Manjil Rana was educated at St Xavier's School in Kathmandu, Mahindra United World College in Maharastra, India, and College of the Atlantic in Maine, USA. He left his life and studies in the States to start Maya Universe Academy (MUA), a free school in his village in Udhin Dhunga of Tahanu District in rural Nepal.

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