Manish Shrestha has been elected as the president of Confederation of Nepal Industry (CNI) Youth Entrepreneurs Forum. The annual general meeting of the platform held in Pokhara on Friday formed a new working committee under the chairmanship of Shrestha for the year 2025-2026.

Shrestha, the founder of Kaji Studio, has been associated with the platform for the past four years. Ashish Agarwal, the outgoing president of the platform, handed over the office to the newly elected president Shrestha.

Shrestha's working committee consists of Sugam Ghimire (Learning Chair), Punit Agarwal (Member Integration Chair), Nadika Dugad Mall (Growth and Expansion Chair), Yash Agarwal (Finance Chair), Ankur Agarwal (International Relations Chair), Charyag Saraogi (Startup Chair), Sayani Khaitan (Network and Communication Chair) and Sujit Regmi. (Startup's – Chair) have been selected .  Sudaykant Jha got the most active member award at the annual general meeting of

platform. The Lumbini chapter of the forum has been awarded the highest membership increase. Manish Shrestha, Sujit Regmi and Arun Aggarwal, who participated in the SAARC Tank Nepal program, were awarded 'Token of Love' from the platform.