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CEO & Founder at Niguro

Yukesh Chaudhary

aka Yukesh Rajbanshi

“If it matters, build it anyway.”
Engineering Nepal’s independent digital ecosystem.

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2018 · First venture 2019 · Niriv founded 2026 · Niguro launched
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The Architect

Building Nepal’s independent internet

From a village in Morang to a search engine used across the country — the full biography, failures included.

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Niguro

Niguro — Nepal’s search engine

Web, news, images and trends under one independent platform, built at home.

Search the open webniguro.com ↗ Trends — what Nepal searches/trends ↗ The Niguro story & stack/niguro

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A decade of building

From a campus in Morang to Nepal’s search engine.

2016

The technical foundation

Completed a computer programming programme — the base for everything that followed.

2018

First venture — YukeshMedia

A media and advertising initiative. First product, first lesson in building for a local audience.

2019

Scriling News & the Niriv seed

Launched a digital content delivery platform, and registered what would become Niguro under the name Niriv.

2021

Building toward sovereignty

Media and aggregation insights coalesced into one undertaking: sovereign digital infrastructure — crawlers, indexing, local relevance.

January 2026

Niriv rebrands to Niguro

Niguro officially launches as Nepal’s independent search engine — web, images, videos, news, and products under one platform.

Now

Building in public

Scaling Niguro’s index, writing the journey at the Lab, and opening the playbook at Insights.

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Build Nov 2, 2025

Niriv launches its live version

After years of planning, designing, and building, I’m excited to share that Niriv is now live. This version brings together search, information,…

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— Why I stay curious
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