Friday, February 5, 2016

NEA 14th National Convention starts on 17th February

Nepal Engineers Association (NEA) Thursday informed that it was going to organize its 14th national convention with the slogan ‘Engineering Excellence: Impetus for National Advancement’ in Kathmandu from 17 to 19 February.
NEA president Dhruba Thapa informed in a press release that Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will inaugurate the convention to be attended by about 1,500 engineers across the country and 50 foreign delegates.
The convention’s major focus would be the post-quake reconstruction and rehabilitation, along with disaster management and solution to the energy crisis.
“The convention will try to find out the reasons behind Nepal’s underdevelopment and the steps that the government needs to take specially in the reconstruction and rehabilitation process,” said Thapa.
On the occasion, a SAARC level seminar on ‘Regional cooperation and knowledge management for innovation’ will be organized jointly with Federation of Engineering Institutions of South and Central Asia (FEISCA) – an association of SAARC member countries’ engineering institutions.
Thapa said that senior foreign engineers would address the seminar.
Meanwhile, Engineering and Development Expo – 2016 will also be organized on the occasion where various service providers, construction companies, investors, information technology companies, businesses and various government and non-government organization will participate, informed the NEA.
“We are hopeful that the convention would bring out a resolution which will help in building modern and prosperous Nepal,” said Thapa.
He informed that on the occasion of national convention, the NEA will felicitate the best engineers, architect and organizations in seven various categories.
The NEA has set up a 217-member Main Organizing Committee in the chairmanship of Thapa and various sub-committees are set up for technical management, resource mobilization, publicity, hospitality, food management, registration, publication, transportation and convention venue management.


The NEA, which is one of the oldest professional associations in the country, was established 53 years ago. 

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