Nepal, in every heartbeat
Nepal, in every heartbeat 🇳🇵

NISHANTPokhrel.

A Nepali who came to America with ambition and the belief that preparation is its own kind of luck. Today, Senior Analyst at Goldman Sachs and Founder of Technical Gurkha. Tomorrow — whatever Nepal needs most.

Goldman Sachs · AWM Technical Gurkha CS + Data Analytics · 3.98 GPA Youth Advocate · Nepal
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3.98
Cumulative GPA
Caldwell University 2023
2+
Years at Goldman Sachs
Asset & Wealth Management
20%
More risks identified
through audit innovation
1→∞
Children supported — and growing
Building an education organization for Nepal
About Me

Built on merit.
Driven by something bigger.

Some people are handed their start in life. I packed mine in a single suitcase and flew to America — a Nepali with a scholarship, a 4.0 to chase, and a quiet conviction that the work I did here would one day matter back home.

I graduated from Caldwell University at the top of my class — not because I was the smartest person in the room, but because I refused to waste a single day of the opportunity I had been given. A 3.98 GPA, a Computer Science degree, a minor in Data Analytics, and four years that proved preparation and discipline are always enough.

At Goldman Sachs, I work within Asset & Wealth Management — currently in Client Onboarding, where I sit at the intersection of people, process, and institutional trust. Before that, I spent over a year in Risk Engineering Audit, learning from the inside how the world’s most powerful institutions hold themselves accountable. That knowledge is not accidental. It is preparation.

Alongside Goldman, I founded Technical Gurkha — a digital agency helping businesses grow through web design, social media strategy, and brand development. Because access to professional tools should not be reserved for those with the deepest pockets.

Every credential earned, every company built, every connection made — it’s scaffolding. Nepal is the building.

Nishant Pokhrel
Experience

Every role,
a lesson.

From university helpdesks to Goldman Sachs. Every step deliberate — every position chosen to build a specific capability.

Senior Analyst — Asset & Wealth Management
Apr 2025 – Present
Goldman Sachs · Client Onboarding · Dallas, TX
Analyst — Risk Engineering Audit
Jan 2024 – Apr 2025
Goldman Sachs · Dallas, TX
Founder & CEO
Current
Technical Gurkha · Dallas, TX
Lead IT Technician
Aug – Dec 2023
Georgian Court University · Lakewood, NJ
Information Technology Intern
Jun – Aug 2022
IPG Health Network · New York, NY
Senior Student Technician
Feb 2021 – May 2023
Caldwell University · Caldwell, NJ
Nishant receiving Valedictorian recognition at Caldwell University
Receiving recognition on stage · Caldwell University · May 2023
Education

The door
merit opened.

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Graduated Top of Class — 2023Dean’s List every semester without exception. A 4.00 Major GPA across Computer Science — earned through four years of showing up fully.
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B.S. Computer Science · Minor in Data AnalyticsCaldwell University, NJ · GPA: 3.98 / 4.00 · Major GPA: 4.00 / 4.00
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MultilingualFluent in English, Hindi, and Nepali — with working proficiency in additional languages. A bridge between worlds, by design.
Key Coursework
Artificial IntelligenceData Structures Software EngineeringDatabase Management Project ManagementNetworking Operating SystemsCalculus
नेपाल
Nepal 🇳🇵
“I left Nepal to learn.
I will return to build.”

Nepal is not a background detail in my story — it is the entire point. Every degree earned, every job taken, every skill built was done with the understanding that it would one day be brought home. Not as charity. As investment.

Nepal is a country of extraordinary people held back by ordinary systems. Brain drain hollowing out a generation. Youth unemployment above 20%. A political class that has too often rewarded loyalty over competence. These are not inevitabilities — they are choices. And choices can be changed.

Nishant celebrating in Nepal with family
Back Home 🇳🇵
Celebrating with family — the roots that anchor everything
Nishant at Nepali Cultural and Spiritual Center
Community & Culture
At the Nepali Cultural & Spiritual Center — identity that travels with you
The Vision

A Nepal where
merit is enough.

The Nepal I believe in is not a distant dream — it is an achievable reality. Education must be a right, not a privilege. A child born in Rukum deserves the same future as a child born in Kathmandu.

Digital transformation is not optional — it is how Nepal competes with the world. Governance must be transparent, accountable, and genuinely oriented toward youth. The next generation should not have to choose between staying and succeeding.

I have seen how world-class institutions operate from the inside. I know what good governance looks like — and what poor governance costs. That knowledge belongs to Nepal.

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Education as a Right
Building an organization that connects schools, local governments, and donors to fund education for every deserving child. Currently supporting one child from Grade 2 through Grade 10 — the proof of concept for a system designed to scale.
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Youth Employment & Opportunity
Building pathways so Nepal’s brightest can build their futures at home — not in Qatar, not in Malaysia, not abroad by necessity.
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Digital Nepal
Technology and entrepreneurship as engines of growth. Nepal has the talent — it needs the systems and policy to let it flourish.
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Accountable Governance
Institutions that work for the people. Transparency built in, not bolted on. Leadership chosen for competence, not connections.
Community Impact

Actions, not just words.

2015
Earthquake Relief & Orphanage Build
Collected funds, food, and supplies for Sindhupalchok — the epicentre of the 2015 earthquake. Partnered with Service for Nepal to build an orphanage for children who lost everything.
Gr. 2–10
Education Organization — Proof of Concept
Currently supporting one child’s full education while building the framework for an organization that connects schools, local governments, and donors to ensure no deserving child is left behind.
500+
Students Supported
Led IT infrastructure supporting hundreds of students — building the operational and leadership instincts that scale to any challenge.
The Work Ahead
What’s here is a beginning. The ambition is systemic. The commitment is permanent. Nepal deserves nothing less.
Leadership & Service

Titles are earned.
Character is built.

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Graduated Top of Class — 2023
Caldwell University
Four years of showing up fully. Dean’s List every semester. Not the loudest voice in the room — just the most prepared.
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Data Jam Mentor
Pittsburgh Data Works
Mentored high school students in data science — because investing in young people’s capability is the most direct path to a better world.
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Student President
Phi Kappa Phi · Caldwell Chapter
Led one of America’s most prestigious academic honor societies — organizing, mobilizing, and elevating a community of scholars.
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Event Coordinator
NSA · Caldwell University
Organized major campus events bringing hundreds together. Community organizing is a skill — this is where it was forged.
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Volunteer — Service for Peace
2015 Nepal Earthquake Relief
Mobilized relief supplies for Sindhupalchok. Partnered with Service for Nepal to build an orphanage for children left behind by the earthquake. Service is not a line on a CV — it is a way of being.
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Nepal Community Advocate
Ongoing
Regular visits home. Active in Nepali community life. Close attention to the political and social forces shaping Nepal’s next chapter.
Writing & Thinking

Ideas worth
sharing.

I write to think clearly. These are the ideas I keep returning to — about Nepal, about ambition, about what it means to leave and what it demands to go back.

Nepal · Future
What Nepal’s Generation Z Is Actually Saying
Something shifted in Nepal in recent years. A generation that grew up watching their parents pack bags for Doha and Kuala Lumpur decided they were tired of being spectators. They took to the streets with a single burning question — why does it have to be this way? I don’t think it’s chaos. I think it is the sound a nation makes when it finally decides to wake up.
5 min read
Finance · Governance
What Goldman Sachs Taught Me About Accountability
When you spend your days auditing the controls of one of the world’s most scrutinized institutions, then move to the front lines of client trust as a Senior Analyst, you learn the difference between accountability that is structural and accountability that depends on who happens to be in the room.
7 min read
Nepal · Education
One Boy. One Scholarship. Why It Is Just the Beginning.
There is a boy in Nepal starting Grade 2. Right now, I am making sure he gets his chance. But this was never about one child. It is about building an organization — connecting schools, local governments, donors, and communities — to create a system where no deserving child is left behind. One is the proof of concept. A generation is the goal.
7 min read
Career · Identity
The Nepali Who Went to America
I arrived in New Jersey with one suitcase and the kind of certainty that only comes from having no backup plan. Four years later, I had built something I was proud of — and then the Goldman Sachs offer arrived. I was already stable, already leading a team, already comfortable. A part of me hesitated. But I had not come to America to be comfortable. I had come to learn at the highest level possible, and Goldman Sachs was that level. I accepted. America was always the school. Nepal has always been the destination.
8 min read
Nepal · Diaspora
Brain Drain Is Not Destiny
Every year, Nepal loses thousands of its most capable people. The statistics are sobering. But leaving was never my plan — it was my preparation. The question was never whether to go. It was always: what do you bring back? I believe the Nepali diaspora is one of the most underutilized forces for national transformation on earth. The question is not whether we have what it takes. The question is whether we choose to come back — with everything we have learned — and build.
6 min read
Entrepreneurship
Why I Built a Company While Working at Goldman Sachs
People ask if it is hard to run a company while working at Goldman. Yes. But the difficulty is the point. Technical Gurkha is not a side hustle — it is a proof of concept. That Nepali entrepreneurs can build world-class work. That you do not have to choose between ambition and identity.
5 min read
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Nishant Pokhrel

Email: nis.pokhrel@gmail.com  ·  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nishantpokhrel

Professional Experience

Senior Analyst — Asset & Wealth Management, Client Onboarding
Goldman Sachs · Dallas, TX · Apr 2025 – Present

Analyst — Risk Engineering Audit
Goldman Sachs · Dallas, TX · Jan 2024 – Apr 2025
Managed and evaluated IT controls across access management, patch management, and alert monitoring. Identified 20% more risks through process innovation and smarter audit frameworks.

Founder & CEO
Technical Gurkha · Dallas, TX · 2024 – Present
Digital agency specializing in web design, brand development, and social media strategy for small businesses and first-generation entrepreneurs.

Lead IT Technician
Georgian Court University · Lakewood, NJ · Aug – Dec 2023

Information Technology Intern
IPG Health Network · New York, NY · Jun – Aug 2022

Senior Student Technician
Caldwell University · Caldwell, NJ · Feb 2021 – May 2023

Education

B.S. Computer Science · Minor in Data Analytics
Caldwell University, NJ · Graduated 2023
GPA: 3.98 / 4.00 · Major GPA: 4.00 / 4.00 · Dean's List every semester · Graduated Top of Class

Leadership & Service

Student President — Phi Kappa Phi, Caldwell Chapter
Data Jam Mentor — Pittsburgh Data Works
Event Coordinator — NSA, Caldwell University
Volunteer — 2015 Nepal Earthquake Relief, Service for Peace

Skills & Languages

Technical: Python, SQL, Tableau, Excel, Web Development, IT Infrastructure, Risk & Compliance Frameworks
Languages: English (Fluent), Nepali (Native), Hindi (Fluent)

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