Sorry for being in the wrong forum. Personally I think the biotech vision is more important than the IT things in Nepal as IT is bound to happen even without the support and bio-tech is not going to happen without it.
jaH On Jun 19, 3:32 pm, "Shankar Pokharel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sagun, > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Sagun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As some of you must have known that the CPN Maoist has decided to alot 2.5 > > crores in research and development and it is being said that science and > > technology is one of their top priorities. Right now their priority is > > biotechnology but IT can also be used as a tool for boost in the economy. > > I was unaware of this and I'm lil bit confused with this. Is CPN > Maoist(the party) going to spend 2.5 crore in research and devt or > will that be from the "to be formed" government's budget? > > > We are trying to make a proposal to the Maoist leadership on science and > > technology especially on IT plans. Our goal is to help government to bring a > > And who does the term "we" refer to? Is it any particular organization/group? > > ~Shankar > > > considerable amount of investment from abroad and create more and more good > > paid jobs. Right now our network has contributers from the US, Europe and > > Asia pacific. I think if FOSS Nepal can make a proposal of framework we can > > put the agendas on FOSS in the IT policy proposal (which can be the > > elaborate form of vision paper that Subir dai , Hempal dai and Akhil dai > > made 3 or 4 years back). I would like to request the current body under > > Subir leadership to start discussions on what could be suggested to the > > future government. We had tried a lot in past (when i was in Nepal) to > > convince the government about FOSS Nepal's vision and now I think its a > > better opportunity because, the party is itself showing some interest in the > > technology. > > > Not just the core team, there are many silent subscribers in the mailing > > list who are business leaders, academicians and professionals who can > > contribute to us. I think their voice and vision will be very important for > > the proposal. > > > -- > > Warm Regards, > > S Dhakhwa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
