Just curious to find out about people who have made an impact. View on r/Nepal by slowersea977 544 Tags opinion, Nepali, biggest, Innovators, Question/प्रश्न You my also like: Why Nepali football player goes abroad? Why do Nepali “Jogis’ not take anything from “Rimals”? Why are Nepali people so impeccably dressed? What’s the biggest regret in your life? What is the process for a foreign citizen to get Nepali driving license?
If by biggest and successful for innovation (not only tied to money), it has to be Sanduk Ruit as his eye surgical method (which was apparently laughed at by all folks of Nepal EYE national org) has saved thousands of poor folks around the world. Then he founded Tilganga which manufactures low-cost intraocular lenses that has made cataract surgeries affordable everywhere in the world. A true innovator whose impact is global.
Another astonishing feat is that he also persuaded the heads of Pashupati to allow corneal donation from dead people waiting to be cremated. Imagine how many hurdles he had to pass to convince the ultra-religious folks.
Every Nepali should read his biography.
Undoubtebly, our beloved Dr. Sanduk Ruit for me.
For context:
Intraocular lens was invented by Harold Ridley in 1949 which was a crucial invention to treat cataract. Working in Australia in 1986, Dr. Sanduk Ruit and Fred Hollows developed a strategy for using inexpensive intraocular lenses to bring small-incision cataract surgery to the developing world. Basically, they made it way cheaper to afford like 100 times cheaper.
Mahabir Pun comes close to second
Nothing more, nothing less chow-chow(wai-wai/noodle) by CG(Binod Chaudhary) and other subsidiary too, which made him billionaire with a massive 1.8 billions of net worth.
Though wai-wai right was originally owned by south-asian country(thailand), later bought by Binod, but it revolutionize nepal snacks time.
Sanduk Ruit ,Kulman , Mahabir pun , Balen , NRB Governors, Government Policy Makers
buddha-yeti airlines, manakamana cablecar ,esewa , bhatbhateni , Fiber ISPs , pathao-tootle , facebook , tiktok, daraz ,
Waiwai , Current Noodles, yatri motorcycles , Goldstar-Caliber shoes , etc
Politicians, the innovation to sell every thing that was on this country and again and again needs brain power second to none. the innovation to make the people fight on their political beliefs where as you tend to change your beliefs everyday for your personal agenda.