“The creation of Thamel International to share Thamel Dot Com’s experience with other start-up entrepreneurs in the world is most telling of the spirit of THAMEL's leaders. The degree of economic success in terms of revenues, jobs and spread of benefits into the economy is very strong and inspiring. A real example for others.”

  Alfonso Molina: 2003 Tony Zeitoun Award Judge, University of Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh
 
We believe ...
  • We believe in responsible private enterprise
  • We believe in community driven economic development
  • We believe in the transformative power of technology
  • We believe that cultural heritage is an integral part of personal identity
  • We believe in that cross-cultural fusion is a natural part of globalization
We value ...
  • Local business ownership
  • Cross-sector collaboration
  • Economic, cultural and environmental sustainability
  • Social responsibility
  • Appropriate technology
 
 
 
 

Executive partners...
Bal K. Joshi is the co-founder and managing director of Thamel Dot Com, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has over 10 years of entrepreneurial experience operating trading businesses in Nepal and North America and expertise in business development, marketing, and business operations and systems development. Bal holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon USA. He is the recipient of the 2003 Tony Zeitoun Award in the category of “ICT and Poverty Reduction” for the story of Thamel Dot Com.
Robert (“Bob”) Granger retired from Hewlett-Packard Company in 2001 after 21 years working in the US, Europe and Asia. There he held senior management positions in business planning, marketing and strategic alliances for HP’s printing and imaging business and was the member of the HP start-up team for World e-Inclusion, a program for ICT for international development. Bob holds an MBA from the University of Oregon in the USA and a BS in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Africa, working in agricultural and community development.
Daniel Koch is the principal of International Tradeworks, consulting in product development and small-scale production and supply chain management for sustainable economic development. He was founder, co-owner and Director of International Operations for Silver Plume Imports. He has ground-level design and production experience in India, Indonesia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Philippines. In 2003 he won a Gold "American Design Excellence" award from the "Design Journal". He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Afghanistan, working in education and community development.