APDIP Projects in Nepal

List of APDIP projects in Nepal

New 2005/2006 Edition of the Digital Review of Asia Pacific Launched: The new and updated edition of the Digital Review of Asia Pacific contains authoritative reports on how 29 economies/countries are using ICT in business, government and civil society written by senior authors who live and work in the region. Included are three subregional chapters on the Pacific Island States, ASEAN and APEC.

FOSS: Network Infrastructure and Security: FOSS server applications are considered more reliable and perform better than their proprietary equivalents and their use is growing in setting up network infrastructure. This primer will include reasons for this growth, sample software used and case studies of FOSS implementations for network infrastructure.

South Asia Public Sector ICT Summit, Hyderabad, 24 - 25 January 2005: This Summit provides a platform and opportunity for policy-makers to discuss and share their knowledge and experience in the various e-Government initiatives in their respective countries.

Dobhase: English-Nepali Translator (Online English to Nepali Machine Translation System): Grant awarded in November 2004 to Language Processing Research Unit, Kathmandu University to develop a web based engine that can translate general English texts to Nepali.

Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2003/2004: This bi-annual review provides facts, figures, data and analysis of the state-of-the-art of ICT and Internet diffusion, adoption and application in 25 Asia-Pacific countries. It serves as a one-stop reference source on the state-of-practice and future trends in ICTs for development and ICTs for industry for policy- and decision-makers, technology practitioners and experts, researchers, and educators in the region.

Telemedicine in Nepal: Grant awarded in April 2004 to HealthNet Nepal to test the potentiality of telemedicine in the areas of pathology, dermatology and radiology.

Nepal Internet Exchange: Grant awarded in September 2002 to Computer Association of Nepal to address the problems associated with local traffic routing within Nepal.

Towards a Regional Geographic Information Infrastucture (RGII) in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) Region: Grant awarded in January 2002 to ICIMOD, Nepal to increase the availability and accessibility of relevant geographic data and to enhance the exchange of geographic information within the region.