NRB Assistant Director study plan
NRB Assistant Director · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 7 hours per week
General Knowledge and Banking Awareness & Monetary Policy and Central Banking
Map the full NRB Assistant Director syllabus against a personal baseline, marking each subtopic as known, shaky, or unknown
Build a one-page timeline of Nepal's banking history from the Nepal Bank Act era through the establishment of Nepal Rastra Bank and later reforms
List the current statutory objectives and core functions of Nepal Rastra Bank and explain each in two sentences from memory
Memorize the structure of NRB's governing bodies and the broad division of departments by function
Draft a glossary of 40 core banking-awareness terms with a one-line definition each
Your checkpoint
A dated syllabus tracker plus a 40-term glossary covering general banking awareness and central banking basics
Monetary Policy and Central Banking & Economics and Macroeconomics
Explain the monetary policy transmission channels in Nepal and rank them by practical importance
Describe the main instruments NRB uses for liquidity management and state when each is deployed
Define money supply measures and explain how each aggregate is constructed and used
Trace how a change in the policy rate and the CRR affects credit, inflation, and the exchange rate in a small open economy
Solve 15 numerical problems on money multiplier, reserve ratios, and liquidity absorption
Your checkpoint
A two-page written note explaining policy rate to inflation transmission in Nepal, plus a worked numerical set with answers
Economics and Macroeconomics
Construct and interpret national income identities for an open economy and apply them to Nepali data
Compute GDP deflator, real growth, and per-capita income from given figures and explain each result
Explain the causes and policy responses to demand-pull versus cost-push inflation with Nepali examples
Analyze fiscal policy tools and the implications of a large public debt burden for monetary management
Diagram and explain the phases of the business cycle and identify current indicators for Nepal
Your checkpoint
A one-page macroeconomic diagnostic of Nepal using five indicators, each with a computed value and a policy implication
Banking and Financial Regulation, Supervision and Financial Stability & Monetary Policy and Central Banking
Summarize the Basel capital framework pillars and explain how risk-weighted capital ratios are computed
Describe Nepal's supervisory toolkit, including on-site inspection, off-site monitoring, and corrective action ladders
Explain the role of deposit insurance, lender-of-last-resort facilities, and resolution mechanisms in financial stability
Compare licensed institution classes in Nepal by permitted activities and prudential requirements
Identify early-warning indicators of bank distress and explain how supervisors act on them
Your checkpoint
A mock supervisory memo recommending action for a hypothetical bank breaching its capital adequacy ratio, citing the relevant prudential logic
Banking and Financial Regulation, Supervision and Financial Stability & Accounting, Financial Management and Statistics
Prepare a simplified balance sheet and income statement from a trial balance and compute key ratios
Compute and interpret CAMEL-style indicators: capital adequacy, asset quality, management efficiency, earnings, and liquidity
Apply accounting principles to loan-loss provisioning and explain the income statement effect
Distinguish accrual from cash accounting and explain revenue recognition for interest income
Practice 20 ratio-calculation questions under timed conditions
Your checkpoint
A completed ratio analysis worksheet for a sample bank with a three-sentence interpretation of each ratio
Accounting, Financial Management and Statistics & General Knowledge and Banking Awareness
Calculate and interpret measures of central tendency and dispersion for a given dataset
Explain index numbers, base-year selection, and the construction of a consumer price index
Compute time-value-of-money problems including present value, annuity, and loan amortization
Review banking-awareness facts on payment systems, digital banking, and financial inclusion in Nepal
Complete 40 mixed multiple-choice questions across domains 1 and 5 and log every error by cause
Your checkpoint
An error log of 40 attempted questions with a corrected explanation for each mistake
Nepali Language, English and Administrative Laws & General Knowledge and Banking Awareness
Summarize the constitutional and statutory framework governing Nepal's civil service and administrative conduct
Explain key administrative law principles including delegation, natural justice, and judicial review of administrative action
Draft a formal official letter and a short essay in Nepali within a 30-minute limit each
Complete a timed English comprehension and précis exercise and review grammar errors
Recite and apply 30 Nepali administrative and banking terms in context sentences
Your checkpoint
Two timed writing samples, one Nepali official letter and one English précis, with a self-scored rubric
General Knowledge and Banking Awareness & Monetary Policy and Central Banking & Economics and Macroeconomics & Banking and Financial Regulation, Supervision and Financial Stability & Accounting, Financial Management and Statistics & Nepali Language, English and Administrative Laws
Take two full-length mock exams under timed conditions and score each by domain
Re-study only the three weakest subtopics identified by mock performance
Condense all notes into a 10-page revision sheet organized by domain
Rehearse the policy-rate transmission explanation and the supervisory memo aloud without notes
Finalize a one-week pre-exam revision schedule
Your checkpoint
Two scored mock exams with a domain-wise score breakdown and a finalized 10-page revision sheet
Milestones
Week 2: Can explain, without notes, how a CRR change moves interbank liquidity, credit growth, and inflation in Nepal, and has scored at least 70% on the 15 numerical problems
Week 4: Can compute risk-weighted capital adequacy from given figures and justify a supervisory action in writing, with all key ratios correct
Week 6: Error log shows at least 40 attempted mixed questions with every error categorized, and ratio and statistics accuracy is at or above 65%
Week 8: Both mock exams completed within time, with a domain-wise score profile showing no domain below 50% and an overall score at or above 60%