KATHMANDU, Jan. 19 -- Kulman Ghising, Managing Director of Nepal Electricity Authority, has been felicitated for his significant work to resolve the acute power crisis ailing the country for over a decade.

Vice-president Nanda Prasad Pun provided a certificate of appreciation to Ghising in Kathmandu on Friday, amid a function organized at the Himalayan Hydropower Expo, 2019.

Ghising was felicitated on behalf of Independent Power Producers Association of Nepal (IPPAN), who is the organizer of the expo that started at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu on Friday.

The electricity shortage ended after Ghising was appointed as the managing director of NEA in August 2016.

When Ghising assumed the post, the NEA was suffering an annual loss of Rs 8....