Shyan Kirat Rai, Ph.D.

Training and Professional Course

National Workshop on E-Government Applications and ICT Project Management in Theory and Practice, July 2014, MoGA and UN-APCICT, Kathmandu
ICT Awareness and Applications, May 2013, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
Regional Training of Trainers of Social Media for Development(SM4D), May 2013, UN-APCICT, Korea
IT Enabled Knowledge Management, February 2013, Administrative Staff College, India
Training of Trainers (ToT), December 2012, Nepal Administrative Staff College, Nepal

Work Experience

Training and Research Officer, Nepal Administrative Staff College, September 2012 - September 2019, Jawalakhel, Lalitpur, Nepal
Lecturer, Advanced College of Engineering and Management, August 2009 - October 2012, Kupondole, Lalitpur, Nepal
Managing Director, Pragmatic Technology Pvt. Ltd., 2009 August - 2012 October, Lalitpur, Nepal
Assistant Lecturer, Advanced College of Engineering and Management, November 2005 - June 2007, Kupondole, Lalitpur, Nepal

Area of interest

Electronic Government, Information and Communication Technology for Development(ICT4D), Digital Convergence, Information Systems, Knowledge Management, Social Media for Development (SM4D), Technology & Innovation in Public Administration, Personal Development, Research & Consultancy, Project Management, Organisational Development

Publications

Kirat Rai, S., Ramamritham, K. and Jana, A. (2020), "Identifying factors affecting the acceptance of government to government system in developing nations – empirical evidence from Nepal", Transforming Government: People, Process and Policy, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/TG-05-2019-0035

An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) driven Disaster Management System: A case of firefighting in Mumbai – Book Chapter Geospatial Technology and Smart Cities-Springer

Rai, S. K. & Moktan, S. (2014). Use of social media in the central administrative wing of the Government of Nepal. Lalitpur, Nepal: Nepal Administrative Staff College.

Conferences

Kirat Rai, S., Jana, A. (2020), Two-way crisis communication system between government agencies for disaster communication: Case of Government of Nepal. In 1st International Conference on Urban Science and Engineering, 28 - 29 February 2020, IIT Bombay, India.

Kirat Rai, S., Ramamritham, K., Jana, A. (2019), Strengthening the Governance through Government to Government (G2G) framework to better communicate among government agencies for Effective Disaster Risk Management in Nepal. In 4th World Congress on Disaster Management, 29 January-1 February 2019, IIT Bombay, India.

Kumar, V., Kirat Rai, S., Ramamritham, K., Jana, A. (2019), Demonstrating the role of ICT during fire events, a case of Mumbai- Towards building smart and sustainable cities. In 4th World Congress on Disaster Management, 29 January-1 February 2019, IIT Bombay, India.

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