bivash, who is an Aerospace engineer working for a

Lockheed Martin The Lockheed Martin Corporation is an American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology corporation with worldwide interests. It was formed by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta in March 1995. It ...

company.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bista, Bikash 1965 births Living people Tribhuvan University alumni People from Makwanpur District Nepalese economists