“Dr. Yubraj Khatiwada Highlights Digital Transformation in Nepal: From Financial Sector to Health and Governance”

Kathmandu, 17th magh . Prime Minister’s Economic and Development Adviser Dr. Yubraj Khatiwada said ” This is the era of digitalparancy and that you are talking as digital biratnagar whatever so,what is this, digital transformation ? This is important for you . You have to hold whole library with your small smart phone that you carry. You can do all your knowledge learning activities or any skill related activities even entrepreneurship related activities done through your smart box. Sometimes it could be a idiot box, but sometimes it could be a whole libraray, depends on how you use it your mobile set. Time will come very soon when you won’t see any physical notes in your wallet maybe in another 5 years, then you would only think ” how much capacity does your mobile carryin it’s memory that would be your assets ” because digital coins might in compass larger bytes maybe four megabytes, five megabytes or even more than that.

Therefore, in the digital era, financial digitization takes place. The digitalization of health service, Dr mentioned something about ” Most of the health services in the future, medical treatment, diagnosis, etc., will proceed through digital technology.”Robertic operations are still going on. And now we have also used AI to diagnose disease patterns. Similarly, some people use AI to see the results of our lab tests. Therefore, for the students of the medical field, there is a digital transformation. Now tele medicine has become old, we have been doing it for decades. Therefore, this medical field which is undergoing digital transformation is also an important aspect.

I talked about the digitalization of the financial sector, I talked about the health system, now about the governance system . What is happening in digital technology in governance system ? You have this national ID, you have this nagarik app, As service sector, you can do all your service seeking activities through your mobile set, that’s coming very soon. Now not everyone has to get national id but what happens after getting national id then; we became paperless government. we have that kind of initiative.