Bagmati Province Tourism Hackathon 2083 Concludes Successfully

Kathmandu. The 'Bagmati Province Tourism Hackathon 2083' organized at Nepal Engineering College (NEC) in Kathmandu has been successfully concluded. The 'The Evils' team from Shankar Dev Campus has become first, leaving behind 27 teams participating in the competition organized in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Bagmati Province Government. This hackathon was organized with the objective of promoting domestic and external tourism of Bagmati Province and making the security of tourists reliable and effective through technology. In the competition, participating teams presented innovative and technology-friendly mobile apps and various digital solution methods related to tourist security. The 'Romers' team from the organizing Nepal Engineering College became the runner-up, while the 'ASD' team from S College secured third place. The first, runner-up, and third-place teams received cash prizes of Rs 50,000, Rs 25,000, and Rs 15,000 respectively, along with trophies and medals. The winning teams were awarded prizes and certificates by Nepal Engineering College Principal Durga Prasad Bhandari, Assistant Principal Mohanadhwaj KC, Administration Chief Shrima Sharma, and Computer Engineering Department Head Anshu Ghimire. Addressing the closing ceremony, Bagmati Province Minister of Culture and Tourism Suresh Shrestha discussed that tourists visiting Nepal face various security challenges and uncomfortable situations. He clarified that the hackathon was organized to find technology-based solutions to solve such problems and pledged that the best concepts presented in the competition would be implemented in practice. He mentioned that such collaboration with Nepal Engineering College would continue in the coming days. In the program, Secretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Dipendra Subedi pointed out that such innovative works are necessary to reduce the risks of security problems, lack of information, physical and mental abuse, and in some cases, getting lost or missing faced by tourists during their visit to Nepal. He expressed confidence that if the excellent concepts presented by the students are put into practice, Nepal's tourism sector will become more secure, organized, and attractive. Similarly, Principal of Nepal Engineering College Durga Prasad Bhandari informed that the hackathon was organized in collaboration with the provincial government with the objective of encouraging students' creativity, research, and innovation. He expressed confidence that the new ideas, technologies, and digital solutions obtained from the hackathon will contribute significantly to the overall development, promotion, and sustainability of Nepal's tourism sector.