Kalpana Bista (15 April 1905 – 11 June 2001) was the first female minister of education of Nepal in 1978.
[1] Bista was appointed by late King Birendra of Nepal and late Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa as the minister of education as well as the member of the Office of the secretariat and parliament on multiple occasions.
[2][3][4][5][6][7] She was also appointed as a lifetime member of the child welfare committee of the state of Uttarakhand in India.
Many members of her family including her son and father-in-law as well as most of her brother-in-laws have held public office in the government of Nepal.
Her son Lok Pratap Bista was also appointed by King Mahendra of Nepal as the Minister of Forestry and Agriculture.