On Mental Health Awareness Month, AIESEC in Patan organizes “Mental Health Matters” as the first initiative toward Mental health and making youths aware of their well-being, care, understanding, compassion and health.
The Event aims to promote SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) to ensure an easier, accessible and safe healthy well-being.
As the world’s largest youth-led organization, AIESEC has been present in more than 110 countries and territories, with a vision of achieving “Peace and Fulfillment of Humankind’s Potential.” We aim to engage each youth in this world through cross-cultural exchanges in the countries where we are present.
Our exchanges and engagement activities call attention to the youth’s role and engagement in global action. We do this by aligning our exchange projects and events with Sustainable Development Goals.
Throughout the event “Mental Health Matters,” a strategic marketing campaign for this awareness month would run for a strategic 15 days before the main event. Social users and audiences were made to share their feelings and emotions by using comfortable questions on social media and awarding people about various mental health issues and wellnesses.
Important dates for this Event are coming soon, so come let’s together to celebrate the ongoing effort to reduce the stigma around mental illness and mental health conditions by sharing our personal experiences.
The Main Event day would be held on May 27th to bring 4+ speakers and engage 500+ students from 4+ schools.
This Event would focus on students’ emotional well-being, making them feel deserved, understood, cared for, compassionate, and healed from social connections. The event will reflect on Mental health activities.
The main objective of this Event for students would be to empower young emerging minds to be strong in their mental efforts and reinforce them to have positive behavior and safe decision-making.
As a major Call to Action for the overall Event, the AIESEC walks for Mental health will be conducted on 28th may,2022 aiming to bring together individuals of all ages in creating a safe and friendly environment for everyone in building positive social interactions. Since digital ways of connection have bound us to physical interaction, AIESEC members and Alumni would initiate the walk and invite the general public to raise awareness.
AIESEC in Patan believes that it will raise positive awareness about Mental Health and Wellness at a community level.
inDriver, an international ride-hailing service, has launched its services in Kathmandu, the largest city in Nepal.
inDriver connects drivers and passengers and allows them to independently agree on all the terms of each trip. inDriver’s Real-Time Deals (RTD) model enables passengers to offer their price for their selected route and get counter-offers directly from nearby drivers.
In turn, drivers have the freedom to decide for themselves which ride requests suit them best, and can suggest their own prices.
Unlike other ride-hailing apps, where algorithms determine to price, inDriver offers a unique service by allowing passengers and drivers to independently negotiate the fare of the ride. If the passenger receives multiple offers, they can take their pick based on the driver’s ETA, rating, price, and vehicle model.
The driver can also choose a particular order based on the price and distance, the passenger’s rating, the pick-up location, and the number of inDriver trips the customer has already taken.
“We are excited to bring inDriver to Nepal. We are now operating our services in Kathmandu Valley and will soon be launching our services in all major cities of Nepal. For at least the first six months of operation in Nepal, inDriver will not charge drivers a commission fee, meaning they will receive the entire fare of every ride (excluding applicable taxes and tolls).
Thereafter, the commission fee for drivers will be significantly lower than that of other ride-hail services operating throughout the city.
inDriver has already signed up more than 4,000 drivers in Nepal.” said Ms. Pavit Nanda, South Asia PR Manager, inDriver.
To book a ride request, the passenger inputs the pick-up and drop-off points in the app along with the estimated price of the trip.
Drivers registered in the system are immediately notified of this request to accept the order, ignore it, or offer their own price for the trip.
inDriver’s RTD model brings power back to the people by allowing the driver and the passenger to directly negotiate fares.
For example, through the app, passengers could pay as little as NPR 270 for traveling from Gongabu Bus Park (Kathmandu) to Satdobato (Lalitpur) and NPR 130 for traveling from Thamel to Boudhanath.
About inDriver
inDriver is a global IT and transportation platform. inDriver is one of the world’s fastest-growing online ride-hailing services. Its services are available in over 600 cities in 42 countries throughout the world.
The Company’s app has been downloaded over 120 million times. inDriver offers other services, including intercity transportation, freight and cargo services, as well as delivery services in different markets of operations.
inDriver is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and operates regional hubs in the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the countries of the CIS, and employs over 1,700 people.
In early 2021, inDriver achieved unicorn status after closing a $150m investment round with Insight Partners, General Catalyst, and Bond Capital, which valued the company at $1.23 billion.
Startups in India are attempting to identify effective solutions while also acting as conduits for socioeconomic growth and transformation through innovation and scalable technology.
India’s startup environment has grown dramatically during the previous two decades. Some startups have existed since the year 2000. This ecology, however, has not yet reached maturity.
There are few incubators and accelerators, and there are few active investors. Since 2000, several investors have successfully departed the endeavor, and the number of startups has increased significantly in the previous decade, earning support in all dimensions.
The Indian startup environment has changed dramatically during the previous decade. India’s business circles have come a long way toward entrepreneurship. It has aided in the development of startup ecosystems that thrive on new technology and inventions, hence fostering an atmosphere favorable to job creation and entrepreneurship.
As a result, private equity and venture capital (PEVC) investors in India are quickly expanding, boosting their startup investment, which looks to have increased tremendously this decade. A substantial number of startups are being established. Not just in the realm of technology, but also in consumer, financial, and logistical services.
The fast expansion of India’s startup ecosystem may be attributed to four major causes. They are listed below.
Because of the enormous commercial potential of startups, India is often recognized as the “poster child of the growing market.” Every specific kind of goods has its enormous market potential in a country with a population of roughly 1.3 billion people.
Economic changes in the 1990s contributed to India’s transition to a market-based economy.
Overall economic growth has grown more dynamic as a result of this liberalism. The Indian economy’s GDP hit 2.726 trillion in 2017. When India’s GDP increased by 7% in 2018, it became the world’s fastest-growing economy. As a result, it is recognized that the Indian market can give several chances to entrepreneurs.
At the same time, India’s demographic condition provides an additional benefit. Half of the population is under the age of 25, and they are extremely excited. Between 1980 and 2000, over 700 million individuals were born with the potential to have materialistic desires as well as the ability to spend and make those dreams a reality.
Technological Adaptability
As India’s internet connectivity strengthened, market access obstacles began to fall. Furthermore, the Government of India’s ‘Digital Literacy Campaign’ has increased digital literacy among the general population, making individuals aware of the digital world.
Startups rely on market access as well as the ability to locate and profit from customers.
The Aadhaar biometric ID system, implemented in 2009, makes it easier for businesses to authenticate their clients’ information using the unique identification number assigned to Indian people.
Following administrations have likewise concentrated on aggressively creating bank accounts and encouraging financial inclusion through the expansion of digital payments. As a result, the majority of Indian residents may now make digital payments and readily access government benefits and awards. As a result, they are becoming a part of the formal economy.
India Stack included Aadhaar and a payment system. The India Stack was envisioned as a new social infrastructure to convert India into a 21st-century digital economy. The government’s objective was to expand financial inclusion to support the 2016 banknote demonetization and encourage fintech firms. Fintech businesses received the most funding in 2018.
Strengthening political will and government support
The Indian government is on a quest to develop a robust startup environment, which is admirable. The government has launched several programs and schemes to assist entrepreneurs.
India Initiatives is a significant startup. It offers tax benefits to investors that engage in product innovation, development, and ‘prosperity.’ The program is intended to assist businesses in expanding their contacts with customers and investors by offering monetary assistance. Startups are now an essential element of the Indian economy and the primary source of FDI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, which came into power in 2014, prioritized digital transformation in its national strategy. Some provincial governments, including the federal government, have recognized startups as essential economic growth engines. Startups are also anticipated to generate jobs, contributing to the country’s high unemployment rate. Startups accounted for 2.64 percent of total employment in India in 2018.
The Modi government has also made several efforts to assist the business. The main project ‘Startup India’ was launched in 2016. The project was created to foster a strong atmosphere favorable to the creation and development of beginning firms, hence generating long-term economic growth and numerous job possibilities.
The government established a fund of 100 billion Indian rupees for the initiative, as well as financial help to incubators, tax-free perks, and assistance with the business formation.
Aside from that, the Government of India has designated January 16 as National Startup Day to spread startup culture throughout the country.
Vibrant private equity and venture capital ecosystem
The large PEVC ecosystem in India is a significant component in building the startup ecosystem. The most difficult obstacle most startups confront in their early years is a lack of financing. Startups require capital for several reasons.
Funding is required for prototype and product development, team building, operational capital, legal and advisory services, raw materials and equipment, marketing, and sales, among other things. This is where PEVC comes in handy. The private equity and venture capital ecosystems provide entrepreneurs with market access.
It can restructure and sustain its expansion. Furthermore, PEVC offers mentorship and support to entrepreneurs at various stages.
It contributes to highlighting the company’s true potential. According to the ICCA, an organization of private equity and venture capitalists in India, 2021 would be a pivotal year for PEVC investments. That year, India got the largest ever PEVC investment, totaling around 63 billion. 2017 was also a record-breaking year.
PEVC investment grows year after year. So far, investment outflows have totaled around 32 billion in 2021. This would enable Indian entrepreneurs to raise additional money in the coming months.
The PEVC ecosystem in India has gone a long way. It had a modest beginning decades ago. Due to the paucity of startups in the nation at the time, relatively few PEVCs were active, but India has since grown to become one of the world’s largest and strongest ecosystems. Only superpower economies such as the United States and China are ahead of India in this regard. In the year 2021, 44 Indian firms were designated as Unicorns.
In 2021, India will have 83 unicorns with a total market value of $277.77 billion. The majority of these are associated with the unicorn service industry, which accounts for 50% of India’s GDP.
BusSewa has a unique offer for local-level election voters three lucky passengers will get gold coins and others.
The BusSewa has given a special offer to passengers who will be voting in the May 13 local level election. As part of the offer, passengers who buy tickets online through Busseva.com can win gold.
Three customers who buy a bus ticket online through BusSewa.com between May 13th and May 19th will earn gold coins via round practice.
During the same period, 20 bus passengers will receive QFX tickets, and 27 passengers will receive tickets for the Ultimate Water Adventures Company’s Narayani River motorboat. Following the election, the winners will be revealed.
The offer was created to increase voter participation in municipal elections and offer simple access to bus tickets, according to PR Khanal, the Chief Executive Officer of BusSewa. “Because the government and political parties aim to gain as many votes as possible in the election, many voters return to the village during this period.
This is why we presented this offer to keep them out of problems when they go to vote “He said.
Due to the recent rise in the number of passengers returning to the village, the BusSewa has urged that all passengers purchase their bus tickets in advance, assuring that there would be no scarcity of tickets.
Nepal’s sole online bus ticketing service is Bussewa.com. BusSewa sells bus tickets throughout Nepal, including AC, luxury, and high-speed buses, as well as making online bus bookings.
Passengers will be able to buy tickets using BusSewa.com, the BusSewa mobile app, and neighboring cyber, communication, mobile banking, and internet banking services such as Esewa, FonePay, Khalti, and PrabhuPay.
“Tigg” a cloud-based accounting and inventory management system won the Best Startup Award at IME Pay CAN Info-Tech 2022 in Association with SCT Smart QR Union pay held on 20-25 April 2022 Bhrikutimandap, Kathmandu.
Tigg drew a lot of attention from business owners and entrepreneurs at CAN Info-Tech. During a week-long event, about 200 people signed up for a demo, and more SMEs are curious to know more about Tigg.
Trusted by renowned Chartered Accountants and accounting firms, Tigg keeps accounting online using a cloud-based system. This accounting software is built in Nepal and is localized according to the needs of SMEs here. Other than accounting, it helps users manage their inventories, Tax, documents, and contact.
Tigg was handed the token and prize worth 80,000 on ICT day 1st May 2022 by Honorable Minister Gyanendra Bahadur Kaki, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology.
‘We will continuously support SMEs in Nepal to strengthen their reach in digital transformation’ said Mr. Ramesh KC, CEO of BIC technology.
TechCreate Solutions Private Limited (“TechCreate”), a Singapore-based technology services group specializing in innovative digital payment and digitalization solutions, and Diginius Pte. Ltd. (“Diginius”), a provider of IT security and infrastructure solutions, are pleased to announce a merger between both companies via a share swap transaction that will value the enlarged fintech enterprise, TechCreate Group, at USD$30 million, based on a valuation that was recently completed by one of the Big 4 accounting firms.
As a trusted leader in digital solutions, TechCreate has been at the forefront of technology innovation and since its establishment, it has developed its own proprietary Real-Time Payment Engine (RTE) that can further enhance the payment capabilities of financial and banking institutions.
Leveraging its technological expertise, legal experience, and extensive operational track record, TechCreate has successfully enabled end-to-end digital solutions (such as payment gateways, API gateways, and blockchain solutions, among others) for several banking and financial institutions in Asia.
With Diginius’ strengths in intelligence and security for concrete cyber resilience, it has built a growing track record with a focus on delivering technology solutions related to cyber security, hyper-converged IT infrastructure, and secure application services. Diginius also works with some of the industry’s indisputable experts in cyber security and secured infrastructure services, combined with market-leading technologies to provide a springboard for the next phase of digital transformation.
The current CEO of TechCreate, Mr. Lim Heng Hai, will be appointed as the Group CEO of TechCreate Group, while the current CEO of Diginius, Mr. Ronald Vong, will be designated as the Managing Partner of TechCreate Group.
According to a Mckinsey report issued in November 2020, Asia has outpaced all other regions in terms of payments-revenue growth over the past several years.
The region is also the largest contributor to global payments revenue, generating over US$900 billion in 2019, nearly half the global total.
Asia’s payments industry is expected to return to mid-to-high single-digit growth rates and, by 2022 or 2023, generate more than US$1 trillion in annual revenue.
Notably, the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated Asia’s payments megatrends and chief among these was the rapidly expanding number of connected and digitally active consumers, with booming e-commerce markets reinforcing the need for digital solutions. The competitive landscape was simultaneously heating up, with the entry of formidable new players–including telecommunications firms, fintech, “big techs,” and other conglomerates–spurring incumbents to step up their own innovation efforts.
Meanwhile, regulators sought to standardize infrastructure while encouraging competition, fostering the introduction of real-time payments, digital know your customer (KYC), and various local payment schemes.
With a focus on powering the future of payments in Asia, TechCreate Group aims to provide cutting-edge innovation and technology capability to enhance value creation for its customers as follows:
– Expanded business scale with integrated solutions: Having the capabilities to provide more comprehensive and integrated technology solutions related to payment and digitalization platforms to serve new and existing customers across Asia.
– Strong potential to create new customer value propositions: Ability to broaden its reach and serve diverse customer segments with differentiated requirements and objectives, thereby creating the opportunity and potential to develop proprietary insights and innovative solutions that are aligned with the new trends of payments and digitalization in Asia.
Commenting on the merger, Mr. Lim Heng Hai, Group CEO of TechCreate Group, said, “This is a transformational transaction for both companies, creating an enlarged company with end-to-end digital payment offerings in high-growth verticals as economies in Asia accelerate their digitization roadmap.
Our combined capabilities, it amplifies our mission to be a leading innovative, customer-centric and eco-friendly technology solution provider in Asia.”
Ronald Vong, the Managing Partner of TechCreate Group, added, “We are confident that the strengths of the combined company will enable meaningful growth to stakeholders, delivering new value and insights to better serve our markets and customers.
At the same time, it can accelerate our growth and more effectively capitalize on our pipeline and broader market opportunities within the banking and financial industries in Asia.”
Rudra Pandey, Ph.D., a pioneer in Nepal’s software industry and one of the most successful Nepali entrepreneurs in the United States, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of Hamro Patro, Inc., a Delaware-registered corporation in the United States.
Hamro Patro has recently surpassed 10 million mobile app downloads, and the team is delighted to welcome Rudra Pandey to its ranks.
Rudra Pandey will now work collaboratively with Shankar Uprety, Hamro Patro’s founder and CEO, and the senior management team to plan the company’s next steps.
In 2010, Hamro Patro began as a simple calendar tool; today, it is a household name and one of Nepal’s largest mobile platforms, offering access to Nepali calendars, news, radio streaming, astrology services, and other features.
Rudra Pandey is a Nepalese entrepreneur with more than two decades of experience in the information technology industry. He is the founder and CEO of Deerhold Ltd., an American firm that provides software development and IT services to clients worldwide.
In addition, he is the founder and chairman of the Deerwalk Institute of Technology. Before this, he founded Deerwalk Inc., which Cedar Gate Technologies acquired in December 2020.
“I am ecstatic to welcome Rudra Dai to Hamro Patro. I’m looking forward to collaborating with Rudra Dai again. Rudra Dai was my mentor in D2Hawkeye for over six years, and I hold him in high regard. “It’s an incredible opportunity for us to have him as our leader,” Shankar Uprety said.
“Shankar is a true businessman and gentleman. During the early years of his career, he matured under my supervision. He has created a great business. His company, in my opinion, is the first unicorn to emerge from Nepal.
“I’m excited to work with Shankar and his incredible team to make this household name even more successful and bigger,” Rudra Pandey said.
“I’m overjoyed and honoured, We will take one day at a time and do incredible things for Nepal, our employees, and our shareholders,” Pandey said in a Facebook status update.
About Hamro Patro
Hamro Patro assists millions of Nepalis around the world in staying connected to Nepal and Nepali culture. Hamro Patro began in 2010 as a simple calendar tool; today, it is a household name and one of Nepal’s largest mobile platforms, providing access to Nepali calendars, news, radio streaming, astrology services, and so on.
In English, the literal translation of “Hamro” is “Our,” and “Patro” is “calendar.” As a result, “Hamro Patro” translates to “our calendar.” It was the first app to feature a Nepali calendar. They began as a Nepali calendar mobile phone app. Still, They later added newer features such as a Nepali FM radio player, Nepali News, trending Nepali videos, birth chart, horoscope, Forex, Nepali gold/silver prices, Vegetable prices, etc.
In its current state, Hamro Patro is a lifestyle and productivity app that assists Nepali mobile phone users in simplifying their day-to-day activities.
As the app’s description suggests, they provide a 360-degree view of Nepal and Nepali lifestyle wherever you are in the world.
Hamro Patro is available in Nepali, Nepal, Bhasa, Bhojpuri, Maithili, and English. Hamro Patro is freely accessible for Android, iOS as a web app, and a Chrome extension.
Major features of Hamro Patro are, Nepali calendar; the calendar contains important dates and events in Nepal. FM Radio, Provides a list of hundreds of Nepali radio stations, with the option to personalize the radio station list.
News, Breaking news, and a collection of news from Nepal’s top online portals such as BBC Nepali, Annapurna Post, and others. Hamro Audio produces audio podcasts. Videos include entertainment, sports, and news.
The NRB determines the foreign exchange rate (Nepal Rastra Bank), Prices for gold and silver, Kundali (birth chart), and Kundali Blog, Rashifal (horoscope), and Literature App widgets for your websites, including a date converter and a calendar widget.
Some of the other apps from Hamro Patro are Nepali Keyboard, Nepali dictionary, Hamro News and Magazine, Ludo game, Hamro Cards (call break and Jutpatti).
Hamro Patro has recently been actively promoting its new Hamro Patro Health, enabling users to pay for an online appointment with a doctor and then video call for a consultation.
Hamro Patro has recently launched a remittance service as well as a Nepali date reminder service.
A new e-commerce company, Biz Bazaar coming up with an IPO Alert!
Nepal’s online market has been expanding recently. E-commerce Companies are racing in the market and one after another is being added which is making competition very intense.
In the midst of this competition, another e-commerce platform is coming, Biz Bazaar. Biz Bazaar is a public company that is planning to issue an initial public offering (IPO) in the near future.
Biz Bazar has become a public limited company with a plan to issue primary shares (IPO). Chief Executive Officer of the company Ganesh Raj Gautam says the company was initially registered with a public company for the purpose of bringing in an initial public offering (IPO).
He said that they are preparing to bring IPO within the next three years. “We are initially operating it as a public company in preparation for the IPO,” says Gautam.
Ganesh Raj Gautam said that the seed market is about to start after 18 months of preparation.
He added that they even started their Biz Bazar slogan “‘ जे चाहिन्छ, त्यो पाइन्छ” which means whatever you need is what they provide.
The company has now started beta testing. The company has brought offers for vendors and customers on the occasion of launch. Under this offer, vendors will be provided a zero percent commission facility for 3 months. Also, the payment will be scheduled within 24 hours.
Similarly, Ganesh says that he is going to bring various opening offers for the customers as well. The company is also bringing a referral offer. In which referral coupon of Rs 50 will be available. That coupon can be used when purchasing goods. Similarly, the company has informed that the customer is going to bring up to a 25 percent discount offer.
Goods can be purchased from the company’s website and mobile app. The mobile app is currently under review in the App Store and Play Store.
When buying goods from Biz Bazaar, payment can be done from the pocket and mobile wallets. The company also plans to connect other payment gateways. Cash on delivery facility is also available.
As per the info, the company will provide services in all 77 districts. For that, offices have been opened in all seven states. He informed that delivery facility will be available from Biz Bazaar all over the country.
The company has stated that the goods will be delivered in Kathmandu Valley within 48 hours and outside the Kathmandu Valley within three days. Gautam claimed to keep only authentic products in the seed market. He said that the customers have not been able to win the trust as the e-commerce company operating now is more profit-oriented than service-oriented.
“We have a separate team to check the authenticity of the products listed in the biz market,” he said. We only dispatch when it is an authentic product. ‘
He said that the process of return has also been made easier. If you are not satisfied with the goods, the return process can be started from the order itself. The return process is completed within 48 to 72 hours. The company will go to the customer’s house to get the returned product. The company has a seven-day return policy.
To sum up, Biz Bazar is going to be a successful E-commerce company if they would be more service-oriented rather than a profit-oriented company. They even promised to be a more flexible service provider among all e-commerce companies.
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Yes, Bank currently released YesCart, and a portal for comparison t buy products. Using this program, Yes Bank’s credit cardholders can enjoy 10 times bonus reward points. You can use the care on Flipkart, Amazon, Mynfra, and TataCLIQ to get the reward points.
YesCart is recently launched in Nepal. It is a brainchild of IoT Incorporation Pvt. Ltd, which is a subsidiary of Vestal Impex Pvt. Ltd. The new e-Commerce platform targets the millennial and Gen Z customers’ base. Because of their effective access to the internet and familiarity with online shopping portals.
It is also promised that YEsCart will only have genuine products on the platform. Also, customers will not have any problems regarding the quality and delivery of the product.
This is a Business-to-Consumer (B2B) marketplace, it will host products from authentic brands. Which is on top of seasonal on-demand suppliers and normal retailers that follow the company’s principles and business standards.
It is believed that the brands will have more confidence in teaming up with YesCart to sell their products. Also, YesCart is setting multiple metrics to ensure A-grade customer satisfaction.
It is bringing from authentic products to a big content catalog and secure payment integration. YesCart promises to provide a complete online shopping experience for its customers.
Moreover, you can get a 20% discount right now which is up to Rs. 500 when making pre-payment using Khalti. Also, you can get redeemable Rs. 200 early bird vouchers if you sign up to the platform right away.
In addition to this, YesCart will also issue loyalty bonuses to its regular customers.
Namely, YesCart will primarily be a hub for consumer electronics. As well as home appliances. Also, the company reveals that it is partnered with 20 to 30 suppliers. However, it is believed that the number will grow in near future.
You’ll find Xiaomi, Redmi, POCO, Apple, Samsung, OnePlus, Realme, OPPO, Fitbit, Mobvoi, Honor, LG, Dell, HP, Hitachi, and more in the consumer electronics department.
Apart from this, YesCart will also host lifestyle or fashion apparel from Attire Nepal, Vans, Converse, etc. As well as other products, for instance, musical instruments.
However, the company has not extended its area of service. This is why people outside Kathmandu valley has to wait a little while.
In addition, it is expected that product delivery will be made with a maximum of 48 hours inside Kathmandu Valley.
Benefits for merchant of YesCart E-Commerce platform
As we all learned, YesCart is an online marketplace, it will bring awesome benefits to other merchants as well. It will help them so sell their products on the YesCart platform. Also, merchants can get benefits from the various features of YesCart’s system. This includes easy-to-use back-end portal with a business-centric user interface,
In addition, you can also manage catalogs, customize campaigns, and many more. Moreover, YesCart will also be promoting its platform on social media like Facebook, Instagram, Tiktok. This will help the partner companies with a significant digital footprint for affiliate marketing opportunities.
Conclusion
To wrap up, YesCart is going to be an interesting new player in Nepal’s e-commerce section. While promising genuine products and lots of benefits for both buyers and sellers.
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The project “Fostering Resilience of Women-Led Businesses (including home-based women producers) and Consumers” kicks off
COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed the economic crises more so for the women businesses (women-owned/led Micro small and medium enterprises -MSMEs). With lives and livelihoods affected by disasters like COVID-19, a robust intervention is needed to support women businesses as well as women home-based producers across the country for their sustainable economic recovery and resilience to various types of disasters.
To provide a platform to women home-based producers both in the formal and informal sector, enable them to brave the COVID impasse and to equip them with the necessary skills and information to be resilient during disasters beyond COVID-19, Thulo.Com together with Enterprise for Management, Economic Reform and Gender Equality (EMERGE) is implementing a project “Fostering Resilience of Women-Led Businesses (including home-based women producers) and Consumers” with support from USAID’sTayar Nepal – Improved Disaster Risk Management Project.
Thulo.Com and EMERGE conducted a virtual inception meeting today on 18th August 2021. The participants in the program included women businesses, representatives from ministries, local government, banks, insurance, tech companies, development agencies, private sector organizations, and media.
Welcoming the participants in the program Dr, Mona Shrestha Adhikari, CEO, EMERGE shared the project highlights. She mentioned that the main objectives behind this project are to impart skills on Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) integrated with holistic business management and to enhance the economic resilience of women-led businesses and disaster resilience of potential consumers. The project’s geographical focus is in 5 provinces, 10 districts, and 15 municipalities. She also shared that they are collaborating with organizations namely SAARC Business Association of Home-Based Workers (SABAH Nepal), National Indigenous Disabled Women Association Nepal (NIDWAN), Federation of Business and Professional Women Nepal (FBPWN), and Federation of Women with Disability-Nepal (FWDN) along with four municipalities: Birendranagar, Surkhet district; the Godavari, Kailali district; Neelakantha, Dhading district; and Tulsipur sub-metropolitan city, Dang district – that are working areas of USAID’s Tayar Nepal.
In her opening remarks Ms. Tammie Harris, Chief of Party, Tayar Nepal, shared that this project is an extension of last year’s pilot project named “Revitalizing Women’s Businesses Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic”. She pointed out that private sector engagement, gender equality, and social inclusion are cross-cutting themes for Tayar Nepal. She believes that this project will equip women entrepreneurs and producers with tools to enhance their business resilience and to assist them to explore more entrepreneurship opportunities in producing the products that will contribute to enhancing the resilience of communities. She also appreciated the in-kind contribution of Thulo and the EMERGE team to this project.
Mr. Durga Prasad Bhusal, under-secretary, Ministry of Industry Commerce and Supplies (MOICS) in his special remarks expressed that this project is rightly timed to grab the opportunities presented by e-commerce and mitigate the challenges brought by the disasters like COVID-19 pandemic. On behalf of MOICS, Mr. Bhusal expressed enthusiasm in supporting this project and beyond to enable MSMEs including women businesses to benefit from e-commerce regulations and plans of the government.
The representatives from Neelakantha municipality – Ms. Nirmala KC and from Tulsipur – Ms. Maya Shrestha, also shared their ongoing work with women entrepreneurs and suggested for more comprehensive packages to be delivered in the future.
Ms. Surakchya Adhikari, COO of Thulo.Com, and the focal person of the Project shared the activities that will be covered during the project. She highlighted the effort of being as inclusive as possible by including project beneficiaries from formal and informal businesses, both urban and rural areas as well as from marginalized and socially excluded communities such as women with disabilities and women from ethnic groups. She highlighted that the project aims to upskill 120 women entrepreneurs and home-based producers among which 40 will get access to online promotion and sales along with developing a dedicated App to disseminate information related to DRRM.
Srishti Joshi Malla, Chairperson, SABAH Nepal shared that providing a digital platform to enhance the financial activities of women entrepreneurs and home-based producers through this project is commendable. Ms. Pratima Gurung, President, NIDWAN appreciated the collaboration and believed that this project will not only help in economic empowerment but also in enhancing/ imparting gender and social inclusion.
Ambica Shrestha, President, FBPWN, stressed that many women entrepreneurs are home-based and in today’s time digitization of business is essential. Nirmala Dhital, Chairperson, FWDN, also expressed that this project is very inclusive in all means and that it will serve as a big platform for women with disabilities to connect and work with bigger organizations. Towards the end, Ms. Chandni Joshi, Patron of SABAH Nepal shared that this project is a quantum leap that has the potential to set an example for many organizations in Nepal. This will be a great roadmap for organizations working at different levels.
Dr. Mona Shrestha wrapped up the program with an acknowledgment to the Tayar Nepal team and all the participants of the inception meeting.
She also requested support from government agencies, development partners, private sector, and media agencies to engage with them in this project and beyond for example in Udhyami Utthan – An entrepreneurship empowerment initiative of EMERGE and Thulo.com, in enhancing economic recovery of the country alongside harnessing digital and entrepreneurial skills of women businesses.
Ultimodeal, operating in a new format with good service and fast delivery facility in the Nepali e-commerce market, has continued the first series of fundraising for its new app.
What is Ultimodeal?
Ultimodeal is online shopping in Nepal for daily essentials, fashion, electronics, books, and more.
You can buy all kinds of products online in Nepal at the best price with delivery.
Ultimodeal has 2 board members and advisors, including Shweta Khadka and Manish Ghimire.
Ultimodeal is actively using 12 technologies for its website, according to BuiltWith. These include iPhone/ Mobile Compatible, SPF, and SSL by Default.
First Series Started
The first series has started under actress and social worker Swetha Khadka, whose goal is to raise 2 million US dollars or about 230 million rupees.
This first series will run until December. It is said that the amount will be used for expanding its fund, technology research, and development, as well as proper management of the company across Nepal.
The startup has been started to be easily found and purchased through the company’s online medium.
This has enabled small businesses to sell their products at the same price, which was impossible in traditional offline retail stores.
Not only small but also big companies are contacting them to market their products through their online platform.
Even though the e-commerce industry has good potential in the Nepali market, people are not yet accustomed to such services. That is why the company has chosen Nepal for this startup.
‘People are familiar with such services. But there is a tendency to buy goods through social networks like Facebook, where there is a tendency to deliver goods differently than shown in the picture’, the cofounder said. He is of the view that such a trend is affecting the existing e-commerce companies.
App of Ultimodeal on Testing phase and How will it work?
The app developed by Ultimodeal is currently in the testing phase. The company has stated that the app’s beta version will be made public for both mobile and web by next October.
The app will also have a delivery tracking system, under which the customer will know where the goods they have ordered are coming from by tracking through the app.
The company has been developing the app for the past eight months using an artificial intelligence system.
The company is confident that the service will grow well as many customers have moved online due to Corona.
Nepal Online School, developed by Nabin, where 70,000 students study for free daily. Mr. Bhattarai has created a team of like-minded individuals to provide free quality education consisting of highly motivated engineers, teaching and learning expertise, IT experts, doctors, and Chartered Accountants working their best.
With this aim, in 2017, 30-year-old Nabin opened Nepal Online School, providing free education to all Nepali students. He opened a non-profit organization that has enabled millions of students to take online classes for free today.
They created more than 30000 video content on various subjects for the all-around development of the student. Also, various notes and homework sessions are being conducted in various programs.
Nepal Online School (NOS) is motivated with the aim of imparting Quality Education to every interested student who doesn’t have access to appropriate materials to pursue their study.
Several factors such as geographical inaccessibility, political unrest, lack of proper guide/teacher, and lack of proper monitoring and supervision of schools and teachers, and unnatural causes (for present COVID-19) are some of the main challenges that need to be addressed to make quality education a reality, especially in the rural areas of Nepal.
NOS is striving diligently to provide students with proper learning materials and detailed video lectures on every possible topic to facilitate learning for students who otherwise don’t have access to such information.
Mr. Nabin Bhattarai, the founder and mentor of NOS, started this initiative with money raised through boot camps he conducted on cybersecurity and network engineering.
While running the boot camps, he found that students struggled to understand the content because of a lack of a solid foundation in Physics and Mathematics.
This made him think about tackling this issue of filling in the gaps that the current education trend generally stays with. How could students be shown that value is not only in the certificates they acquire, but it stays with the quality of education they achieve? He realized that a platform where students can revisit some of those concepts will be useful and started the Nepal Online School.
Now it has expanded to accommodate different topics from Grade 1 to the Masters level. The intention of Nepal Online School is quality education with practical knowledge.
Similarly, we believe that a strong and joyful mind is a prerequisite for learning. Yoga and meditation camp, in addition to academic learning, will benefit the mental and physical development of students, and this approach will surely show students their capabilities, due requirements, and future course of action.
Bring like-minded people together in creating videos on every possible topic from kindergarten to Master’s level in Nepali language and create a YouTube channel.
Helping the physically disabled people who have special needs for learning through various audio series and video lectures. (We see that these contents have been most helpful to these communities because of several physical obstacles and the mental attitude of society towards them on joining an academic institution. They have repeatedly called us, helping us develop ingenious content for them.)
Conducting various skill-oriented activities like computer hardware and software training, soft skill training, yoga, and meditation classes in every part of the country.
Conducting various motivation and awareness programs related to psychology and physiology so students from any age group can better deal with their health issues and pressure they get from their work.
Helping the dropout students so they can learn a skill and use that skill in their own country. The skills can be computer skills, agriculture-based skills, art skills, and so on.
As the present age is of Technology and it has been an essential skill for everyone, we have started NEPALESE IT STUDY COMMUNITY where every student can gain knowledge on professional skills required to enter into IT Infosec or corporate sectors.
Youtube Channel
70,000 students are reading daily from Nepal Online School’s YouTube channel. He expects students’ numbers to increase to 100,000 in the next few months. Not only recorded from Nepal Online School’s YouTube channel but also lived classes are conducted.
It consists of Computer Basic, Public Service Preparation Class, BBA, BBS, BIM, English Language, Hebrew Language, Engineer, Nursing, Entrance Exam Preparation Class.
Various skills-based knowledge like art, computer skills being conducted like Basic Computer Skill for Everyone, Computer Day to Day Tips and Tricks, Basic Computer Hardware Course as well as other professional courses like Windows 10 Professional Course, CompTIA IT Fundamentals, Ethical Hacking Course, Computer Networking Course, CCNA, Microsoft Office Package Course, Java Complete Course, CCNA, CompTIA A+ & N+.
In addition, for students whose syllabus has totally been guided in Nepali medium providing them quality video lectures and making them able to conversate in lucid English, so language doesn’t become a barrier for them in their future endeavors.
Created more than 30000 high-quality content where 21000 video content on various subjects for the all-around development of the student has been published. Also, various notes and homework sessions are being conducted in various programs. We have subjects of every class with a well-managed playlist including proper video lectures and solution to exercise, TU Solutions. Similarly, we are available 24/7 to help students with any problem or difficulty which may arise. These include:
Golu is a chatbot. In simple language, a chat robot. It can also be understood as Artificial Intelligence (AI).
It already contains answers that match the question.
According to the question, it answers itself. This service has become common abroad. It is also being used by some business entities in Nepal. Golu, on the other hand, seems to be a little different as he speaks in Nepali.
Golu was built by scientists Bishesh Khanal, Azad Chhatkuli, Dandapani Poudel, Binod Bhattarai, and Suman Raj Bista. They are doing this through the software company ‘Dio AI Technology’. All five are co-directors of the company.
‘Some of our banks have put chatbots on their online services. But they are rarely used. Due to the lack of English language and many features, it has been used less, ‘said Golu’s co-producer Vishesh.
He is an expert in artificial intelligence research. It has been three years since he returned to France, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom for eight years to conduct research-based studies.
Azad Chhatkuli and Dandapani Poudel are post-doctoral researchers at ETH Zurich University in Switzerland.
Vinod Bhattarai is a post-doctoral researcher at Imperial College London and Suman Raj Bista is a post-doctoral researcher at the Australian Center for Robotic Vision at the Queensland University of Technology. In addition, all four co-operators are doing their work from abroad.
In particular, Azad and Suman have been friends since studying at the Pulchowk Engineering Campus. Dandapani had a special meeting in London while studying for a master’s degree and Vinod. In this way, five people became friends through special means and they have been cooperating for the last six years.
There is no special reason behind naming Golu. This is what everyone on the construction team liked in the process of finding an easy-to-remember, short and fun name. The name of the company has been kept in mind. The symbol of light, the idea of giving light through technology, was chosen by the special.
Features of Golu
The use of the Golu by these five scientists to provide information about the corona is not limited to this. Here people can ask any kind of question. Golu talks back, answering in a pleasant way. If there is no answer to any question, he also says ‘I don’t understand.
Golu lets you read jokes, news, horoscopes as well as attendance answers. The company has also identified Golu as a talking robot friend when he is lazy or looking for someone to talk to.
‘People liked this chatbot and a lot of questions started coming up. And we added and updated the program and made it possible to ask any questions, ‘said the 34-year-old special.
It has been only one year since Diyo was established. But he has been active in this work since his return to Nepal. He co-founded Diyo in 2018 with three other co-directors and three other friends.
It is a reputed non-profit organization that conducts research on AI and computer science in Nepal. The lamp has come into operation under this organization.
‘Research in Nepal is very weak. So in the beginning we had a reputation for doing something in this area, “We used to do research on how to advance advanced technology, mainly in Nepal’s industrial sector.”
For two years, he worked with some financial support. He said that the research could be carried out better if the money could be raised by working later.
Diyo currently employs 12 people, including researchers, engineers, and marketers.
While working at Nami, Vishesh and his friends got a close look at the business area here. Although there are many technology brands, most of the products have special experiences made by learning from abroad.
He says, ‘Learning from foreign technology is not wrong. But what is going on abroad may not be suitable for the Nepali environment, it should be brought only after research.
Therefore, Diyo is trying to bring necessary, suitable, and effective techniques according to the environment by studying.
A chatbot is the result of such an effort. It is said that information about any organization or product can be easily obtained from Diyo’s chatbot.
For example, ask someone for information about a bank’s services. You can go to its online platform and type in Nepali language or Roman. The answer comes from Uta in Nepali. This technology will be more useful not only in banks or companies but also in health, education, and agriculture.
‘Farmers do not have to look for experts to inquire about plant diseases. You can find the answers by going to the agriculture-related website with chatbot facility, ‘says Vishesh. With chatbot technology, you don’t have to ask for help from others for small things. ‘
Currently, Diyo is providing three types of services including chatbots. ‘Intelligent Web’ is another service in which the company builds an intuitive website using AI according to the needs of the local environment. And there is augmented reality (AR) technology. It is a technology that allows you to see something directly through digital media.
Now this service has been brought to jewelry shops. From this, you can go to the website of the shop and see if the jewelry is suitable or not.
After clicking on the photo of your favorite jewelry, the camera opens and it looks like you are wearing it on your own ear or neck. AR technology can also be used on online learning platforms. Students can experience things from a computer, just as science subjects are before their eyes.
According to the special, these services have been brought by Diyo keeping in view the Corona epidemic. Customers do not have to go to a jewelry store in a crowded place. Students can also experience physical classes online. Currently, Diyo is providing these services to Helmets Nepal, Amazon Web Service, and Utsav Jewelry.
According to the special, the amount of chatbots is decided on the basis of which level. Generally, the fee can range from two to three lakhs to 25-30 lakhs. It is expensive to work on the bank’s website for security reasons. Cheap to create a chatbot that only returns answers to questions. For AR, Diyo has not brought such an expensive facility, now it starts from Rs 1.5 lakh.
In the early days, they had trouble getting their services to the Nepali market. The operators did not know much about the market here. “Some of the software companies here are going to make the money and not do as they say,” he said, “so it’s hard to trust the software company.” It took a lot of effort. ‘
He says that the number of service seekers has decreased as most of them are not aware that AI technology makes many things easier.
What does he speak about AI?
The future of the world is dedicated to AI, so we should not fall behind in the old ways,” he says It is important to explain the benefits to the market so that software companies can create more effective products and sell them to foreign companies in the future.
According to him, AI can play a big role in economic transformation. But most of the technology we use is advanced without research, so users are not able to adapt. He says technology will not be of much use unless companies research the easy way to serve customers.
“Our aim is to localize AI with the Nepali environment,” he said. “Nowadays, AI is used in most areas. We are not able to take advantage of the way it has gained momentum. ‘
The major agenda of the event was- Digital Marketing Trends in Nepal. Similarly, the event discussed various aspects of digital marketing trends and ways to grow the business and brand on digital platforms.
The main objective of the webinar was to help grow the business at home.
Similarly, to empower yourself and career growth on Digital Marketing was also the motto of the event.
ICT Frame Magazine organized the event. Likewise, co-organizers were: and Delight Solutions, ICT Byte, Tech Bloggers Nepal, Top Nepal, and Orbitech Nepal.
The Speakers of the event were: Nirajan Patel, Sabun Dhital, Raunak Neupane and Sanjay Karki .
Sanjay Karki- Digital Marketing Head of Durbar Mart Pvt. Ltd
Sanjay Karki reflected on video marketing growth around the World.
Video Marketing is video content that creates awareness, educates, or entertains in any digital platform.
These days most downloaded app in the world is Tiktok (a Short Video app). The Most Popular Entertainment App is YouTube / Netflix (Video app), and the Most Popular Social Media is Facebook (Mostly Focusing on Video ).
He stated, “that these apps are powerful video marketing tools in Nepal because these apps have taken a good place in market.”
Most importantly, Tiktok is more important and popular among people.
According to Sanjay Karki, the video must be only 10 seconds, but it must be effective and attractive.
If the video is long, the users get bore watching it.
The easiest way to start video marketing is by defining the audience and checking age group, interest, lifestyle, gender, profession, and other interest.
Before starting video marketing, one should determine the objective. Either the content in it is Brand Awareness, Educational, or Entertainment.
If it is about brand awareness then, the video should be of 2 minutes. The content about the brand must be short and clear.
And speaking about educational content, if you are writing about a restaurant, you can state the types of raw materials, hygiene of the staff and the restaurant, delivery service.
While making an entertainment video, the video must be of the 10min-1 hour.
The video must include all about brand awareness, education about the brand, entertainment about the brand.
Reflecting on the Digital Marketing trends in Nepal, Sabun Dhital spoke about Social Media Popularity in Nepal.
Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok are the most popular social media in Nepal.
These days Live videos, social media stories, Niche Social Platform User- Generated Content, Influencers Marketing.
She spoke about these various topics and said that” Many brands of Nepal are acquainted with famous celebrities, Youtubers, Instragrammer and TikTok influencers to spread the word about the brand or business by social channels.”
Raunak Neupane provided detailed information about SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
He said that although beginners think that SEO is totally a technical part, it is not.
If you target the audience search and intend to satisfy their search and give solutions for their problems, it will really help get ranks.
70.6% of all traffic starts from a search engine. The #1 result in Google gets more than 30% of all clicks.
He also spoke about Review Schema, Video SEO, and Voice Search.
Review Schema basically provides information to search engines to understand your content better. Likewise, Schema reflects rich snippets if you provide your website’s valid review and ratings to search engines.
Similarly, Video SEO means optimizing video to be indexed and rank on the search engine result pages for relevant keywords.
The most interesting thing is that Google ranks some videos at the top for certain keywords.
Globally more than 27% of people use the voice search features on their mobile devices.
This is popular in the 16-34 age group—more the increment of smartphone users in Nepal, increment of voice search usage.
The important thing for content optimization for Voice search is you must structure the page conversationally or naturally.
Nirajan Patel- Digital Marketer of Top Nepal International
He spoke on how the money can be made using Google AdSense at the event.
AdSense is an advertising placement service by Google. The program is designed for website publishers who want to display targeted text, video, or image advertisements on website pages and earn money when site visitors view or click the ads.
Google AdSense can be categorized into two parts; YouTube and Website/Blog.
There must be 1000 subscribe and 4000 hrs. Watch time, and the video should not be copyright. You should use your own Video for Monetization.
There must be a minimum of 20 pieces of content going towards the website, and the content should be unique, and the site should not be blocked.
He also reflected and spoke about the advantages of Google AdSense.
The AdSense is Free, Very Few investments of Time, Customizable Ads, Multiple websites from one account, Search option keeps visitors on itself, No Any product Required.
Google AdSense doesn’t accept on the various sites: Pornography content, Dangerous or derogatory content, Alcohol-related content, Tobacco-related content, Hacking and cracking content, Pages that offer compensation programs, Violent content, Misrepresentative content, and illegal content.
The Moderator of the event was Ranjit Shrestha, Chief Operating Officer at Delight Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
The event was beneficial, and it helps build a bridge to the consumers by utilizing IT and Digital Marketing of products and services.
Upaya City Cargo, A Nepali Logistic Tech Startup Receive receive Rupees 180 Million Investment
Upaya City Cargo is an online marketplace. It is a marketplace for intra-city logistics that connects individuals and businesses with pickup driver-partners.
It integrates technology to ensure quick and hassle-free delivery of bulk goods within Kathmandu Valley.
Dolma provides capital and expertise to growth companies in Nepal. The fund is designed to generate sustainable private sector employment and stimulate further Foreign Direct Investment into Nepal.
Dolma invests as a strategic partner, sharing risk with entrepreneurs and promoters. As an impact fund, Dolma builds positive social and environmental impact into the core of investee company strategies.
Dolma Impact Fund II signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Upaya City Cargo, an online marketplace for intra-city logistics.
According to a statement issued by Dolma Impact Fund, the first international private equity and impact fund dedicated to Nepal, they will invest Rs. 180 million in the two-year-old logistics tech startup.
The two parties signed the MoU on June 16, Wednesday.
The company is in touch with Dolma regarding the investment for the last 3-4 months.
The Dolma Fund Management manages two private equity funds for Nepal: Dolma Impact Fund I and Dolma Impact Fund II.
Dolma Impact Fund II started around a month ago after the success of Dolma Impact Fund I.
Dolma Impact Fund I was the pioneer in institutional FDI and environmental and social standards from 2014.
The portfolio of Dolma I includes eCommerce firms, AI ventures, companies in renewable energy and pharmaceutical manufacturing, and medical care.
The investment will help the company to expand its operation in other cities across Nepal with logistics solutions for on-demand delivery of bulk goods as well as e-commerce & agriculture sectors.
Through this investment, Upaya and Dolma aim to create an impactful partnership in the Nepali logistics sector.
A new e-commerce website, Kinnio.com, has been launched to provide all the daily necessities from one place through a reliable and trustworthy medium.
The company has launched a new e-commerce business on Wednesday intending to provide convenient services to all types of customers in the growing e-commerce business between the Corona pandemic.
The company has made available all kinds of laptops, mobiles, electronics, stationery, office supplies, beauty, sports, and entertainment-related items and has also run its mart.
Naresh Pokharel, CEO of Kinney Ho, said that the company will provide all kinds of goods at affordable prices, focusing on customer service and providing free delivery service for one month.
He said that the new website allows online payments from all payment gateways and delivery abroad.
For the past decade, the company has been selling and distributing all the goods required for paper and publication as a wholesale and retail business under the name of New Muktinath Traders and Suppliers, as well as providing household goods, kitchenware, electronic goods, and other goods and services.
Science Student Talent Recognition Program is being organized, so be participation.
The ‘Science Student Talent Recognition Program 2021’ is to be organized in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Nepal National Commission for Science Teachers Society Nepal and UNESCO.
In this competition, each student will have to make a video with detailed information of the science project they have created and upload it through the form given below.
Participants will need to create scientific learning materials that are consistent with the school-level curriculum, incorporating the various fields and principles of science and technology developed in the Nepali environment and the global environment.
Competitive projects will have to be modified or innovative or completely new inventions. Video can be captured with a mobile or other camera.
Even if the video is taken through any medium, the video should not be distorted, should not be stuck, should not be shaken, should be clearly understood.
Most importantly the video should be project-focused.
The organizing committee has said that the form with video should be submitted by 5 pm on July 26 to participate in the program.
Videos later than scheduled will not be allowed to enter the competition. The total length of the video should be a maximum of 5 minutes with 2 minutes of the project creation process, 2 minutes of project details and other things to mention, and a conclusion of 1 minute.
The video can be made in Nepali, English, or both languages. When making a video, the contestant should have a presentation of his / her own speech but if it is a muted video, it should have symbolic clarity.
This competition will be conducted in two phases. The best projects will be selected in two phases through provincial selection and central competition.
Students up to class 10 of any school in their state (including those who have now joined SEE 2077) will be able to participate in this competition. But each student has to fill out a separate form.
There should be a single participant in this competition and not with the team. Only one student should be a contestant for a project and only one science project will participate in the video competition.
For this program, each student has to make a video with detailed information of the science project he/she has created and upload it through the form given below as per the rules.
The file size of the video should be around 300 MB, according to the organizers. Also, the file format of the video should be an MP4 file or another video format.
According to the organizers, the evaluation committee of each province will select two projects from the contestants and recommend them for the central competition.
In the first phase, a competing student of each selected project and a science teacher of the concerned school should come to Kathmandu on the scheduled date if the situation is favorable or not and should participate in the central competition by appearing in person with the competitive material as prescribed.
The organizers will make arrangements for 14 competitive students and their 14 science teachers to come, go, stay and eat in Kathmandu.
The central competition program will be organized in Kathmandu or as per the schedule. In the central competition, only 14 projects of the seven provinces will compete with two contestants selected from each province.
The best four contestants will be declared first, second, third, and fourth after evaluating according to the basis fixed by the evaluation committee formed for the central competition.
The first-place winner will get Rs 10,000, the second-place winner will get Rs 8,000, the third-place winner will get Rs 6,000, and the fourth-place winner will get Rs 4,000.
Click here to fill out the form to participate: Click Here
Satkar mobile app is an innovative solution powered by The Peak Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. and developed by Nepal Ultimate Solutions (NUS) to address challenges in the hospitality industry.
The pandemic took its toll on most industries, and hospitality is one of the many that’s still struggling to recover from it.
After various brainstorming sessions and long hours of planning, capable minds at The Peak Hospitality came up with the idea of Satkar – a touch-free solution to revive the hospitality sector.
Satkar is an attempt to introduce a brand of international standards in the hospitality sector of Nepal. With the idea that safety is a new luxury, the Satkar team believes that a touch-free solution is how tourism can survive in the future.
From turning the air conditioning and paying for the stay to filing complaints and ordering hotel vehicles, Satkar mobile app eliminates human contact to ensure safety.
Even with no or lesser human intervention, the mobile app increases hotel operation efficiency and reduces operation ratio by one-fourth.
With error-free and quick performance, the app aims to uplift hotels struggling in terms of operating costs.
Satkar mobile app is the answer for hotel owners and management staff looking to restart after the pandemic.
Customizable management system
Satkar also combines the features of a Property Management System (PMS) because it is highly customizable. It can cater to the operation of a 20-rooms hotel to a 5-star hotel.
The ability to automate all tasks from booking to departure makes it different from other popular booking portals.
Usage and security
When privacy is a priority, the mobile app follows international safety parameters to keep the personal credentials of guests secure.
Satkar allows usage on both ends – user and admin. On the admin side, the app can systematically manage hotel operations such as:
Food & beverage
Industry division
Accounts
Human Resources
Sales & marketing
Engineering division
There are different views in the management system for staff depending on the authorization, which means improved security.
The capable team at NUS is in charge of providing support.
Other features
Satkar, a hotel management system, can facilitate real-time monitoring and inventory management for hotels. Its features include managers report generation, room service automation, IRD verified billing system, streamlined accounts, customized check-in/check-out templates, etc.
Plans
Satkar mobile app is a Nepali innovative product that has great potential in the international market. Plans to promote the system in the foreign hospitality market are in the pipeline.
The Peak Hospitality is a private limited company registered under the company act to provide innovative, practical, and profitable methods of improving the way hotel properties are operated.
The company provides customized independent hotel management solutions to fit clients’ unique needs. The team comprises professionals and experts in different segments of hospitality overseeing the hotels, technical support, and pre-opening scope of services.
Are you going to a new place? Definitely, everyone is planning for the long refreshment and outdoor visit as we are compelled to stay only indoors due to the current situation created by the pandemic. Finally, after the situation becomes normal, everyone is going somewhere, and if you are worried about where to stay and how to book a hotel, you can easily book from the ‘ATITHI GHAR’ app.
This app can be downloaded from atithighar.com, both Android and iOS.This is a Nepali app. This app has been brought into operation by a group of 5 people, including information technology entrepreneurs and tourism entrepreneurs.
Earlier, customers used to book hotels from the Indian app Oyo. After Oyo left Nepal, he had to book a hotel through a website, Facebook, Insta, or phone.
With this in mind, the ‘ATITHI GHAR’ app has been launched, said Tanka Bahadur Puri (World), director of the app.
‘Millions of rupees were spent annually when booking from foreign apps. Now that money is stored here, ‘he said.
He says the app was launched to promote domestic tourism after the first wave of epidemics. But the tourism business has not recovered from the epidemic of the first wave and the epidemic of the second wave.
With this app, customers from all over the world can book hotels here. While booking hotels through this app, customers can pay by phone, eSewa, and MasterCard of any country, he said.
At present, the app has 50 hotels in Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, and Lalitpur. There are hotels from cheap to expensive in the app. He said that customers will still get cheaper when booking hotels through the app.
The company has also put a map in the app to make it easier for customers to find hotels. When the customer cancels the booking, all the information, including whether there is a charge or not, whether the money will be refunded or not, is available in the app.
He said that internal tourism would be promoted by bringing various schemes after the epidemic.
“Until now, bookings can be made from the hotel app in the mountains, now we will add it to the app,” he said, adding that later we will gradually take it all over the world via India.
To book a hotel, you need to download the app called ‘Guest House’ from Android and iOS. Then you have to put the username and password in the application. Then, the details of different hotels in different cities come along with the room price. The rules to be followed in the hotel can also be seen through the app. This feature can be used for free.
An ‘e-Ghar‘ app has been launched to provide the information and data needed to avoid the Corona pandemic.
Engineer Narayan Ghimire said that details about Covid-19. As the status of 77 districts, ambulances and consulting doctors can be accessed via the app.
Details about blood banks and oxygen can be found in the app launched by the community that includes Suman Raj Pandey.
Engineer Ghimire explained that the app, which will provide an online showroom as the Covid-19 pandemic spreads, was created as the Covid-19 helpline.
The e-Ghar is said to promote crowdfunding business by constructing online showrooms for nearby takeaway service providers. The app features 150 different types of businesses, such as restaurants, haircuts, stores, and gas stations. According to Engineer Ghimire, the app can be downloaded via the Playstore.
The Nepal National ICT Award 2021 has been given to Huawei Technologies Nepal (Private Sector).
The government announced the winners of the ICT Award 2021 on Sunday. Stating that Huawei Technology has received the ‘National ICT Award 2021, Private Sector‘ for its exceptional contribution to Nepal’s information and communication technology.
For the past 20 years, Huawei Technology has provided various cutting-edge communication services in Nepal.
Through Nepal Telecom, the company assisted in the launch of a second-generation mobile service in 2000.
As a distributor, Huawei Nepal contributed significantly to the 3G expansion with Ncell in 2010. And the provision of 4G services throughout the country in 2017 in partnership with Nepal Telecom.
The government believes that Huawei Technologies Nepal’s commitment to the use of high-level technology and technology transfer. And Huawei is important to our country’s social and economic transformation.
‘Smart Municipality App’ is a multi-purpose application that contains the information of the concerned municipality. By using information and technology, you will be able to see all the information of the work done by the municipality, you will be able to see the overall profile including the personal details of the village municipality. Personal incidents related to registration (birth, death, marriage, divorce, and relocation) can be done from home through the app, complaints can be lodged directly with the people’s representatives and employees and can be answered through the same.
SmartPalika app aims to impact Local Governments, Representatives, and People with its benchmark quality Technology, Smart Tools, Database & Artificial Intelligence. The ‘Smart Municipality App’ has been launched in three municipalities of the Doti district. Smart municipality applications have been prepared and brought into operation in Jorayal, KISingh village municipality, and Shikhar municipality of the district. The ‘Smart Municipality App’ has been handed over to the three municipalities with the financial support of the European Union and DCA.
Mahesh Pariyar, the District Coordinator of the Parivartan Project, said that the app has been developed in coordination with the municipality to maintain good governance in the municipality.
Chairman of Jorayal Village Municipality, Durgadatta Ojha, said that it would be very useful for the citizens of the municipality as they would be able to get information about the progress and work of the municipality through the application at home.
The application prepared through the transformation project was handed over to Jorayal and KISingh villages and Shikhar municipality on Thursday, said Padam Mijar, information officer of Sam Bikas Kendra Nepal.
Kaha!! Is the new answer to the most asked question in our daily life?
Kaha meaning where? Is the question we ask if we don’t have any information on the location we need to be, or go or have to call someone and also to report any incidents? Furthermore, Kaha being a vague question, it is used to ask about the information on any landmarks, places, restaurants, houses, offices, and those you may think of. Being of its kind localized application; it’s easy to use and interact with and also provided with the national language makes it even used for all range of users.
KAHA is the new tool designed to answer the most asked question in less than a few clicks now from your smart devices. It is an application designed to share the accurate location of any KAHA questions that arise.
Comparing the scenario of international practice and our country we find a huge gap on the topic of location identification. As in practice in many international destinations, we see the naming of the roads linked to the street codes and sub roads identification. With the use of mailbox and similar other services, there never have been any problem related to the identification of the location.
Imagine today the current situation of location-identifying practice in Nepal. We generally answer the question Kaha? With nearby landmarks and symbolic guidance to connect.
Scenario 1:
“Where are you? Answered with the phrase like, come near the bus stop take a left and you will see a shop, cross the shop to 5 houses, you will see a black gate, when you will be there call me, I will come to receive you.”
Scenario 2:
“Sir this is ABC Company and I am here to deliver your product, where should I bring it? Replied with, come to setopul, you will see a petrolpump, come by the side of petrolpump and drive 200m towards anamnager. I will be standing on the road you will see me.? After an hour, sir I am at setopul now where? Replied with same answer.”
The above-mentioned conversations are not new to us, but here arises a big question about the system of locating someone or somewhere is the hardest thing to do and a lot more time-consuming process for identification.
Similarly, sharing a newly established business address, the property on sale, the place for delivery, the pickup points as well as events location and all are facing a similar problem and a question KAHA?
KAHA, being an application developed to address this question Kaha, now can give the answer with our Address tagging and sharing feature. Contact A can share an instant location tag to contact B to get connected at the decided location with just a tap.
Also being an established business you can pinpoint and get a permanent Tag (Your location Code) that could be used to share with your clients and prospects to help come to your doorsteps hassle-free.
After Installing Kaha.
Where are you? I have shared the Tag.
Imagine the smooth and easy location identification with the problem solver KAHA app.
Kaha being its kind application could also be used as an instant messaging application to not only share the location but also to do business and sell services through the instant chat feature. Also, the temporary tags with added message notes could be used to report any unusual events to the respective departments, such as the location of the accident, theft, fire, threatening activities, and all.
KAHA application provides the space for you to register as a general user and business. General users will be given permanent tags for frequent location and would be private, whereas for business the Permanent tags will be visible to general users which will be key for them to connect instantly.
KAHA USAGE:
General User:
Share instant temporary tags to get connected with Contacts. Find the tags of your desired restaurants, hotels, or any business providers.
Hotel/Resorts/Guesthouse:
Get permanent tags and share the tags so that users could identify the pinpoint location with instant share as well as get listed in-app for a user to access the information and choose services.
Get permanent tags and share the location as well as receive tags from the user which could be further shared with logistic or used by self to make the hassle-free delivery. Transportation services: Share or receive tags for accurate pickups.
Register your business with KAHA and place your business in the digital world. Use as a delivery tool for hassle-free location identification. Deal directly with your clients and get the active power of conversion.
Every year the government marks National Information Technology Day on the 2nd of May. The main aim of celebrating national ICT day is to promote technology and development in ICT. The initiative to celebrate this day was done by the Federation of Computer Association Nepal(FCAN). As history depicts, the first computer was introduced in Nepal in May. Similarly, the month of May marks the establishment of the Federation of CAN as well. In this way, the National ICT Day is celebrated in May.
The fourth National Information and Communication Technology Day are being celebrated on Sunday. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has organized a virtual program on the occasion of the day. According to the ministry, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is scheduled to address the event at 11 am.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is implementing virtual methods for celebrating the event. Otherwise, in the spirit of the ICT celebration, there was a program of initiation of a social awareness march that started from Bhrikutimandap to Basantapur. This day comes as an effort from the government to establish, encourage, and implement ICT practices across all government and non-government sectors.
On occasion, government spokesperson and Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung have issued a congratulatory message. Minister Gurung informed that the government aims to fulfill the national resolution of “Prosperous Nepal: Happy Nepali” by connecting every sector with information and communication technology as per the demands of the modern age.
Minister Gurung has mentioned that the government has launched the ‘Citizen App’ to provide all government services to the citizens online to build information technology friendly Nepal. Gurung mentioned that the government had introduced the ‘Information Technology Bill’ in the parliament to prevent the misuse of the information technology sector and provide easy access to the development of the information technology sector.
Policies, programs, and budgets have been arranged to establish and operate information technology centers at each local level. He said that Five G testing had been taken forward to improve the quality of telecommunication services, and special attention has been paid to the security of cybercrime control, cybersecurity, and security of government data centers.
Events like National ICT Day are very vital to move forward digitally with smartness. The ICT sector drives the nation towards the digital era. Similarly, it can pave the path towards Digital Nepal by supporting the framework. The government has realized the importance of the ICT sector and endorsed the National ICT Day. The government has organized virtual events, especially when social distancing is the topmost priority. It will both raise awareness and display the use of ICT that can potentially shape our future.
In conclusion, on National ICT Day, we would like to wish all the citizens and hope for more IT initiatives in further days.
InternetPasal.com is a platform that connects buyers and sellers to buy sell anything all over Nepal. The website has a simple user interface which makes it the user easy to navigate and use it with less technical knowledge.
InternetPasal is the fastest-growing classified marketplace in Nepal. This platform allows individuals and shopkeepers to sell the products free of cost. You can simply create the user and sell the products with simple ads forms. There are no charges to list the classified ads on this platform.
This platform is becoming famous to the second-hand goods sellers. You can sell various products such as laptops, motorcycles, vehicles, mobile phones, furniture, and electronics by simply posting on this platform.
Tech bloggers forum Nepal in association with Kaha App developed by Masovison Technology is all set to organize the Interaction Sessions on 2nd May 2021 (Sunday).
Kahaor ‘Where?’ – a simple concept, yet so difficult to grasp.
While the question is a gap, the Kaha app is the bridge that aims to narrow it.
Take a look back in the memory lane and ask yourself, “how many times have people rang you just to ask your exact location?”
Take an example of online delivery. Most eCommerce apps require GPS locations to be on and yet you won’t find the delivery person knocking at your door without ringing you first.
This still happens even if you have your house number and street address.
But why is it that most businesses, shops, companies, schools, restaurants, and so on do not use their full address?
On top of that, many streets or localities in Nepal have a similar name, if not the same.
That leads to confusion, which leads to delay, which then leads back to the ultimate question where?
With the start of New Year, the two big DTH companies are planning to merge together.
Dishhome and Prabhu TV are merging together. These firms, which previously provided Direct to Home (DTH), are planning to merge and provide services under one brand.
Since the previous year, these companies have also offered internet service. Sudip Acharya, CEO of Dishhome, said that the merger is being planned by combining and making both internet and TV available under the same brand name.
He claims that discussions about a merger have been ongoing for some time. The decision has not made yet. However, the two companies have decided that integrated services are the only option that is better.
“In this small market, a merger is needed to provide better services as one company rather than several companies,” he explained. Despite the recent introduction of the Clean-feed policy, the television services industry has shrunk.
As a result, the merger is being debated. ‘However, no conclusion has yet been drawn.’
Nowadays, the e-commerce company has increased than ever. This means that the e-commerce business is growing day by day in Nepal.
However, there is mixed opinion for online goods from customers. In most cases, goods purchased online are of poor quality, duplicates are found and goods are not shipped on time, and many more.
This is a big issue but the new e-commerce company Sryngar only sells original and branded goods. Sryngar is a newly established e-commerce company in Nepal.
Sryngar only sells branded cosmetics, skincare, and clothing, according to the company’s manager, Ravi Duwal.
Only branded goods from the branded companies will be able to sell through Sryngar.
