Huawei ICT Award 2020 Grand Finale concluded

The grand finale of Huawei ICT Awards 2020, organised by Living with ICT, concluded on December 26 in the capital. Known as the most prestigious award in the field of information technology in Nepal, the ceremony honoured winners in 12 different categories. Parbat Gurung, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Ganesh Shah, Former Minister of Science and Technology, and Hari Bashyal, Secretary of MoCIT were present at the event. 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 the ICT sector.” He also added that the government wants to expand technology and make the Digital Nepal campaign a success by creating a roster of technology experts. Cryptogen Nepal won the Startup ICT Award for their work on information security. CPFDS took the title of Product ICT Award for their Anti Money Laundering Solution. A total of 18 banking and financial institutions in Nepal have been using this solution. Sanchai Chau won the Rising Student award for developing a health consulting app to improve the daily lifestyle. Paaila Emergency Resuscitator was awarded Ncell Innovation Driven Crisis Response Award for bringing innovation in Nepali market to provide critical ventilators to hospitals during the chaos of Covid 19. Woman ICT Award was a newly added category this year which was awarded to Timila Yami Thapa.