Founding Members

Literature Council of Bhutan was initially established on 19th March 1993 as Nepali Bhasha Parishad, Bhutan, with the prima facie objective of promoting and preserving the Nepali language. This Nepali Bhasha Parishad, Bhutan, was renamed as Nepali Shahitya Parisad, Bhutan, in 2006 A.D and finally, it took the name Literature Council of Bhutan on June 11, 2011, with some major changes in structure, extension of area of work and up-gradation of its academic capacity in conformity with changed scenario and need of Bhutanese literary workers, readers and commoners spread over the various parts of globe. Listed under is the list of the founding members of the Council:

Bhim Kumar Rai
Gopal Ghimire
Gopal Gurung
Bhawanishanker Adhikari
Hom Nath Subedi
Ganga Ram Lamitarey
Laxmi Prasad Adhikari
Bhakti Prasad Pokhrel
Dhurba Kumar Tamang
Devi Charan Dhungyel
Tulasi Dhawadi
Bhola Nath Sapkota
Rup Narayan Dahal
Yog Nath Sharma
Chandra Prasad Khanal
Om Prakash Nepal
Gana Pati Pyakurel
Lok Nath Dhakal
Narahari Dhakal
Jaya Narayan Adhikari
Bhoj Kumar Dhakal
Chandra Gautam
Bal Bahadur Poudyel
Ambika Prasad Dulal
Gauri Shankar Sharma
Taranidhi Neopaney
Hari Prasad Sapkota
Bhim Nath Timsina
Kul Prasad Regmi
Jhawala Prasad Regmi
Prabhuram Chimariya
Tek Bahadur Dhimal
Til Chandra Acharya
Padma Nath Pokhrel
Pramananda Khatiwoda
Upendra Pyakurel
Lok Nath Pokhrel