Sunaina Ghimire Pandey elected President of CAN Federation; first woman to lead the federation
KATHMANDU: Sunaina Ghimire Pandey has been elected President of the Federation of Computer Association Nepal (CAN Federation). This marks the first time a woman has held this position in the organisation's history.
The CAN Federation's 15th General Assembly, which commenced on December 28, elected the new executive committee under Pandey's leadership. Pandey, who is also the Managing Director of the software development company General Technology, brings over 25 years of experience in the IT industry. She has previously held various leadership roles within the CAN Federation, including Secretary, General Secretary, and Vice President.
The newly elected Vice Presidents are Harka Bahadur Shetty, Chiranjibi Adhikari, Nabin Joshi, Shekharnath Dulal, Subhash Khadka, and Sirjana Shrestha. Chandra Bilas Bhurtel and Bikram Singh have been elected as General Secretary and Treasurer, respectively.
The Secretaries elected are Sarita Neupane, Agma Malakar, Deepak Saha, Sarina Shrestha, Maniraj Pandey, Ram Kishor Rawal, and Karnaraj Paneru. The Executive Members include Umesh Raghubanshi, Dhruba Raj Sharma, Keshav Prasad Bhattarai, Narayan Prasad Shrestha, Thakur Kumar Shrestha, Hempal Shrestha, Shila Kansakar Karki, Deependra Paudel, Raju Kattel, and Chintamani Bastola. Bhanu Bhakta Sharma has been elected as Coordinator, while Santosh Dhungana and Pooja Agrawal have been elected as members of the Account Committee.
In her acceptance speech, President Pandey expressed gratitude for the unanimous support and emphasised the importance of collective efforts to address challenges in the information technology (IT) sector. She highlighted the need for policy reforms to transform Nepal into an ICT hub and international destination, and pledged to take special initiatives towards this goal.
The CAN Federation is an umbrella organisation with a membership base that includes ICT institutions, associations, and individuals working in the sector. It operates as an autonomous, non-political, non-partisan, non-profit, and service-oriented entity. Established in January 2015, the CAN Federation involves professionals, specialists, institutions, and related organisations from Nepal's Information Communication Technology sector.
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