Bharat is one of the most prominent senior journalists of Nepal with a professional career of over four decades. He started his career in journalism as the chief reporternbsp;for the first english daily in Nepal called The Rising Nepal in 1965.nbsp; He stayed with the Rising Nepal for 19 years becoming its chief editor.nbsp;nbsp;He then became editor of the parent newspaper and then ultimately the executive chairman and general manager of the newspaper corporation. Afterwards he joined the World View International foundation as Regional Director for Asia for two years, promoting video as a development tool.nbsp; He is the founder of the Nepal Press Institute, nurturing and developing journalists native to Nepal. He was also instrumental in establishing the way for private, rural radio stations and became chairman of the first rural radio station in Katmandu.nbsp; Now there are 450 such private radio stations in Nepal rivaling other neighboring countries such as India and Pakistan.