Journalist Debendra Khapung Surkeli hails from Limbu Indigenous Community. He is one of the founding members of Indigenous Media Foundation and Indigenous Television. He has served as editor in chief in various weekly and montly magazines, some of them are Nepal Pristhabhumi, The Gurkhas, Nepal Sandesh Saptahik, Hamro Saskriti, Tesro Awaaz and so forth. He is also the Central Committee Chairperson of Limbu Journalists Association, an association of Limbu Journalists across Nepal.