From Mithila to UN headquarters

Not only in Nepal, but also outside the country, Naval Kishore has been trying to spread the local Mithila painting, on his own initiative, Mithila painting exhibition has been held in America as well.

Mangshir 28, 2081

Jagdishor Panday

From Mithila to UN headquarters

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In the inner village of Mahottari is Timkia settlement. Which now belongs to other municipalities. Navalkishore Yadav, who was born in Timkia settlement in 2012 in an ordinary family, is now 69 years old. Yadav, who once lived happily in the village, played the role of an accomplished chartered accountant after reaching different corners of the world from Nepal.

Spent 15 years as a Chartered Accountant at the United Nations (UN). He is also the first Nepali to receive the 'Secretary General Award' from the Secretary General of the United Nations. The award was received in 2017. He retired from the UN in the same year. If I remember the past, I never thought that I would go to the UN and get a job. I was working with honesty and success was coming," he said.

Yadav's life is very ups and downs. Born in an ordinary family in a poor village in Madhesh where there was no electricity or roads, he rose to the level of the internal auditor of the United Nations global expenditure. Studied up to Class 5 at Sri Ram Vilas Yadav Primary School (now Secondary School) located between Timkia and Voila in Mahottari. He went to Saraswati Mavi in ​​Janakpur for further studies. Where the first president of Nepal, Ramvaran Yadav, to educationist Suresh Raj Sharma studied. 

On the one hand, Yadav's studies were progressing, on the other hand, his personal life was experiencing ups and downs. He married 5-year-old Dukhni Yadav at the age of nine while studying in the fourth grade. Yadav has only vague memories of his marriage. He knew Dukhni from Vanchauri, another village of Mahottari, as his wife only after a long time. After one year of marriage, Nawalkishore came to Janakpur to study. In Madhesh, after getting married at a young age, it was customary for the bride to stay with her husband and later the groom would bring her into the house. which is called Gauna. Even though she was married, Dukhni lived in Maiti as she was not married. And Mr. Yadav used to stay and study in the hostel at Saraswati Mavi in ​​Janakpur.

From Mithila to UN headquarters

After passing class eight, he was told at home, 'Now you have to go to Gauna.' He rode a horse to Vanchauri. Shame was flushed across his cheeks. Dukhani, who took 9 years, followed her. Thus entered their home. After marriage, Dukhani could not study. She also expressed no regrets about it until later. She encouraged Navalkishore to read. Yadav said, "Many of my friends had to stop studying after marriage. But Dukhni didn't make me sad about it, even though she couldn't read, she kept encouraging me to study.

Yadav after passing ICOM worked as an accountant in Panchayat-style underground water resources project in 2029. After five years, he made his name in public service and was transferred to Lamjung. During his stay in Lamjung, Yadav understood the difference between hills and Madhesh. He also found out after going to Lamjung that people are taking jobs while giving 'private exams'. He also started studying B.Com in the same way.

After a while, the referendum took place. He was transferred to Terai. He was stripped of his job on the charge of not helping the panchayat in the village where he was stationed as polling officer. For the time being, this incident that hurt him a lot, looking back after all these years, that incident became a 'turning point' for him. Then I came to Kathmandu and applied for the Auditor General's office. By chance, my name came out and later I was able to go to India to study chartered accountant on the scholarship of the same office.'

From Mithila to UN headquarters

Studied for three years at the Delhi office of Price Water House Cooper, which is considered the world's leader in chartered accountancy. He also got a chance to work there. 

In April 2003, he joined the United Nations Audit Office. In connection with the work of the United Nations, he traveled to more than 50 countries in the world and conducted internal audits of more than 100 countries. He mainly audited the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Sudan before the breakup, Timor Liste and Kenya. He was first posted to Kenya in 2003. Conducted an internal audit of the African continent based in Nairobi during a nine-month assignment. At that time, he audited the internal protections, field work and various other programs of the UN on the African continent. Then Yadav's second posting was in Timor Liste from 2004 to 2005. The UN worked to stabilize the country, which separated from Indonesia and recently started the peace process, in terms of administration and other aspects. 

"When we audit, we look at frugality, functionality and its effectiveness," he said, "we work based on that." Yadav then worked in Sudan from 2005 to 2007. South Sudan was not born at that time. That mission was the biggest mission of the UN. There were more than 10,000 peacekeepers in Sudan. Yadav also audited their food, quality, ingredients, etc. Finally, from 2007 to 2017, he worked at the UN headquarters. From where he audited more than one hundred countries.

Yadav clarified that there are two ways of regular audit at the United Nations. The first is 'Board of Auditors' and the second is 'Internal Audit'. The "Board of Auditors" has representatives from three of the 193 member states of the United Nations. It was created for external audit of the UN. Members may not be reappointed or reappointed after their 6-year term. Second, the General Assembly appoints auditors for 5 years on the recommendation of the Secretary-General for internal audit. And, they cannot even be reduced to 5 years. Yadav worked in the second i.e. internal audit.

From Mithila to UN headquarters

Yadav, who has traveled to different countries and worked at the headquarters of the United Nations, is now engaged in social service, remembering his past. He says, 'This world makes us indebted. The dignity of life is to pay it before leaving here.' Yadav is now in 'Giving back to society' the opportunity given by the society. While his friends are questioning why he returned to Nepal instead of staying abroad, he is busy helping in building the infrastructure of the school he studied at first, giving scholarships to the students of his school and his area, and other programs.

Yadav is working hard to build a community school building in his village and to improve education there. He has given a subsidy of Rs 36 lakh to Mr. Ramvilas Yadav Mavi, whom he studied up to 5th standard. They have made accessible toilets for girls and also arranged scholarships for first, second and third place students. He has provided scholarship work not only in the school he attended but also in nearby Vanchauri Mavi. Scholarships have been provided to students who stand first, second and third in classes 4, 5, 6 and 7. He has been making this arrangement for the past 5 years and expressed his commitment to continue it in the future as well. He is giving the scholarship through Naval-Dukhni Yadav Foundation.

He is now also the chairman of the board of directors of Saraswati Mavi in ​​Janakpur. He has also started a campaign to make a master plan for the said school. "At some point, I am trying to get the famous school back on track. Rather than staying abroad, if I can go back to the school where I studied and make it stronger, it will produce good students in the future, that will be a happy moment for me," said Yadav. He has taken initiatives to spread his local Mithila painting not only in Nepal but also outside the country. An exhibition of Mithila painting is also being held in New York with his initiative and the support of the Government of Nepal. In the end, he added, "Everyone has to do something to 'pay the debt' to the society they grew up in." That's what I did.'

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