Huawei ICT Award organized, award distributed in 12 categories

Kathmandu: Huawei ICT Award 2020- was organized on Saturday at Soaltee Crowne Plaza. This is the fifth edition of a renowned award in the information and technology sector.

The event was sponsored by Huawei Nepal in association with Nepal Telecom and Genese Solution, supported by Nepal Telecommunications Authority, and powered by Fonepay.

The Huawei ICT Awards 2020 was presented in 12 different categories. The Huawei ICT Awards 2020 received more than 350 online nominations this year, as well as nominations from jury advisors. The Huawei ICT Awards 2020 had 14 jury members and equal jury advisors.

Among the categories at the Huawei ICT Awards 2020, Startup ICT Awards, Product ICT Awards, Rising Student ICT Awards and Ncell Innovation ICT Awards were announced after being selected in various categories. The winners of Digital Education, Digital Governance ICT Awards Pioneer ICT Award, Entrepreneur ICT Award, Nepali Diaspora ICT Award, Woman Icon ICT Award and Media Person ICT Award 2020 have also been announced.

Kiran Acharya has been awarded for ‘Media Person ICT Award 2020’. Similarly, Timilaa Yami Thapa received the ‘Women Icon ICT Award 2020’ and Binay Bohra, managing director of Vianet was honored with the ‘Entrepreneur ICT Award 2020’.

Similarly, Paaila Emergency Resuscitator has bagged the award of ‘Ncell Innovation Drive Crisis Response ICT Award 2020’.

 

Similarly, Gaurav Raj Upadhyaya has been awarded ‘Nepali Diaspora ICT Award 2020’ and Nilkantha Upreti has been honored with ‘Pioneer ICT Award 2020’.

Likewise, Inland Revenue Department has received ‘Digital Governance ICT Award’ and Budhanilakantha School has won ‘Digital Education ICT Award’.

Hamro Swasthya has won ‘Jury Choice ICT Award 2020’ and Sanchai Chau has received ‘Rising Student ICT Award 2020’.

ICT Award has been recognizing talents in the sector of Information and Technology for the last five years in Nepal.

Parbat Gurung, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ganesh Shah, Former Minister of Science, and Technology, Hari Bashyal – Secretary, MoCIT and other special guests added charm to the event. Honorable minister Parbat Gurung said “We need to formulate strategies and framework, and all the sectors including private and public needs to work together to build and grow ICT sector.”

He also added that the government wants to expand the technology and make the Digital Nepal campaign a success by creating a roster of technology experts. Ganesh Shah said “Nepal Government has passed the framework for Digital Nepal, and event like ICT Awards is a good platform as a step towards reaching the reaching that goal.” Hari Bashyal – Secretary, MoCIT also expressed his gratitude towards the organizing team for making this event happen and the participants for their effort to contribute to the ICT sector.

According to the press release issued by Huawei, the organizing committee, jury and advisory committee have worked tirelessly to make the event a success. “Three times more nominations were received for the award than last year and four months were spent for the selection process. More than 25 jury meetings have been held,” added the release.

Most jury selection processes and meetings were conducted virtually using information technology to the maximum.
“This is the first time in Nepal that technology has been used to make the selection process fair, transparent and credible, and it is exemplary for all,” said jury coordinator Sushil Pokharel.