ITU – MoIC – NTA Workshop on Making ICT and mobile phones accessible for persons with disabilities in Nepal

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Agenda

Time

1.

Welcome Address 

Ananda Raj Khanal

Director / Acting Chief of NTA

09:00

Chief guest Joint Secretary MoIC inaugurated the workshop by lighting the oil lamp

2.

Opening Remarks

Sameer Sharma, Senior Adviser,

ITU Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific

09:15

3.

Inaugural Speech

Sushil Kumar Ojha

Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information and Communication

09:25

4.

Announcements    

Master of Ceremony thanked the Members at the Dais and walked over to the schedule

09:40

PHOTO SESSION – COFFEE BREAK (09:40 – 10:00)

5.

Policy Initiatives, Ground Realities and Way forward for making Telecom services accessible to PwD

Udaya Raj Regmi, Deputy Director, Quality of Service and Interconnection /  International Relations, Nepal Telecommunications Authority

10:00

6.

Introduction – ITU’s role in promoting telecom accessibility

Sameer Sharma,

Senior Advisor, ITU

10:15

7.

Introduction – ICT and telecom Accessibility; Good practices in Policy and industry initiatives

Nirmita Narasimhan,

ITU Expert, Accessibility

10:45

8.

Formulating policy and project implementation

for persons with disabilities

Archana Gulati,  ITU expert,  Universal Service Policy

11:15

9.

Perspective, initiatives, plans and challenges in making Telecom Services accessible to the persons with disabilities

Minu Pradhan, Deputy Manager / Shyam Wagle, Engineer, Nepal Telecom

11:45

Lena K. Kansakar, Ncell

12:05

11.

Improving Access to Information and Communication Technology for persons with disabilities in Developing Countries

Birendra Raj Pokharel

12:25

12.

Overview on the initiatives taken by MoWCSW regarding persons with disabilities

Geeta Gurung, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare

12:40

13.

Panel Discussion

Ministry representatives, NTA, Industry, and related organisations

12:55

14.

Closing Remarks

MoIC/NTA/ ITU

01:30