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Chaurasia elected at WITSA for third term

Kathmandu, Sept. 18

Hemant Kumar Chaurasia, Immediate Past President of Computer Association Nepal (CAN) Federation, has been re-elected to the Board of Directors of World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA) for the term of 2022-24.

Chaurasia was elected for his third term in the post representing the CAN Federation at the WITSA Annual General Meeting held last week.

Previously, he was elected to the same position representing the organisation for 2018-20 and was the treasurer for the term of 2020-22. Chaurasia led the CAN Federation as president from 2017 to 2019.

The committee led by President of National ICT Association of Malaysia President Dr. Sean Seah includes 20-members representing five continents, Malaysia, Brazil, Spain, Bermuda, South Africa, Costa Rica, Jordan, Hong Kong, Bahrain, Nigeria, Nepal, North Macedonia, Canada, Argentina, Bangladesh, Japan, Taiwan, Egypt, Romania and Armenia.

With members in 80 countries across the world, WITSA represents 90 per cent of the world's total information technology-related economic transactions, informed CAN Federation in a statement on Sunday.

Meanwhile, CAN Federation believes that his representation in WITSA will help in the CAN Federation's efforts to establish access to the changing technology and digital economy, and ICT as a new strategic pillar of the country's development.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 19 September 2022. 

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