Shivanee Thapa Basnyat is a Senior News Editor at Nepal Television. She holds over 17 years of experience in broadcast journalism and covers politics and foreign affairs. Her experience also includes production of news & current affairs programs, interviews, and documentaries. Basnyat has covered several Prime Ministerial level state visits and been a part of the distinguished delegation. Basnyat has chaired many important national and international panels, including the Panel on Environmental Disaster held under the Asia Media Summit-2017 in Qingdao, China. She was the Master of Ceremony of the prestigious SAARC Summit, series of Nepal Investment Summits, and the United Nations Global Gathering on Nutrition. Basnyat is a fellow of the Elite Fellowship Program of the US Department of State at the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, APCSS in Hawaii.