Kesang Om

Kesang Om is a member of Bhutan Association for Entrepreneurs (BAEyul) and the entrepreneur behind Institute for Learning Solutions.

Kesang’s institute coordinates, leads, trains, develops, creates a succession of versatile and influential programs. Kesang has accomplished excellent results from her establishment, and enables ideas and development of professional standards, among other distinctions in the field. Kesang helps her participants to gain insight on different subjects which achieves a lasting positive result with her skilled leadership and effective communication. Kesang is a travel and food driven woman and lives in Thimphu.

Reach out to Kesang at her email at instituteforlearningsolutions@gmail.com or visit www.instituteforlearningsolutions.com

Kesang is also one of the guest speakers at the LIVE Radio Talk Show with Radio Valley 99.9 FM on Friday 18 October from 4:30 till 5:30 pm

Tharchen

Tharchen is a member of BAEyul and the entrepreneur behind iBEST Institute.

Since founding the iBEST company in 2014, Mr Tharchen leads the company as Chief Executive Officer spearheading product development and strategies. The company has diversified into consulting, training, animation and multimedia services. He graduated in 2008 with Bachelor’s Degree in life science from Sherubtse College. Tharchen directed the feature length animated (2D) film “The Legend of Pemi Tshewang Tashi” which was released in 2018. The film was produced by the iBEST Studios.

For more information, visit his personal website www.tharchen.com or www.ibestbhuta.com or www.ibeststudios.com or contact at +975 1771 8721

Tharchen is also one of the guest speakers at the LIVE Radio Talk Show with Radio Valley 99.9 FM on Saturday 19 October from 4:30 till 5:30 pm

Farmer Sangay Rinchen

Farmer Sangay is a comical, imaginary public personality who was born as a by-product of strong emerging Bhutanese grassroots, resistant against the rapidly developing modern world. His primary role is to test integrative rural development concepts, discuss alternative thoughts and test practical agriculture know-how on the ground and share through social media the livelihood and wisdom of indigenous farmers. After graduating from the College of Natural Resources in 2005, Sangay worked at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests for four years. In 2008, he co-founded the first voluntarily formed social youth group called “Happy Valley Youth” and “Happy Green Cooperative” in 2010 with 19 youth members. 

Speaker at College of Natural Resources on 19th October

Geeta Rai

Geeta Rai is the founder of Ratna Samphel, a company dedicated to producing eco-friendly and customized packaging for a broad range of products. Their primary objective is to substitute plastic packaging with eco-friendly, recyclable and reusable products. Their products include paper shopping bags, pouches, jute and fabric carry bags and packaging for cake and pizza. 

Speaker at College of Natural Resources on 19th October

Jigme Thinley Toedzer

Jigme Thinley Yoezer Rinzin is the founder and CEO of DrukRide/MyDrukRide and the founding member of Bhutan Association of Entrepreneurs (BAEyul). DrukRide and MyDrukRide was founded on a simple concept for travellers in Bhutan to book a bus ticket and hail a cab through app/website at any place and at anytime. DrukRide’s founding principles are safety, accessibilty, improving lives of drivers and the public transport commuters. Currently, the company has around five hundred taxi drivers registered with them. They have also partnered with the Airport Shuttle bus and bus operators and are the official flight-ticketing partners of Bhutan Airlines. 

Speaker at College of Natural Resources on 19th October

Penjor Dorji

Penjor Dorji is the founder and CEO of Green Pigment Arts, a company that produces natural pigments for traditional painting. Penjor Dorji has six years of training in the 13 traditional arts and crafts from the Trashi Yangtse institute of Zorig Chusum. With financial support from Bhutan Foundation, Penjor Dorji started Green Pigment Arts to produce and promote natural pigments  made from local plants and trees for Bhutanese painters and to reduce import of chemical paint from outside Bhutan. 

Speaker at College of Natural Resources on 19th October

Sonam Tshering

Sonam Tshering is a licensed home based soap-maker and founder of Pelbar Soap. Pelbar homemade naturals offer an alternative for people who want natural chemical-free yet long lasting soaps. They are a self-taught and makers of preservative free soaps made directly by combining locally available organic herbs, vegetables, fruits, flowers and pigments. Each of the soaps is crafted with love for all nature lovers who has a rightful claim over the pristine nature we dearly share and care for. 

Speaker at College of Natural Resources on the 19th October

Tashi Dendup

Tashi Dendup is the founder of Laykha Dairy, a small dairy-processing factory in Bondey, Paro. The company was established with the vision to become a household name for dairy products in the country by producing the highest quality products that are affordable and tasty. Currently, they produce flavoured yogurt and plain natural yogurt and have plans to produce cheese, chugo, butter, ice cream and other dairy products soon. They are actively engaged in youth related events and have pledged to provide 10% of their profits to charities across Bhutan.

Speaker at Norbuling Rigter College on 19 October

Yonten Drukpa

Yonten Drukpa owns and runs Yeti Furniture, a furniture house which was established in 2016. Yeti Furniture specializes in making customized furniture designs and products depending on their clients needs and the space they have available. They combine modern and traditional designs into their products. 

Speaker at Norbuling Rigter College on 19 October

Dorji Gyeltshen

The development philosophy of Bhutanese government has given opportunities to Bhutanese entrepreneurs to explore new business opportunities. Microbrewery in Bhutan is the new frontier and the race to brew a local Bhutanese Beer has started.

Namgay Artisanal Brewery envisions to brew a beer crafted using only the finest and locally sourced ingredients from Paro. The brewery is a startup business established in Paro and with plans to expand through community participation. Currently they brew 8 types of beer and four have been launched in local market and in India.

Speaker at Norbuling Rigter College on 19th October

Tshering Denkar

Tshering Denkar is the first Bhutanese solo travel blogger and vlogger. She travels around Bhutan, delving deep into local destinations, trailing unbeaten routes, and meeting unheard indigenous communities. She unravels her travel odyssey through her blog Denkar’s Getaway. She has inspired thousands of people from the young generation to make the best use of digitized platforms.

Speaker at Norbuling Rigter College on 19th October

Dorji Dema

Dorji Dema is the founder of Druk Sha Veggie. Druk Sha Veggie was founded during the first Bhutan National Startup Weekend in 2018. Druk Sha Veggie produces ‘Freed Vegan’, a plant base protein food product for vegetarians. They were selected for the acceleration concept program in New Delhi sponsored by the University of Texas and the U.S government. They are also beneficiaries of Loden Foundation and DHI BizAP.

Speaker at Gedu College of Business Studies on 19th October

Bikash Gurung

Bikash Gurung is the co-funder of Himalayan Food, a company that aims to produce the best quality healthy snacks for its consumers. They source their ingredients from local farmers thereby creating a market for our local produce. Himalayan Food produces exclusive potato crisp with a Bhutanese twist and flavour. They also produce healthy and nutritious crisp from dried apples and banana.

Speaker at Gedu College of Business Studies on 19th October

Ugyen Dorji

Ugyen Dorji is the founder of Druk Waste Managment based in Paro. Druk Waste Management provides waste collection service in Paro specially to hospitality industries, airport, business entities and households which are not serviceable by the municipality. They also manage the only landfill in Paro, recover resources, manage the drop off centres and create awareness on proper waste management.

Speaker at Gedu College of Business Studies on 19th October

Puran Rai

On My Sole(OMS) Manufacturing Unit was founded in 2019 by Puran Rai, a graduate of Gedu College of Business Studies. OMS is located at Chokorling in Sarpang and first of its kind to manufacture socks in the southern foothills. The establishment of the socks manufacturing unit was first conceived when Puran encountered the problem of not being able to find a good pair of cotton socks at a reasonable price.

Speaker at Gedu College of Business Studies 19th October

Dupjay Pelzang

An Electrical Engineer by profession and he is the Founder of SungJab (AI Electronic Scarecrow). The Firm produces electronic scarecrow to curb the wildlife-human conflict.

He is also the Principal Consultant of STEMSEL Technology and teaches STEM (AI & IoT) that helps his Students grow digitally & technically sound.

Sangay Jamtsho

Mr Sangay graduated from Scherubtse College in 2012 and he is now the proprietor of Sustainable Dairy farm at Trashi Yangtse.

“Sustainable Dairy Farm” is a dairy farm that raises cows and offers a wide variety of nutritious dairy products by using advanced and eco-friendly technologies such as milking parlor, grass cutter, chopper and other equipments. The farm, managed by Sangay Jamtsho, is a leading example of a farm that has successfully expanded from a traditional farm to a semi-commercial one.

Mr Sangay is the speaker at Tashi Yangtse Zorig Chusum

Amardeep Chhetri

Amardeep Chhetri, the founder of KP Foods, is a hotel management graduate who worked in the hotel industry within and outside Bhutan for 11 years prior to setting up the project.

K.P. Foods is the first Instant noodle manufacturing company in Bhutan that started commercial production in April 2018. It started with three different flavored instant noodles and later launched ready-to-eat K.P. Krum Krum in four flavors. 

K.P. Foods’ slogan is ‘A Mission Towards Self Sufficiency’ and to this end, it has been sourcing raw materials from local farmers. “All the ingredients required to produce my products are locally purchased.” – Amardeep Chhetri

Guest speaker at the LIVE Radio Talk Show with Radio Valley 99.9 FM on Friday 18 October from 4:30 till 5:30 pm

Deepika Neopaney

Deepika Neopaney, an MBA graduate from Indian Institute of Planning and Management, Bengaluru, India, established the business in 2014. She is the founder of ‘Bioplate,’ which is an innovative eco-friendly business that produces disposable, biodegradable and naturally textured plates and cups using areca nut sheaths. 

Bioplate products offer the much-needed alternative to plastic products. In addition, the products are healthy and hygienic. The products can be used to serve food during parties, functions, hotels, restaurants and buffets. “And they are biodegradable and eco friendly,” says Deepika Neopaney.

Guest speakers at the LIVE Radio Talk Show with Radio Valley 99.9 FM on Saturday 19 October from 4:30 till 5:30 pm

Chogyal Lhamo

Mrs Chogyal Lhamo is the Manager of Waste Management that Collects and separates renewable and non-renewable wastes in Trongsa

“Waste Management” is transforming waste into a resource for the community of Trongsa rather than a burden. Chogyal Lhamo, an entrepreneur known for her activism in waste management since 2007, developed an integrated waste management system that divides renewable (transformed into compost) and non-renewable waste (crushed into waste skips for resale). The venture also collaborates with schools to engage students with waste management activities like recycling and composting as a way to sensitize them to their environment.
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Guest speakers at Technical Training Institute- Chumey Bumthang

Jigme Singye

Mr. Jigme Singye is the founder of Happy Delivery that delivery Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) around Thimphu.

Happy Delivery is a business that delivers Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders at the door step of residents of Thimphu at a minimal price. Jigme was inspired to start this business after seeing many residents of Thimphu, especially the ones who go to work, facing difficulties to follow the specific time duration to re-fill their LPG cylinders. Apart from saving previous time of his customers, Jigme also wants to promote dignity of labor. Happy Delivery hopes expand their business in delivering food, groceries, vegetables and more.

Guest speakers at Royal Thimphu College.

Tashi Dhendup Dorji

Tashi Dhendup Dorji is the founder of Laykha Dairy Delights.

Laykha Dairy Delights is a manufacturing unit that will focus on producing flavored yogurt packed into spout pouches. “Purchasing imported flavored yogurt becomes very expensive overtime and I felt it was time to create Bhutan’s first flavored yogurt packed in spout pouches.”

Guest Speaker at Royal Thimphu College.