Shishir Khanal

{{Short description|Nepalese politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Honourable

| name = Shisir Khanal

| office = Minister of Education, Science and Technology

| termstart = 17 January 2023

| termend = 5 February 2023

| president = Bidhya Devi Bhandari

| primeminister = Pushpa Kamal Dahal

| predecessor = Devendra Paudel

| successor = Ashok Rai

| office1 = Member of the Parliament, Pratinidhi Sabha

| president1 = Bidhya Devi Bhandari

| native_name = शिशिर खनाल

| constituency1 = Kathmandu 6

| termstart1 = 22 December 2022

| predecessor1 = Bhimsen Das Pradhan

| spouse = Achyuta Adhikari

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|12|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kathmandu, Nepal

| parents =

| party = Rastriya Swatantra Party

| education = MIPA (UW-Madison);
BA in IPED (Bridgeport)

| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison;
University of Bridgeport

| image = ShishirKhanal.png

| caption = Khanal during an interview before the 2022 elections

| website = {{url|https://shisirkhanal.com/}}

}}

Shisir Khanal ({{langx|ne|शिशिर खनाल}}) is a Nepali politician and member of Rastriya Swatantra Party.{{Cite web |title=Rastriya Swatantra Party wins three Kathmandu constituencies |url=https://kathmandupost.com/national/2022/11/23/rastriya-swatantra-party-wins-three-kathmandu-constituencies |website=kathmandupost.com}} He is a former Minister of Education, Science and Technology.{{Cite web |last=The Himalayan Times |title=Rastriya Swatantra Party decides to quit govt|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/rastriya-swatantra-party-decides-to-quit-govt |access-date=2023-02-05 |website=The Himalayan Times |language=en}} He was elected in 2022 from Kathmandu 6 to the House of Representatives.{{Cite web |title=RSP's Shishir Khanal wins in Kathmandu-6 |url=https://www.nepalnews.com/s/politics/rsp-s-shishir-khanal-wins-in-kathmandu-6 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=nepalnews.com}}{{Cite web |title=Shishir Khanal elected from Kathmandu-6 |url=https://en.setopati.com/political/159946/ |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=setopati.com}}{{Cite web |title=Rastriya Swatantra Party's Shishir Khanal secures victory in Kathmandu-6 |url=https://kathmandupost.com/province-no-3/2022/11/23/rastriya-swatantra-party-s-shishir-khanal-secures-victory-in-kathmandu-6 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=kathmandupost.com |language=English}}

Shisir received his Master of International Public Affairs (MIPA) from UW–Madison's Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs in 2005.{{Cite web |title=Shisir Khanal MIPA’05 {{!}} Wisconsin Alumni Association |url=https://www.uwalumni.com/news/forward_khanal/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |website=www.uwalumni.com |language=en}}