The seventh edition of the ICT Awards 2022 has been held in Kathmandu. In the grand finale program organized in the presence of more than 1000 distinguished people, awards were distributed to the best in 14 categories including the South Asia Startup ICT Award. The ICT Award program organized by Living with ICT every year is known as the largest and most prestigious award program in the field of information and communication technology.
This year, the South Asia Startup ICT Award was organized for the first time targeting South Asian countries. Tech Four Billion Company of Bangalore, India has received the award in this category. They came to Nepal to participate in the best 5 startup awards from different 5 countries.
This year Nepali Diaspora ICT Award under Infodevelopers ICT Award 2022 Dr. Ved Kafle received it while Mangeshlal Shrestha won the entrepreneur award. Similarly, Vijaykrishtha Shrestha received the Nepal Telecom Pioneer ICT Award and Sheila Kanskar Karki received the Ncell Woman Icon ICT Award 2022.
This year's Digital Pregnancy ICT Award was received by the Department of Foreign Employment, while the Digital Services ICT Award was received by Phonepay Digital. Digital Education ICT Award (Public Sector) was received by Gyanodaya Vidyalaya Wafal while Digital Education ICT Award (Private Sector) was won by Gyanodaya Balbatik Vidyalaya Khokna.
This year's Huawei Startup ICT Award has been received by Monal Tech. Product ICT Award Gully Maps and Rising Star Innovation ICT Award was bagged by My Business App. This year's Public Choice ICT Award was received by BIC Technologies (Tig). This year, the Jury has awarded Dikshant Pandey, a class 10 student, with the Jury Mention ICT Recognition.