Rama Singh

Rama Singh is a Nepalese television personality and former soccer player and captain for the Nepal women's national football team.

Football / soccer career After the announcement that FIFA wouldn’t be allowed to fund those associations which did not include women’s football, the Asian Football Federation introduced women's football in Nepal. The president of All Nepal Football Association, Kamal Thapa, initiated the women’s football team. Rama Singh played while studying Masters Level.

Singh started her journey in football in 1983 as the captain on Nepal’s women football's Bagmati team. At the 1986 Asian Cup, she captained Nepal as it made its international debut. The 16-member squad, selected from the National Games in Illam, lost the match against Hong Kong by 1-0.

Singh has also released a poetry book titled "Sanghar Ma Parkhi Basey" released in 2000. She later released a song album from the book which featured 11 artists such as Rabin Sharma and Reema gurung.

Singh acted in the film entitled, Basudev.

Other work While in America, she started a "One-Dollar Project" which provided help and free education to the children of Nepal who lost their parents in Nepalese wars.

Achievements Selected as one of the Nepal’s Top 50 Personalities of Year 2004, The Boss Magazine Selected as one of the 10 Most Influential Women of Nepal in Year 2004, The Boss Magazine Selected as one of the 50 Most Influential Women of Nepal in Year 2005, The Boss Magazine "Prabal Gorkhadakshin Bahu" Medal from HM the King of Nepal in 2006 "Tarani Dutta Koirala Media Award" from the Reporters Club Nepal in 2006 "Celebrity Women Hood Award" from Celebrity Women’s Organization in 2005 "Birendra Aishwarya Sewa Padak" from the HM the King of Nepal in 2002 "Bhupal Man Singh Award" from Bhupal Man Singh Trust in 1998 "Gaddhi Aarohan Rajat Mahotsab Award" from the HM the King of Nepal in 1996 "Abhiyan National Award" from Abhiyan, a professional group of Nepali artists, in 1988