Kathmandu, Apr. 23
The fourth day
of IME Pay CAN Infotech 2022 witnessed a massive inflow of students and youths.
The 27th edition of CAN Infotech, which started on Wednesday, was
more crowded with government and non-government employees and students on
Saturday than any other day.
Those who came
to the fair on Saturday said that they found out that the Infotech exhibition,
which was postponed from January this year to now due to COVID-19 pandemic,
offered many excitements in Information and Communication Technology sector.
According to
Nawaraj Kunwar, President of Federation of Computer Association of Nepal (CAN
Federation) – organiser of the event, this year's Infotech is very different
from the past events as people are searching for knowledge and skills to make
the use of information and communication technology more systematic and more
effective in the post-pandemic scenario. Branding, fintech and startups are
more popular than ICT accessories, he said.
According to
him, there is a significant participation of observers in products including
robotics, emerging technology, WiFi and internet. Stalls of software, networking
and cloud solutions, electric and electronics, security solutions, laptop and
desktop computers, printers, antivirus and banking solution software were also
crowded with observers.
Vice President of
CAN Federation and coordinator of the event, Ranjit Kumar Poddar informed that
thousands of people have come to Infotech by buying tickets daily through
IME-Pay, instead of buying physical ticket at Rs 100.
Popular singer
Sushant KC, rapper Giris Khatiwada, singer Swapna Suman, PUBG player Indu Malla
and other celebrities were present at the exhibition on Saturday. Dish Home has
unveiled a new product 'Campus WiFi' on the occasion.
The exhibition
attracted the attention of the observers at the first-ever Mobile Information
Access Center available in the country. The facility was developed by the Nepal
Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) with the support from Korean
government.
According to Dr.
Rabindra Dhakal, Head of the Faculty of Technology at the NAST, the IT-friendly
bus has been developed targeting the areas and groups that do not have access
to information technology and it has been exhibited for the information of the
public.
Necessary
facilities like WiFi, laptop, projector, screen, electronic podium, printer,
visualizer, sound system, speaker, toilet etc. are available for the students
inside the air-conditioned bus. The ICT mobile bus is designed to accommodate
18 passengers at a time.
The NAST aims to
reach the rural areas of the country through a mobile bus and help bridge the
gap between the educated and the uneducated in the field of ICT.
Narayan Thapa,
General Secretary of CAN Federation, said that CAN and NAST will work together
to increase the training programme within NAST's bus for students and other
curious people deprived of urban facilities through mobile information access
centers with trainers up to local level in all 7 provinces with transportation
access through its network in 74 districts outside the valley.
The exhibition
will run till Monday.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 24 April 2022.
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