New Business Age Limited honored Gyanishova Tuladhar, a pioneer in Nepal’s fashion industry, with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the fifth edition of the NewBiz Business Women Summit and Awards 2025 held on Wednesday.
Tuladhar received the award in recognition of her significant contributions to women entrepreneurship and the Nepali fashion industry. She was presented with a certificate and a trophy as a token of appreciation. Prabhu Bank was the main sponsor of the event.
Born on May 7, 1957, in Kathmandu, Tuladhar has been active in the fashion industry for nearly five decades. She began her entrepreneurial journey in the 1970s with a sewing machine and went on to establish Nepal’s first undergraduate fashion technology college.
In pursuit of her vision for fashion education, she founded the Namuna Institute of Technology in 1997 and launched the Namuna College of Fashion Technology in 2002.
Tuladhar has also worked as a costume designer for more than 100 Nepali films, the international film The Light Train to Kathmandu , and the French film Yati .
Tuladhar, a graduate in Economics from Tribhuvan University, pursued fashion studies at the Zarapkar College of Fashion in Maharashtra, India. She has also served as a member of the Academic Council of Purvanchal University.
