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NCELL App Camp Holds Seminar on Health and Tourism

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NCELL App Camp Holds Seminar on Health and Tourism
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November 25, Kathmandu. Telecommunication service provider NCell organized a seminar on health and tourism under App Camp 2015.  The experts of Nepal’s health and tourism sectors expressed their views on the potential use of mobile technology in their areas. The speakers from the health sectors stressed that the use of mobile technology should facilitate diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases. They also requested the participants of the App Camp to explore the solution of the problems of public health sector. Ajay Pradhan of Himalayan Climate Initiative said that the development of mobile technology had rendered great help in the field of health service. He also advised the participants to pay attention to the type of App they would make. At the seminar Dr Bhagawan Koirala, Dr Sagun Joshi, Dr Nil Pande, Dr Bishal Dhakal,  Dr Pradip Baidya, Laura Brop from Jons Hopkins University and M Alaudin Ahmed of Metlife discussed the potential use of the App in the health sector. Thirty-eight groups were selected for the Camp in the health stream.

Similarly, the experts from tourism sector also discussed the potential for developing Apps, status of its international market and their types which could find space in the global market. They advised the participants to develop apps that are easy to handle, interactive and capable of providing thematic information.

Keynote speaker of the seminar Raj Gyawali from Social Tours said that the Apps could provide information on the safety of the tourists, information and map of places and various programs to be organized in Nepal. Ashutos Tiwari from Sherpa Adventure Gear, Liaison Director of Nepal Tourism Board, Sunilchandra Sharma from Nepal Sutra and Taranath Lamichane  from Osho Vision Treks and Expedition had also participated in the seminar.

The NCELL App Camp 2015, which was organized by NCELL as part of its social responsibility, has three streams- sports and entertainment, tourism and utility- except health. NABIL Bank, Kathmandu College of Management, E-service and Metlife are NCELL’s App partners.

The stream-wise App Camp winner will win a reward of 250,000 rupees each  while the outstanding achiever will win a purse of 500,000 rupees plus a chance to participate in the international App conference to be held in 2016.

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