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Internet Society Nepal Chapter organized National Dialog on Broadband Connectivity Challenges and Opportunities in Nepal at Hotel Pagoda, Kathmandu, Nepal. The program is held on 23rd  June 2017 at 3 pm to 6 pm. The Keynote Speaker Mr. Manohar Kumar Bhattarai  Paper explores broadband regulatory and policy aspects in the Nepalese region with an aim to facilitate high-speed broadband deployment. The paper focused a tremendous opportunity to improve their economic performance and social outcomes via improved telecommunication…

71st Cyber Security Awareness program conducted at Nepal Law Campus sponsored by an attorney at law Bandita Sharma Dahal, Virginia USA. Washington DC, June 16, 2017 – CSI has successfully conducted Cyber Security awareness training at Nepal Law Campus. The program was sponsored by an attorney at law Bandita Sharma Dahal who lives and professional practices in Virginia USA. Mrs. Dahal studied at Nepal Law Campus while she was in Nepal, later she went to…

72nd Cyber Security Awareness program conducted at Jitpur Saraswati School, Western Chitwan sponsored by Sudan Gaire from Virginia USA. Washington DC, June 18, 2017 – CSI has successfully conducted Cyber Security awareness training at Jitpur Sarswoti School, Western Chitwan. The program was sponsored by Sudan Gaire who lives in Virginia USA originally from Lagauta (Bharatpur-18), Chitwan. A total of 270 students has participated in the program. Representatives from Cyber Security International cyber security Pooja Gurung,…

Following our announcement of Tech Diversity Scholarship, sponsored by Nepal Telecom, here is a list of frequently asked questions: If you are looking to change your career to software development or if want to step up your coding skills, please consider applying for the scholarship.  Why is Code for Nepal providing this scholarship? It is the right of every individual to have access to opportunities. Socio-economic background has been a barrier for that matter. Glaring diversity…

Today, 15th June, 2017 The Managing Director of Nepal Certifying Company Mr. Purushottam Ghimire handed over Digital Signature to the IGP Mr. Prakash Aryal at Nepal Police Headquarter, Naxal. Nepal Police Office started Digital Signature for Office Management, Authenticating Online transactions & Securing their System.

13th June, Kathmandu, Cyber Security Awareness Program has been successfully completed by the Office the Controller of Certification in association with Information Security Response Team, Nepal (Infosec Nepal) at Texas College, Mitrapark, Kathmandu yesterday. Cyber Security Facilatator Mr. Prabesh Koirala, Satish Subedi and Mr. Chiranjibi Adhikari were there to share their knowledge regarding cyber security. The program started with Prabesh Koirala’s  presentations on Cyber Security. He gave a brief description about the common attacks in…

Community Emergency Response Team Meetups getting started at Summit Hotel today.  In this meetup, Infosec Nepal focused Governments and businesses must collaborate to enable better detection, prevention and more efficient combating of all forms of attacks be it cyber or terror attacks. Where physical and cyber security intersects, governmental decision makers and corporates executives are tasked with examining and implementing reactive, efficient, and cost-effective solutions. Out of these decisions, new opportunities will emerge. The representative from…

Nepal Telecom is celebrating 100 Glorious Years of Successful Telecom Service in Nepal. On this occasion, different offers have been provided to their valued customers. All the offers are valid up to 12 Aug 2017. Offer Details 4G Data Pack: For Data Package Subscription: Dial *1415# For 4G/LTE Activation: Dial *444# This package is applicable for 4G/LTE users in Kathmandu and Pokhara only. Users can enjoy the speed of 4G/LTE network at the lowest data…

On 10th June 2017, ICT  Excellence Award was awarded to Mr. Pradeep Khanal. On the occasion of honoring program for great personality by Information Security Response Team Nepal (Infosec-Nepal) has been successfully finished. Keeping the Interaction and facilitation program, Information Security Response Team Nepal has honored ICT sectors’ personality.  The event which was held on Saturday in Softech Foundation Premises, Mr. Pradeep Khanal (Immediate Past President of CAN-USA)  has been honored. Through a press release, Information…

M&S NEXT Venture Corp. announced the 8 businesses selected for the first batch of NEXT Launchpad, a 4 month long mentorship driven business accelerator program. A total of 230 applications were received for the program, and after many rigorous rounds of selection the businesses that have been selected represent a wide variety of industries. Over the next 4 months, the businesses and their founders will go through a trans-formative journey in which they will refine…

It’s lunch time on a sunny afternoon. HarkaBahadur has a craving for chicken mo: mo today. He is bored of his office canteen and wants to go out for lunch. The best restaurant is a 5-minute drive away from his office. Harka gets on his bike and sets off to end his hunger. On the way, he gets stuck in a traffic jam for 15 minutes. Sweating, he reaches the restaurant and orders. His food…

2nd May Declared Nepal’s National ICT Day May 2nd ICT day is endorsed by cabinet yesterday. This is another milestone for the development of ICT Industry of Nepal. Great Achievement CAN Federation, as a part of Silver Jubilee celebrations of CAN Federation, Government of Nepal endorsed May 2, ICT Day [celebrating with an initiation of CAN Federation with support from Government since last 7 years] as National ICT Day and now onwards will be published in…

Signing Ceremony of the MoU between CAN Federation and Nepal Certifying Company On 1st June 2017, a Signing Ceremony was held in Khusibu, Kathmandu to discuss on the possible ways to promote the usage of Digital Signature Certificate in Nepal. Not only this, a penned signature for Digital Signature Certificate was also performed between CAN Federation and Nepal Certifying Company. The MoU was signed by Biplav Man Singh, Chairman of Nepal Certifying Company (NCC) and Er. Binod Dhakal, President of CAN Federation.  By doing so,…

Kantipur Media Group (KMG), the largest media company in Nepal, has acquired a stake in F1Soft International, a software development company and the developer of e-Sewa, an online payment gateway, which has been playing a key role in providing mobile financial services and promoting e-commerce in the country. F1Soft is the designer of financial technology products, such as mobile and internet banking platforms, and digital wallet. The products of F1Soft are being used by 95…

Butwal Coder Girls is an initiative brought with an aim of sustainably and strategically educating girls in technology by securing meaningful tech work. It was founded by some of the girls of Butwal Multiple Campus. Now, it has a member from different colleges of Butwal and Bhairahawa who are passionate about IT and technology. Every girl who is interested in IT field can join this group. But, still, many girls are unaware of these as…

WordPress, the world’s most prominent and free open source content management system is now available in 100% Nepali language. A couple of years ago, WordPress version 4.0 was also available in 100% Nepali language but the process of translating had slowed down after that, due to which the upcoming versions weren’t available in 100% Nepali. However recently Nilambar Sharma, GTE of the Nepali Polyglots team along with his team members got involved in translating WordPress…

ICT for Agriculture is Selected as Finalist in Data-Driven Farming Prize Powered by Nesta. A total of 13 Finalist from hundreds of application around the world are from USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Israel, and Nepal. Selected finalists for the Data-Driven Farming Prize Due to the high quality of the applications, we have shortlisted more finalists than initially anticipated. The judging panel selected 13 finalists from Nepal, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Israel…

All of us have heard the statement, “Nepal is an agricultural country.” Well with no doubt it is! According to the International Labor Organization, 68% of Nepal’s population is employed in the agriculture and forestry sector, accounting for 34% of the GDP. Despite being the major contributor in the nation’s economy, the agricultural sector’s growth rate was static at 2.41% between 2011/012 and 2015/16. Over the last five decades, population has increased significantly and has…

Kathmandu, Nepal- May 8th, 2017– Source Code, IT firm working on Capital Market technologies, has launched the only comprehensive mobile app for Nepalese Share Market named Nepali Paisa. For the first time in Nepal, stock market investors will be getting access to premium services through this mobile app. Currently this app is only available in Android platform. The key features of the app includes breaking share market news, NEPSE Data, detailed information of all listed…

Nepal Certifying Company organized An Interaction Program on Digital Signature & Creating PKI Enabled Application on 5th May 2017 at Trade Tower Thapathali, Kathmandu. An Interaction program was focused on the possible ways to promote the usage of Digital Signature in Nepal. Mr. Purushottam Ghimire, MD of Nepal Certifying Company welcomed the Guests, Chief Guest & all participated to the Interaction Program and highlights the objectives and importance on it. Member, National Planning Commission, Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha…

80% of Nepal’s population depend on agriculture for their livelihood. Farmers often face harsh conditions that are not conducive for rearing of crops, and sometimes sudden deaths of their livestock that could be seriously dent their livelihoods. Team Echo Innovators’ “FarmLi” was stemmed from a member’s family experience where his uncle was dealt a serious blow with sudden cattle deaths, and is still trying to recover from the loss seven years after. The solution? A…

Worldlink to expand world-class fiber services to 1 million households and build high-speed 100 Gbps backbone network. Worldlink Communications Pvt. Ltd announced the plans to expand world-class fiber to the home (FTTH) network to 1 million households of Nepal by 2020 AD. The company aims to provide fast, reliable, and affordable internet and next generation IPTV services to all urban and semi-urban areas including all the major settlements of village bodies. Currently, it has more than…

Author: Sakaldeep Yadav Data backup is often overlooked for small and medium size business due to not having proper backup solution and required hardware resource. With businesses increasingly relying on home computers and operating online, it is now more important than ever to have a secure digital backup system in place. This is particularly dangerous for small businesses, because data loss can cause huge problems and in some cases, will result in a loss of…

Author: Sakaldeep Yadav This is the continuation of “Azure Backup – backup solution for SME”, here we will see how to backup and recovery data(file/folder) from/to windows server. High level implementation plan: Prepare Azure Backup vault. Installing Azure Backup agent. Schedule the backup to Azure Recover data from Azure. Step 1: Preparing Azure Backup Vault To store data in azure data center, first we need to create backup vault where data will be stored by…

Author: Sakaldeep Yadav Azure AD or AAD (Azure Active Directory) is cloud based directory and identity management service by Microsoft. It provides centralized authentication mechanism for cloud based application for both users in cloud and users on-premises. Azure AD is a great service if you are looking for SSO (single sign-on) for thousands of cloud SaaS applications like Office365, Facebook for Work, Salesforce.com, DropBox, or any cloud based LOB (Line of business application). Azure AD…

The tiny country is best known to the world as the home of Mount Everest, the stuff of many trekking inspirations, and for being the only Hindu nation in the world. But romanticized lores aside, placed between two giant economic powers – China and India – Nepalis have long lived a life of poor economic growth, political instability, and stalled development. For more details: Click Here

On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 Rudra Raj Pandey honored with FNCCI Gold Award  The FNCCI (Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry)  felicitated 12 great personalities in the nation with FNCCI Gold Award for their contribution in the development of different areas. Rudra Raj Pandey, Chairman and CEO of Deerwalk Inc & Chairman of Deerwalk Institute of Technology, was bestowed the prestigious award in the sector of Information Technology. Rudra Raj Pandey as a packet…

Author: Sakaldeep Yadav World is moving to cloud, specially IT world, with various cloud provider such as Amazon, Microsoft, Sales force and so on.  And cloud delivery model or cloud business model is also increasing day by day. Few years back, common cloud delivery model was SaaS, PaaS and IaaS but in present, more delivery model has added such as DRaaS, Database as a Service, Process as a Service and many more. Based on reports,…

President of CAN Federation elected as a Commodity member of FNCCI CAN Federation President Er. Binod Dhakal is elected the Member of Commodity Council of FNCCI the umbrella body of Nepal’s private Sector. A prominent business person (Executive Chairman of Green IT Solutions) of the country, Dhakal  has interests in Information Communication & Technology. He is also involved in the IT Council Member, Government of Nepal.  Meanwhile, FNCCI is holding its election for 64 different…

SEO the three letter word stands itself for the Search Engine Optimization, the continuing process to the promotion of website and drive the targeted visitors towards the website. SEO plays a vital role in building links, web marketing and getting the business to a height. It’s a trendy web technology in today’s web market for improving the ranking of your business website driving the high traffic. Simply, SEO is the activity where the SEO experts…