Nepal has a population of 25 million people and Nepali is the official language, though over 100 local languages are spoken. Hinduism and Buddhism are the dominant religions. Nepali culture is guided by music, architecture, religion, and literature. Hospitality is highly valued in Nepal and guests are treated warmly regardless of background. Traditional dress is worn for special occasions while western dress is common for work. Major festivals occur for two weeks in October and there are differences in salaries between labor, technical, and managerial jobs. The IT industry in Nepal provides outsourcing services like software development, testing, and digitization to countries like Japan, the US, and others.

1. Cultural Aspect of Relevance
Presenter:
Nabin Shakya

2. Introduction
Country Nepal नेपाल
Languages Nepali (official) More than 100 local languages.
Area 147,181 km² (93rd) 2.8% water
Population 25 million
Religion Hinduism 80.6%,
Buddhism 10.7%,
Others 8.7%
Geography - Altitude from sea level Variation: 1,200 m to above 4,400 m.
- 8 out of top 10 mountains lies in Nepal, including Highest
Peak Mt. Everest.
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3. Culture in Nepal
• The way of life for an entire society
• Lifestyle, architecture, food, clothing and
even occupations are culturally guided
• Assembled by music, architecture, religion
and Literature.
• Hospitality, dress, language, rituals, norms
of behavior and systems of belief.
• Seven out of the ten world heritage sites in
Nepal are termed cultural by UNESCO.

4. Hospitality in Nepal
• welcoming and treating guests in a warm,
friendly, generous way.
• Warm towards foreigners regardless of
their nation and religion.

5. Dress, Rituals and Language
• Nepal has adopted western dress, but still
traditional dress has its value in special
occasion.
• Normally, formal western dresses in office
for both man and woman.
• Naming, marriage, funeral are main
rituals.
• All languages spoken in Nepal can be
used for official purposes and
documentation.

6. Norms of behavior and systems of
belief
• Parents are highly respected by their children.
• Son’s main responsibility is to care for parent
when they grow old.
• Joint family system.
• Permission is required from elders to start any
task.
• Leave off your shoes outside room in residence.
• "Namaste" is word to greet.

7. Festivals and Holidays
• October time for major Festival,
nationwide holiday for 2 weeks.
• Don’t have summer and winter working
holidays.
• Others holidays according to local
religious ceremony.

8. Working Culture
• Job duration: 10 AM to 5PM
• Lunch Break: 2PM mostly(1 hrs)
• Weekly Holiday: Saturday
• Difference in Salaries:
Labor Class
Other working Class
Technical professionals
managerial professionals

9. History of IT in Nepal
• 1971 computer Introduction in the country for census (IBM1401).
• 1973 Electronic Data Processing Center.
• 1974 National Computer Center (Training school)
• 1984 First software development export.
• Internet was commercially introduced in Nepal in June 1994 .
• IT policy 2000, to educated more people in IT.
• IT Industry is mostly operated by private sectors
• Survey made on 2001 shows, Out of 23 million population only 1.5
million has access to internet.
• Survey made on 2007 shows 2.5 millions users have access to
internet (1% of total population)
• Windows in Nepali, Nepalinux, Nepali Dictionary / Thesaurus

10. IT industry in Nepal
• Outsourcing
– Customized Software developments
– IT-enabled services
– Web and content development
– Map digitization
– Photo enhancement
– Software testing and tuning
– Games development etc..
• Major countries
– JAPAN, USA, UK, Germany, Norway, Holland,
Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Canada etc.

11. Refrences
• www.en.wikipedia.org
• http://www.saarctourism.org
• http://www.planholidays.com/nepal/do_donot.php
• http://calstaging.bemidjistate.edu/students/scameron/repurposing/index.html
• www.internetworldstats.com/asia/np.htm
• Nepal-Japan IT business promotion convention.
• http://www.hitechvalley.com