Information Technology (IT), one of the best marvels of the 20th Century has changed our everyday lives. The technology is present almost everywhere in human endeavor. But there are still challenges to the development of IT in developing countries like Nepal. One of them is that we do not have a common platform for all the IT graduates, scientists, academicians, students, professionals researchers and others to discuss their ideas. With the aim of bringing all the computer personnel under the same umbrella, Nepal Engineering College in association with the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Royal Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (RONAST), and Nepal College of Information Technology (NCIT) is set to organised an International Conference on IT. The conference is to be held in Kathmandu on May 23rd with the theme "Prospects and challenges in the 21st century". Various eminent personalities from India, USA, UK, and other countries will participate in the conference.
The conference, the first of its kind is being hosted in Nepal in cooperation with Computer Association of Nepal (CAN), Advance Communication Society (ACS) – India and IEEE – India. A total of 246 papers have been received from throughout the world for the conference. Most of the papers are from India including the Indian Institute of Technology, Regional Engineering Colleges, IT companies; however the conference has also received various papers from Australia, Italy, Taiwan, Japan, Bangladesh, Hongkong, Singapore and China.
Various eminent personalities from the National level and International level have an active involvement in the conference. Prof. Dayananda Bajracharya (Vice Chancellor – RONAST), Mr. M.M. Shrestha (Secretary – MoST), Dr. Yuba Raj Khatiwada (Member – National Planning Commission), Mr. Sanjib Rajbhandari (Mercantile Corporation Pvt. Ltd.) are some of the names from National level.
On the other hand, Stephen Olariu (USA), Prof. L.M. Patnaik (Indian Institute of Science and Technology), Dr. Suresh Manandhar (York University, UK), Jay Bagga (Ball State University – USA) are to name a few from International level.
The conference is based on various aspects of the Information Technology like Web Technology, Bio-Informatics and Soft Computing. Similarly, the conference has been sponsored by the University of Technology Sydney Australia, United Nation’s University – International Institute of Software Technology, Macao SAR China, and Advance Communication Society (ACS) – India.
The conference can be taken as an initiation towards the development and generating enthusiasm of IT among the people who are associated towards IT.
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