Rajani

Rajani ChulyadyoSenior Software Engineer, D2Hawkeye Services;

Lecturer, Institute of Engineering, Tribhuvan University

Anuradha Lama,Boxer, Nepal Police Club

Full of energy and enthusiastic about sports since childhood, Anuradha Lama was merely 11 when she started learning Karate back in her village in Makawanpur. But it wasn't until she won the silver medal at a regional-level Karate Championship within a month of training that her parents gave her the green signal. Anuradha continued with Karate until she earned her Black Belt in 1999, after which her interest shifted towards boxing. In 2000, she first participated at a national-level boxing tournament held in Kathmandu. "It was my first national-level tournament and I was only 17 then. But instead of being nervous, I was full of confidence and energy and felt that I could defeat my defender with a single punch!" she recalls. Anuradha couldn’t pursue her education beyond SLC and realising that boxing alone couldn't earn her a living, she joined the Nepal Police Force in 2002 and has since been playing for the Nepal Police Club. Today she is considered one of Nepal's best woman boxers, and has participated in various national and international boxing tournaments, including the World Boxing Championship held at Barbados, and the fourth Asian Games held in Guwahati in which she was able to secure a bronze medal for the country.

With an appearance that could be easily mistaken for a student, Rajani Chulyadyo lectures graduate-level students at the prestigious Institute of Engineering (IOE), Tribhuvan University. We couldn’t resist asking her if her students take her seriously, she quipped, "They take my lessons seriously." As a child, Rajani didn't know what she wanted to become in life... "I would watch TV and want to become a VJ, see a plane fly and aspire to become a pilot… I was still confused during my high school years until under the influence of my elder brother, I decided to choose computer engineering. There's been no looking back since." She joined D2Hawkeye Services as an intern in August 2007 and today works in the same company as the senior software engineer. Noting that very few women are interested in her field (there were only four girls in her class at IOE and 44 boys), Rajani suggests that more young women should come forward and join the software wagon as "the career-scope is not just good, but very favourable for women and provides lots of opportunities at both national and international levels". In the near future, Rajani plans to pursue her postgraduate studies and keep mastering her knowledge in the field of software development.