Various organisations, individuals awarded for significant contribution in IT sector

Kathmandu, May 2: The government has awarded various organisations and individuals for their significant contribution to the development and expansion of information technology sector.

At a programme organised here today on the occasion of the seventh National Communications and Information Technology Day, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' presented awards under IT-related different categories. 

On the occasion, PM Dahal presented the 'National Communications and Information Outstanding Award-2080' to Dr Shailendra Giri (Pyuthan).

Similarly, Lena Keshari Kansakar (Kathmandu) received an Outstanding Award for the women category.  Likewise, the 'National Communications and Information Technology Innovation Award-2080' and 'National Communications and Information Technology Startup Award-2080' have gone to One Plus Financial Services and Monal Tech Pvt Ltd (Chabahil) respectively. The award carries a purse of Rs 100,000 each. 

'National Communications and Information Technology Award-2080' was conferred on the Social Security Fund (Kathmandu) towards the public sector, Data Hub Pvt Ltd (Thapathali) towards the private sector and Dynamic Technosoft Pvt Ltd (Birgunj) towards the province.

Similarly, Nepal Telecommunication Company has been honoured by the information technology sector for submitting the highest revenue in the fiscal year 2022/23 and Sprout Technology Services (Lalitpur) for bringing in more foreign currencies and exporting IT-related services in the same fiscal year. 

Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Rekha Sharma, honoured the students involved in IT-related. (RSS)