Industrialist Mohan Gopal Khetan passes away
A prominent industrialist Mohan Gopal Khetan passed away on Thursday night at a hospital in Kathmandu.
Khetan died of heart attack at Norvic Hospital at midnight on Thursday. He was 61 years old. His health was not keeping well in recent days.
Chairman of Khetan Group of industries, which include around two dozen business entities such as Himalayan Snacks and Noodles, Gurkha Brewery, and Laxmi Bank, Khetan was a renowned industrialist.
Family sources say his last rites will be performed in Pashupati Aryaghat on Friday.
He is survived by two sons – Rajendra Khetan and Chandra Prakash Khetan – and two daughters.
Born in 1947 in Kathmandu, industrialist Khetan was a law graduate of Tribhuwan University. He had completed his school education from Judhodaya High School of Kathmandu.
Khetan Group of industries has interests in the field of mining, fast moving consumer goods like beverages, food stuff and service industries like insurance, banking/financial services, telecommunications, IT, real estate, investments, energy etc.
Having started business career at very young age, Khetan started from sugar trading and later on moved to diverse fields ranging from transport to petroleum business, to telecommunication and finance, among others..
He was also involved in various social, financial, religious, health education and charity organisations. Khetan was also Honorary Consul General of Turkey for Nepal. nepalnews.com sd Apr 27 07
