Esteemed Speakers for Digital Nepal Conclave 2025
Chief Guest
Hon’ble Mr. KP Sharma Oli
Rt. Hon. Prime Minister of Nepal
Inaugural Thematic Plenary Session 01:
Digital Governance and Leadership | Driving the Digital Synergy
Mr. Adesh Khadka
Joint Secretary
IT Division, Ministry of Communication & IT(MoCIT)
Mr. Bhupendra Bhandari
Chairman
NTA
Dr. Kylen Gardner
Government Affairs and Public Policy Lead, South Asia
Mr. Manohar Bhattarai
Former Vice-chairperson
HLCIT (ICT Expert) and Patron
Mr. Ek Narayan Aryal
Chief Secretary
Government of Nepal (GoN)
Mr. Nishant Nair
Head Of Street View Outsourced Operations
Google Maps
Prof. Dr. Manish Pokharel
Dean
School of Engineering, Kathmandu University and Patron
Prof. Dr. Shivaraj Adhikari
Hon. Vice-Chairman
National Planning Commission (NPC), GoN
Mr. Sanjay Silwal Gupta
Founder & CEO
Vyasa Media Network
Ms. Sunaina Ghimire Pandey
CAN Federation
Thematic Parallel Session - 01
Readiness for Digital Foundation: Digital Economy, Innovation & Society
Dr. Bikas Devkota
Secretary
Ministry of Health and Population (MoHP)
Prof. Dr. Bhagawan-Koirala
Chairman
Kathmandu School of Child Health (KIOCH)
Dr. Bhoj Raj Ghimire
Asst. Prof & Head
School of Technology, Nepal Open University (NoU)
Dr. Dikchya Pokhrel
Program Manager
PATH
Dr. Madan Kumar Upadhyaya
Chief Medical Superintendent
Bir Hospital
Mr. Birendra Mishra
Former Joint Secretary
GoN
Mr. Nirmal Dhakal
Senior Technical Adviser
Team Lead (Digital Health), GIZ
Mr. Sanjay Poudel
Co-Founder/Chairman
SunyaEk
Mr. Suraj Prakash Aryal
IT Director
Ministry of Health & Population (MoHP)
Dr. Manoj Shakya
Asst. Prof
Kathmandu University(KU)
Dr. Raj Kumar Bhattarai
Asst. Prof
Tribhuvan University (TU)
Dr. Ram Govinda Aryal
Joint Secretary
MoCIT
Dr. Ram Kumar Phuyal
Professor
CEDA
Thematic Plenary Session - 02
Readiness for Digital Foundation: Digital Economy, Innovation & Society
Dr. Prakash Kumar Shrestha
Hon. Member
National Planning Commission (NPC)
Plenary Session - 03
Digital Transformation & Future Readiness
Chief Guest
Mr. Prithivi Subba Gurung
Hon. Minister
Ministry of Communication & IT (MoCIT)
Mr. Ananda Raj Khanal
Mr. Anil Kumar Dutta
Joint Secretary
OMPCM, GoN
Mr. Anjani Phuyal
Founder/CEO
Genese
Mr. Asgar Ali
IT Advisor to
Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli
Mr. Bishnu Prasad Poudel
Hon. Minister
Ministry of Finance, GoN
Mr. Dilli Adhikari
COO
Nepal Telecom
Mr. Dipak Shrestha
Mr. Gagan Thapa
Hon. Member
House of Representatives (General Secretary, Nepali Congress)
Mr. Krishna Bahadur Raut
Secretary
Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies (MoICS)
Mr. Neelesh Man Singh Pradhan
CEO
NCHL
Mr. Prabin Subedi
CEO
InfoDevelopers
Mr. Ramesh Sharma Paudel
DG
Department of IT (DoIT)
Dr. Roshan Koju
IT Director
Social Security Fund (SSF), GoN
Mr. Rupesh Shrestha
Deputy Chief
Kantipur Television
Mr. Saluja Acharya
Director of Operations
Aqore Nepal
Mr. Santosh Koirala
President
NAS-IT
Mr. Subarna Shakya
Director
IT Innovation Centre, TU (Patron, IFN)
Mr. Subhash-Dhakal
Joint Secretary
IT Division, OPMCM, GoN
Mr. Vivek Rana
Patron, IFN
Digital Enterprise Architect
Mr. Yubaraj Kattel
DG
DoNIDCR