{"id":171,"date":"2025-07-22T09:29:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T09:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/?page_id=171"},"modified":"2025-08-11T07:01:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T07:01:43","slug":"staff-portraits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/index.php\/staff-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-23441af8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-x-large-font-size is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\nOur staff\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCF2675-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCF2675-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCF2675-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCF2675-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCF2675-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCF2675-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/DSCF2675-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e0cff7e5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\nLorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipiscing elit. Quisque faucibus ex sapien vitae pellentesque sem placerat. In id cursus mi pretium tellus duis convallis. Tempus leo eu aenean sed diam urna tempor. Pulvinar vivamus fringilla lacus nec metus bibendum egestas. Iaculis massa nisl malesuada lacinia integer nunc posuere. Ut hendrerit semper vel class aptent taciti sociosqu. Ad litora torquent per conubia nostra inceptos himenaeos.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-x-large-font-size\">Our Founder <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-61552176 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>Lorem Ipsum has been the industry&#8217;s standard dummy text ever since the 1500s.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;flex-basis:50%\">\n<p style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Ms. Shyam Badan Shrestha &#8211; a remarkable social entrepreneur and a champion of women\u2019s empowerment and environmental sustainability in Nepal. As the Chairperson of Nepal Knotcraft Centre Pvt. Ltd., she has spent over 40 years transforming traditional craft skills into a source of dignity, income, and independence for women across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nepalknotcraft.com\/index.php\/our-founder\/\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Discover More <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);margin-bottom:0;margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">Maya Rai \u2014 Director of Nepal Knotcraft Centre and a passionate advocate for preserving Nepal\u2019s living heritage through indigenous skills, traditional crafts, and intergenerational knowledge. 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