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Sudip Aryal

I am a Computer Engineer working for the promotion Of Information Communication Technologies( ICTs) in the rural sector of Nepal. I am the founder President Of Nepal Rural Information Technology... read more I am a Computer Engineer working for the promotion Of Information Communication Technologies( ICTs) in the rural sector of Nepal. I am the founder President Of Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society(NRIDS). Like many other countries, I also would like my country people to get the benefits of ICTs. Yes this is just the initiative of small group of students like us to promote ICT in the grass root. We hope our ICT students voluntary program will play a vital role in the ICT development of rural Nepal. I request all the government, non government , national and international bodies to help us meet this goal. MY RESUME. CAREER OBJECTIVE  To be an expert in my chosen field, to utilize the best of my knowledge, experience and skills to innovate new concepts and bring prosperity to the organization I work for.  To use the power of Internet/ICTs to connect the remote villages of Nepal to the global village. PERSONAL HIGLIGHTS Permanent Address: PutaliBajar-13, Syangja, Nepal. Temporary Address: Kathmandu-14, Balkhu, Kathmandu, Nepal. Contact Details: +977-9841470726 (Mobile), +977-01-4334086 (Landline) Date of Birth: 14th June, 1983 (31st Jestha, 2040 B.S.) Language Known: Nepali-Excellent, English-Good, Japanese-Good, Hindi-good, German-Fairly PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS 04-26-2008 – Till date Nepal Government, Ministry of Information and Communication, Postal Services Department, Kathmandu ICT / Telecentre Consultant  Ongoing input and guidance to the electronic Postal System initiative  Advising the government about the best strategies and business models for rural Telecentre.  Design training materials and Telecentre Manual for the rural Telecentre.  Prepare Specification for the Materials and Equipments Procurement.  Convening the Conference related to ICTs.  Research and Development of E-Post, E-governance and Telecentre Management/Sustainability 02-14-2008 – Till date Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children Displaced, Out-Of-School Youth Initiative, New York, USA Youth Advisor  Ongoing input and guidance to the Out-Of-School Youth initiative  Commentary on existing youth initiatives  Suggestions for new youth initiatives  Input on an advocacy tool for young people and/ or youth groups to highlight youth issues and actions to take to donors, policy-makers and operational organizations 11-28-2007 – Till Date UNESCAP’s Regional Knowledge Network of Telecentres in Asia-Pacific’, Rajadamnern Nok Avenue,Bangkok 10200, Thailand Founding Member and Nepal’s Representative  Provide and update member profile (information on his/her organization) that will be featured in the web portal;  Appoint a focal point for the network, at least for one year. The focal point will be responsible for liaising with the network;  Following the launch of the network, members are asked to provide updates and news to the Secretariat on ICT access points activities which may be of interest to members of the knowledge network;  Provide suggestions on how the network can be improved and strengthened;  Actively participation in the network to share experiences on Telecentre development; and  Assist in promoting the network through various means including making links to the website of the network. 01-05-2007 – 04-20-2008 Bright Mind Synergy (P) LTD., EkantaKuna, Kathmandu, Nepal System Administrator /Developer Microsoft Navision ERP  Setup and Troubleshooting of Lease Line Internet  Hosting/Configuring Public IP for the Remote connectivity.  Assign the roles and permissions to different department.  Network design and implementation.  Preparation of Network Security Policy.  Hardware Procurement Recommendation to the Management.  Wireless Network Setup.  Installation and Configuration of Microsoft Business Solution Navision server and Clients  Responsible for Customization of Navision Business Solution  Responsible for Customization of Navision Business Solution  Customize to localize the product to meet the country specific legal requirements  Development of Add-on Solutions for both customer needs and vertical markets  Imparting training to users in areas of Navision Solution Operation 04-14-2006 – 12-30-2006 WAKHOK Information Technology and Language Research Center - WAKHOK Nepal, (A joint venture company with WAKHOK University, Japan) Assistant System Administrator/Planner  Setup and Troubleshooting of Lease Line Internet  Hosting/Configuring Public IP for the Remote connectivity.  Assign the roles and permissions to different department.  Network design and implementation.  Preparation of Network Security Policy.  Installation and Configuration of Application software  Plan Document Preparation for the www.renepal.com (UmbrellaTourist Portal of Nepal) 02-14-2005 – Till date Nepal Government, Ministry of Local Development, District Development Committee, Syangja, Nepal Freelance ICTs Consultant  Ongoing input and guidance to the Information Section of the DDC.  Recommendations to the Planning Officers for the Planning Related to ICTs.  Preparation of ICT Policy of DDC.  Yearly Monitoring and Evaluation of the ICTs status of DDC.  Disseminate Syangja District Information through the official Website of Syangja District www.syangja.com  Time to time orientation regarding the Latest Technologies for Rural Development and Best practices of Developed countries like Egovernance/Ecommerce/Epost Office.  Suggestions for the Procurement of ICTs equipments and Machineries. 04-2004 – Till date Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society, Mayatari, Syangja, Nepal. Founder President/Project Coordinator  Established Community Information Centre/Telecentre, Mayatari, Syangja ( 2004)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Bagalthok, Syangja (2005)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Lampata,, Syangja (2005)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Karendanda, Syangja (2005)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Helu , Syangja ( 2006)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Bayatari, Syangja ( 2006)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Kaskikot, Syangja (2006)  Established Community Information Centre, / Telecentre Laxmipur, Dang (2006)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Rampur, Dang( 2006)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Rajasthal, Syangja ( Jan 12th 2007)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Sirsekot, Syangja (Feb 24,2007)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Astam, Kaski(May 15th 2007)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, PokhariChour, Syangja (Aug 28 2007)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, PragatiNagar (29 Aug 2007)  Workshop conducted for the government employees of Syangja district about ‘E-Governance and the Importance of ICTs’ on August 30, 2007  MOU signed with Nepal Government, Ministry of Local Development, District Development Committee, Syangja for the CICs/Telecentre setup in all the Villages of Syangja district Outlined the general roles, responsibilities and other points of the agreements valid for the three years from 21st Sharwan 2064 (August,2007)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Thulopandhera, Syangja (Sept 1 2007)  Conducted ICT Interaction Program entitled ‘Establishment of Community Information Centers(CICs)/Telecentres in Syangja’ in cooperation with Nepal Government-Ministry of Local Development, District Development Committee, Syangja on September 6, 2007  Organized ICT Interaction Program for the local NGOs, Community Based Organizations and local media to carry on ‘Information Revolution Initiative in Syangja District’ on May 13 September 2007  Organized Workshop on ‘Importance of Telecentres/CICs for the Rural Transformation’ to VDC Secretaries of Syangja on 4th and 6th October 2007 in coordination with DDC Syangja and Ministry of Local Development, Nepal.  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, MethaBhurum, Manakamana, Syangja (5th Oct 2007)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Rapakot , Syangja (Jan 6, 2008)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Lamtun, Parbat (Jan 6, 2008)  Established Community Information Centre/ Telecentre, Dahathum, Syangja (Feb 22, 2008)  Designed the “Syangja ICTs Model” and “Mission 2015: Internet Access in Every Village and Every Village a Tourist Destination.”  Designed and Implemented the concept of “Village Profile” for information management of Village and “Senior Citizen Experience Book” for the knowledge management of village with the exiting resources and limited cost.  Designed the Detailed structure of sustainable CICs/Telecentre for the Rural areas of Nepal and submitted the Concept paper “Transformation of Rural Nepal by the establishment of Community Information Centers in Villages of Nepal” to the Ministry of Information & Communication, High Level Commission for Information Technology(HLCIT), National Information Technology Center(NITC), Ministry of Education and Sports, National Planning Commission(NPC), UNESCAP ICT Applications Section Information, Communication and Space Technology Division United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)  Leading the Feasibility Study of Cold Storage in Syangja for Orange Preservation. The purpose of this study is to develop and implement a new Internet Oriented business model for the mutual benefit of the Farmers and the Business Man.  Testing the Pilot project “Tourist travels there where there is managed information” 12/2005 –03/2006 Nepal credit and Commerce Bank Ltd., Bagbajar, Kathmandu, Nepal Intern  Developed the local Intranet of NCC bank. 08/2003 – 08/2004 Leo club of Kathmandu kingdom, Nepal. Public relation Officer  Conducted various social programs like Blood Donation and fund collection for the victims of Natural calamities PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS Human Resource Management This is HR software primarily targeted for human resource management. Platform: Front end: C# Back end: MS-SQL Student Tracking System This software is made for Friends of Needy Children (FNC) NGO working for the welfare of the disadvantaged children of Nepal Platform:- Front end: C# Back end: MS-SQL Project Management System Customized Microsoft Navision for the Project Management System implementation in Mount Digit Technologies. www.syangja.com/www.lsn.org.np/www.suryodaya.org.np Web development project in PHP, MySql and other web development tools. Syangja.com is the official Website of Syangja District. LSN.ORG.NP is the official website of Linguistic Society of Nepal. Suryodaya.org.np is the website of Suryodaya Club,Syangja. Nepali Language Processing Parser Final Year Engineering project developed in PHP, Java and MySQL which has the functionality to syllabically tokenize sentence, parse the sentence, and draw grammatical feature of the word and syntactic and semantic disambiguation of the words. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION B.E. Computer Engineering Nepal Engineering College, Pokhara University (Year-2006) 10+2. , HSEB, Deependra Police School,Sanga Kavre, Nepal. (Year-2002) S.L.C. Gyanodaya Bal Batika Higher Secondary School, Katmandu Nepal. (Year-1999) SKILLS HIGHLIGHTS  Programming skills: C#, C, C++, Java, PHP.  Web development: Dream weaver, Photoshop, HTML.  Database Skills: KNOWLEDGE OF SQL (ORACLE, MYSQL, SQL SERVER 2000).  Knowledge of Installation and Administration of Operating system like DOS, Windows, Linux, UNIX.  Networking in Windows and Linux.  Knowledge of OFFICE PACKAGE.  Knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) - Microsoft Business Solutions – Navision, C/SIDE, CAL  Sound Knowledge in best practice of Project Management System.  Internetworking (Cisco Routers & Switches) etc.  Demonstrable knowledge of Wireless Networking MEDIA AND PUBLICATION  Photo Report published on 12th July 2007 at page 12 of ‘Kantipur, Nepali National Daily’ reported by Tirtha Neupane titled ‘Khurpeto Ra Computer’  Published NRIDS activities in French website http://www.lenversduregard.com/en-perspectives/index.php?itemid=29 “Looking Thru’ other Eyes”  Published News Report on ‘Kantipur, Nepali National Daily’ dated on 22nd May 2007 (8th Jestha 2064) reported by Kulchandra Neupane titled ‘स्थानीय उत्पादनलाई बजारको पहुँच गाउँमा सूचना केन्द्र’ also can be viewed on http://kantipuronline.com/kolnepalinews.php?nid=110397  Published News Report on ‘Kantipur, Nepali National Daily’ dated 18th October 2007 (1st Kartik 2064) reported by Tirtha Neupane titled ‘कोदालोपछि कम्प्युटर’. Reference: http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnepalinews.php?nid=126058  Aryal S, Karmacharya N., Ghimire K.K (2006), Computational Disambiguation for Nepali Language Parsing. Nepalese Linguistics, Vol-22, 10-33.  Aryal S., Karmacharya N., Ghimire K.K, Nepali Language Parser and Syntactic/Semantic Disambiguation,Research Summary in heading Genesis, Infotizer, Vol 6 No 2, March 2007.  Published News Report on ‘The Kathmandu Post, National Daily’ dated 18th October 2007(1st Kartik 2064) titled ‘Farmers take to Internet surfing during Leisure’ also can be viewed on : http://kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=126063  Nominated Syangja District website as the ‘Site of the Month’ of September 2007 by http://weblali.com  An audio report about ‘The Importance of ICT in Rural Areas’ was interviewed by Arzooo Bista Salyani, anchor of Annapurna FM, Pokhara on 2nd January 2006  Interview and articles published in Mystic Voice of Youth/www.tanneri.com  Interviewed by Kantipur FM on 24th June 2005 focusing on college necfete 2005 about TechX: Technical Exhibition by Reporter Mr. Pawan Acharya.  Interview broadcasted in the News of Nepal television regarding the rural CICs/telecenters in Swaabhimaan 2062 Organized jointly by Ministry of Information & Communication High Level Commission for Information Technology, One world South Asia, Microsoft and FIT Nepal held during May 24-25 2004 November. SEMINAR / CONFERENCE • Presented paper entitled "Peace Building and Poverty alleviation through Telecentres: A new prospect to introduce Science and Technology to the grassroots" on 'National Conference on Mainstreaming Science and Technology Journalism in Contemporary Media of Nepal ' organized by Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) and NATURE Nepal on 26th September 2008 at NAST Building, Khumaltaar , Nepal • Presented paper entitled “The Current Uses of Information Communication Technologies(ICTs) in Postal Services of Nepal and its Possibilities” in the ‘Annual Convention of Postal Service of Nepal' organized by Postal Services Department on 5-6 July 2008 at WTC building, Tripureshwor , Nepal • Presented paper entitled “Rural Transformation of Nepal through establishment of Community Information Centers(CICs) in Villages of Nepal” as a Representative from Nepal in the ‘Consultative Meeting for the Establishment of Regional Knowledge Network of Telecentres in Asia-Pacific’ organized by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN-ESCAP) on 27-28 September 2007 at UNCC building, Bangkok , Thailand • Presented a paper entitled “Roles of Youth, ICTs, Rural Governance and Agriculture for the Transformation of Rural Nepal” on ‘The First Tech Day in Asia’ on October 31, 2007organized by HUMNINET, ADRA NEPAL. And Caritas at Hotel Himalayan, Kathmandu, Nepal • Conference paper accepted on “Lexical tag sequence and Semantic Homonymy Disambiguation for Natural language processing in Nepali” at Asian Applied Computational Conference (AACC-2007, Nepal. • Research Review and Poster Presentation accepted of “Rule based morphosyntactic analyzer and homonymy disambiguator for Natural Language Processing in Nepali” in Student Research Workshop, in Conference on Applied Natural Language Processing ACL-2007, Czechoslovakia, Europe. • Conference paper presentation on “Disambiguation based on syntactic constraints over lexical tag sequences and possible semantic constraints for Nepali Language Parsing” at 27th Annual Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal and 12th Himalayan Languages Symposium, held at Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu on Nov 26-28, 2006. • Conference paper presentation on “ Disambiguation while part of speech Tagging and Local word Grouping for Natural Language parsing in Nepali”at KCC Exhibit 2006, held at Kantipur City College, Kathmandu on Sep 9-10, 2006. • Presented a paper entitled “Community Information Centers in Rural Areas of Nepal : An initiative of the local community” in the National Conference on Rural Tele-Centers in Nepal: Swaabhimaan 2063 Organized jointly by Ministry of Information & Communication High Level Commission for Information Technology, One world South Asia, Microsoft and FIT Nepal held during May 24-25 ,2006.  Convener of Seminar on Pokhara University and its related problems conducted on 6th September 2003 organized jointly by Nepal Engineering student’s Council and Nepal Engineering College. Presented a key note paper entitled “Evaluation System and the problems of Pokhara University”  Participated in the International conference on “Information Technology: Prospects and Challenges in 21st Century”, held during May 23-26, 2003, Kathmandu, Nepal.  Presented a paper entitled “Transforming Rural Nepal by the Establishment of Community Information Centers: A Pilot Project” in Swaabhimaan 2062 Organized jointly by Ministry of Information & Communication High Level Commission for Information Technology, One world South Asia, Microsoft and FIT Nepal held during May 24-25 2004 November.  Presented a paper entitled “Role of Information Technology In development of Nepal” in the 6th national Convention of ISTE Students in Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University college of Engineering, Hyderabad held on 10th & 11th Oct.2003. HONORS AND AWARDS  TechX Project Award, 1st Prize, TechX Project Competition, nec, 2006.  Honored by A token of Appreciation, on KCC Exhibit 2006 for the presentation of Research paper.  Honored by A token of Appreciation, on Swabhiman for the presentation of Concept Paper on Rural ICTs Intrevention on may24-25 2006  Honored by A token of Appreciation in the 6th national Convention of ISTE Students in Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University college of Engineering, Hyderabad held on 10th & 11th Oct.2003.  PROFESSIONAL TRAINING  Short Term summer Training in Networking and Remote Administration using Windows XP, IT College PVT LTD., 2006.  Windows 2003 server based networking, Wakhok Nepal PVT LTD, 2007  Java (Core Java), Wakhok Nepal PVT LTD., 2006  Computational Linguistics training offered by Harold Somers Professor of Language Engineering School of Informatics University of Manchester, held on 2005, Madan Puraskar Pustalakalya, Kathmadu.  Software Engineering Expert Discussion Series (SEEDS) by Pat Hall Professor of Software Engineering School of Informatics University of Manchester held on 2005, Madan Puraskar Pustalakalya, Kathmadu. EXTRA CORRICULAR ACTIVITIES In School Responsibilities held : Troop Leader of Gyanodaya Scouts Troop Achievement : King’s Scout Badge and Leadership Award Participation : Science Seminars and Exhibitions, Essay Competitions, Debates, Quizzes, Extempore Speeches, etc. In College Responsibilities held : College Captain Achievement : Scouts Rover, Scout Master, Green Belt in Karate, Best Debater and Best Litterateur. Participation : Debates, Essay Writings, Mock Parliament, Group Discussion and Extempore Speeches. In University  Elected as Joint secretary of the Nepal Engineering Students council with highest vote in the college election. My responsibilities were to solve the problems of students in the college in coordination with college management and organize college functions.  I have been selected as the coordinator of the nec fete 2005 the biggest event organized by the students every year.  Represented Nepal Engineering College as the college Band Manager in Various Music Competitions our college participated. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION  The Global Youth Action Network (GYAN),New York, NY 10018 (USA)  Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children Displaced, Out-Of-School Youth Initiative, New York, NY (USA)  Knowledge Network of Telecentres in Asia and the Pacific / UNESCAP , Rajadamnern Nok Avenue, Bangkok 10200, Thailand  Takingitglobal,Canada  Telecentre.org,Canada  Nepal Scouts, Lainchour,Nepal  Leo Club of Kathmandu Kingdom, Kuleshwor ,Nepal  Inter-Agency Network for Education in Emergencies RECOMMENDATIONS  “Sudip is very dedicated in helping his communities with his full effort. He applies his creativity and his consultative skills in building trust and successfully implementing a life-long learning program in ICT for grass-root community members.” November 6, 2007 Kessaraa A, Manager, Kenan Institute Asia, Thailand worked with Sudip at Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society (NRIDS).  “Sudip's vision for the Nepal Rural Information Technlogy Development Society (NRIDS) is both promising and exciting. I would be pleased to be a reference for anyone who wishes to make this vision a reality.” February 4, 2008 Gregg Swanson, Founder and Executive Director, HumaniNet, USA was with another company when working with Sudip at Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society (NRIDS)  “Sudip is the driving force behind the Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society (NRIDS). He is the responsible for the some of the well documented positive impacts of ICT in rural Nepal, more specifically in Syangja. I meet Sudip in 2007 when he came to Bangkok to attend the Consultative Meeting for the Establishment of a Regional Knowledge Network of Telecentres. Sudip was invited by UN ESCAP to participate in the meeting and share the case study of the telecentres established by NRIDS. His enthusiasm and dedication to the social and economic development of Nepal through ICT is remarkable. He really seems to be working while he is dreaming, and as he use to say, that is the way to make the dreams come true.” January 21, 2008 Clovis Freire, Associate Economic Affairs Officer, UNESCAP, Thailand was with another company when working with Sudip at Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society (NRIDS)  “Sudip is a wondefully inspired guy doing a lot of great work in his community. It was a privilege to know and work with him.” December 24, 2007 Robin Shields, Software Engineer, Teledyne Isco, USA worked directly with Sudip at Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society (NRIDS)  “I know Sudip as an online friend who shares my concerns for the future diffusion of ICTs and their potential. He does great work through the Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society (NRIDS).” November 6, 2007 Janna Anderson, Director of Internet Projects, Elon University, USA was with another company when working with Sudip at Nepal Rural Information Technology Development Society(NRIDS) References Prof. Dr.Deepak Bhattarai Principal, Nepal Engineering College. Mobile: 977-9851021544 info@nec.edu.np www.nec.edu.np Gregg Swanson Executive Director, HumaniNet Mobile: 503-957-2960 gregg@humaninet.org www.humaninet.org