KATHMANDU, June 10: Nepali Ambassador to Japan, Prativa Rana, has requested the Nepali scholars in Japan to join the “Brain Gain Center” program recently introduced by the government.
Rana was speaking at a seminar of Nepali and Japanese Information Communication and Technology (ICT) professionals residing in Japan. The seminar was held at JICA hall, Ichigaya, Tokyo on Friday. It was jointly organized by the Nepali academic and corporate professionals in Japan and the Embassy of Nepal in Japan.
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She stated that with a stable government enjoying absolute majority in parliament in place, Nepal has entered a new phase of development, and that the government is now striving to transform society through new technologies, according to a press note issued by the organizers.
Dr Yasunori Owada, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan, elaborated on the effectiveness of the NerveNet technology for disseminating information in rural areas. Dr Ved Kafle from NICT mentioned that Nepal has immense potential in the ICT sector and the launching of the 5G technology will be important in Nepal's telecommunication sector.
Taisuke Fukuno, chairman of Jig.jp mentioned that US $1 CPU and US $15 computer that his company designed can greatly increase the accessibility of ICT among children in Nepal. Avash Maskey from Kyushu Institute of Technology shed light on various areas that Nepal`s first nanosatellite, 'NepaliSat-1' can be used for.
In a recorded video speech, Gokarna Mani Duwadee, the director general of the Department of Land Management and Archives, highlighted the digitization of land management system in Nepal.
He mentioned that the use of IT in land management increases transparency in land transactions.
Krishna Chandra Aryal, deputy chief of mission at the Embassy of Nepal, Tokyo, underlined the embassy's commitment to facilitate the transfer of ICT related technology and interventions from Japan to Nepal. Interacting with several Japanese experts during the networking session that immediately followed the program, Aryal also encouraged Japanese investors to invest in ICT related sectors in Nepal. Around 80 Japanese and Nepali professionals from different prefectures of Japan attended the seminar, which was sponsored by Kyodai Remittance, Japan.
This was the fourth seminar of Nepal Japan Dialogue Series, which has previously included discussions on diverse issues of Nepal such as infrastructure, agriculture and healthcare.
The dialogue series on Friday was co-supported by Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).
