Computer Association of Nepal-USA(CAN-USA)

Computer Association of Nepal-USA (CAN-USA) is an American organization dedicated to the professional development of its members and technological progress of Nepal.  It is a non profit organization with members throughout the United States.  The principal goal of this organization is to improve the quality of life in Nepal by utilizing the creativity of the talent pool of its members and the broader American community. Some of the challenges the people of Nepal face include but are not limited to: rural mountain connectivity, remote health care (tele-medicine), remote education, emergency communications infrastructure, electronic governance.  

Background:  CAN-USA was born on July 29th 2007 on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley. The visit of Mr. Rajan Raj Pant (general secretary of Computer Association of Nepal – CAN), to United States presented a wonderful opportunity for Global Nepalese and American ICT engineers to meet and establish this organization. Since then CAN-USA has officially become a non-profit US organization (registered on May 09, 2008) which aims to promote professional development of its members and the community at large in the area of ICT. It is comprised of members representing different regions of the United States. With its open membership policy CAN-USA welcomes anyone who would like to promote development of ICT sectors to join the association and benefit from what it offers for its members’ professional development. In particular CAN-USA seeks to:

• Explore different means of involving Global Nepalese and others in the development of Nepal. This could include efforts to bring capital investments to Nepali ICT sectors, and being a partner in bringing educational and other resources.

• Encourage by providing a discussion forum for ideas, innovations and important questions including the question of whether the ‘‘Indian’’ and ‘‘Chinese’’ models of economic development can be used to benefit Nepal in the same way it benefits other countries.

• Be available to provide professional advice in ICT sectors if desired by any entities in Nepal.

• Be a conduit for networking with other Global Nepalese and other similar international organizations.

• Monitor the status and effectiveness of large-scale multinational ICT development projects.

• Show-case the on- going advancement of the Nepali ICT sector as well as responsible public efforts while seeking to engage American partners through a yearly Nepal ICT Development conference in the Silicon Valley and other ICT hubs of United States of America.

CAN-USA is proud to work with an organization like CAN and others in Nepal which has been instrumental in ICT promotion, including but not limited to: legislating ICT policy, promoting ICT professionalism, show-casing ICT and the like in Nepal and elsewhere.