{"name":"Applied AI in Nepal — the record","description":"Every announced initiative, deployment, published result and regulation of applied AI on the record for Nepal, tagged by kind, industry, region and role, sourced and dated. A slice of the State of Applied AI record, maintained continuously by the Industrial Research Unit of the Straits Institute for Applied AI.","source":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/nepal","partOf":"https://www.straitsai.institute/state-of-applied-ai/evidence.json","attribution":"Industrial Research Unit, Straits Institute for Applied AI","updated":"2026-10-29","facet":{"kind":"country","name":"Nepal","slug":"nepal","iso2":"NP","region":"Asia-Pacific"},"counts":{"entries":24,"deployments":18,"evidenceImpact":0,"evidenceAdoption":1,"regulation":5,"industries":7,"countries":1,"linked":24},"entries":[{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","role":"Disaster relief coordinator","org":"Ministry of Finance, Nepal","text":"Niraj Bhusal built an overnight AI disaster response portal for Nepal's Ministry of Finance after the Rasuwa-Bhote Koshi floods, merging satellite APIs, news reports and press releases with data from the Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, Nepal Police, the Nepali Army and the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority to track deaths and missing persons for relief coordination. An AI flood-response platform launched in Nepali, then English.","date":"2026-09-06","source":"https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/09/06/how-an-it-engineer-used-ai-to-aid-nepal-s-flood-response"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","org":"Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Nepal","text":"A single umbrella law taking shape at Nepal's Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation would gather AI regulation in Nepal under one roof with robotics, cybersecurity, intellectual property and startups. Officials cleared the concept paper for the Science, Technology and Innovation Bill, intended to swap out patchwork existing rules for unified artificial intelligence governance across these linked sectors.","date":"2026-07-26","source":"https://www.hamropatro.com/en/news/detail/2611354945381981-government-of-nepal-drafting-umbrella-law-to-regulate-ai-robotics"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","role":"Local government officer","org":"Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ward 3","text":"A 24-hour AI calling service for citizen complaints has gone live in Ward 3, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, built with Blue Oval. Callers ask about citizenship, land disputes, rubbish collection, health and senior citizen support, with issues logged for staff follow-up — part of a wider shift toward AI-driven public service delivery in Nepal.","date":"2026-07-21","source":"https://www.ratopati.com/story/578893/for-the-first-time-in-nepal-ai-service-in-lalitpur-3-information-and-complaint-registration-over-the-phone"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Legal & Professional Services","region":"Nepal","org":"Supreme Court of Nepal","text":"Nepal's Supreme Court has adopted the Judiciary Information and Communication Technology Policy 2026, permitting AI in courts for legal research, document handling and administrative support. Judgment drafting and writ petitions requiring judicial discretion stay off-limits. Systems must first clear checks for reliability, transparency and bias, reflecting a cautious stance on courtroom AI adoption.","date":"2026-07-02","source":"https://kathmandupost.com/national/2026/07/03/nepal-s-courts-embrace-ai-keep-judgment-writing-human"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","role":"Government data analyst","org":"Open Knowledge Foundation Nepal","text":"Open Knowledge Foundation Nepal added a GPT-4.1-mini conversational assistant to Open Data Nepal, an AI open data portal holding more than 630 datasets from 48 publishers in 24 categories. Visitors ask in plain English to find datasets, decode column meanings, produce charts. The AI-assisted portal covers governance, health, education and environment.","date":"2026-06-17","source":"https://oknp.org/blogs/stop-searching-start-asking-ai-integration-is-now-live-on-open-data-nepal"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Nepal","role":"Radiologist","org":"Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City","text":"Tulsipur Sub-Metropolitan City in Nepal's Dang district is using AI TB screening in 17 of its 19 wards, part of a drive to make the city TB-free. Health officials say the AI X-ray machine spots tuberculosis infections that regular microscopy misses.","date":"2026-06-05","source":"https://enewspolar.com/tulsipur-searching-for-people-with-tuberculosis-through-ai-x-ray/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Nepal","role":"Radiologist","org":"Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital","text":"Birat Medical College Teaching Hospital in Morang runs an AI-enabled GE Signature ultrasound machine, by its own claim Nepal's first. AI ultrasound software spots organs and handles measurements, trimming scan duration by up to 40% and adding 3D and 4D views. Staff expect AI-assisted scanning to spare easterners journeys to Kathmandu or overseas for complex tests.","date":"2026-06-04","source":"https://hamromat.com/2026/06/04/115824.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Nepal","role":"Radiologist","org":"Shuklaphanta Municipality","text":"Nepal's Shuklaphanta Municipality, in Kanchanpur district, flagged 42 suspected TB cases among 688 people checked through AI tuberculosis screening with portable X-ray equipment. Camps in high-risk wards referred those cases for further examination. The AI X-ray analysis reads each image digitally to spot possible TB infection.","date":"2026-05-12","source":"https://radionepalonline.com/en/2026/05/12/429778.html"},{"kind":"evidence-adoption","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","org":"Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Water Supply, Gandaki Province","text":"Gandaki Province's Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Water Supply trained 28 officials in Pokhara through an AI training for government officials programme, drawn from water, irrigation and drinking water bodies across all 11 districts. They gained artificial intelligence skills for civil servants: reports, files, data and decisions.","date":"2026-04","source":"https://www.cesar.org.np/blog/news-2/three-day-ai-training-for-government-work-successfully-concluded-in-pokhara-20"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","role":"Customs officer","org":"Nepal Department of Customs","text":"Nepal Customs applies AI customs risk scoring at six major offices handling nearly 90% of commercial consignments, through its machine learning Automated Customs Risk Management System (CRMS). Misclassification surfaced in 0.02% of declarations within three months, yielding about 3.74% extra revenue on them. Its weighted-parameter risk assessment profiles transactions and sends officers recommendations through ASYCUDA World.","date":"2026-03-02","source":"https://mag.wcoomd.org/magazine/wco-news-109-issue-1-2026/nepal-customs-automated-risk-analysis-system/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","role":"Police officer","org":"Nepal Police","text":"Nepal Police opened the Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics Cell (AI-AAC) at Kathmandu headquarters, applying AI in policing. Misinformation spreaders in five districts already face legal action through it. Machine learning, predictive analytics, generative AI and large language models power this police AI for cybercrime detection, early warning systems, proactive intelligence and countering disinformation.","date":"2026-02-24","source":"https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/76070"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Nepal","org":"Nepal Rastra Bank","text":"Nepal Rastra Bank's draft AI Guideline binds every licensed bank, financial institution and payment provider it oversees. Boards and senior managers answer for AI credit scoring, fraud detection, risk management, compliance monitoring and customer service outcomes, sorted under a tiered risk classification. Clients must be told whenever automated systems shape choices touching them.","date":"2025-12-12","source":"https://kathmandupost.com/money/2025/12/12/nepal-rastra-bank-drafts-ai-guideline-for-banks-and-digital-payment-firms"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Healthcare & Life Sciences","region":"Nepal","role":"Radiologist","org":"Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH)","text":"ChestGuru, an AI chest X-ray diagnosis tool from Nepali firm Second Eye, is on trial at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu. Scanning one radiograph, it flags 14 possible chest ailments, tuberculosis and pneumonia among them, to speed sorting of urgent cases where wards get crowded.","date":"2025-12-11","source":"https://kathmandupost.com/health/2025/12/11/nepali-ai-tool-detects-14-chest-ailments-through-a-single-x-ray"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Media, Telecom & Entertainment","region":"Nepal","role":"Customer service agent","org":"Dish Media Network (Dish Home)","text":"Khusi, an AI customer service agent from Dish Media Network, parent of ISP Dish Home, now answers subscriber queries in fluent Nepali. This AI customer support agent gauges caller mood, catches technical faults unaided, and rings lapsed accounts to urge renewal. It debuted on Facebook Messenger and webchat.","date":"2025-12-09","source":"https://www.nepalitelecom.com/2025/12/dish-home-launches-khusi-ai-for-customer-service.html"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Education & Training","region":"Nepal","role":"Teacher","org":"Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST)","text":"42 science teachers from Kathmandu's Chandragiri and Tokha municipalities gained AI tools for teachers instruction under Nepal Academy of Science and Technology, mastering ChatGPT, Gemini and DeepSeek. Practised tasks include exam-paper setting, report drafting and material design. Rollout of AI in teacher training to further municipalities is planned.","date":"2025-11-30","source":"https://www.collegenp.com/news/nast-starts-training-teachers-on-ai-tools"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","org":"Government of Nepal","text":"Nepal's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology has launched a National AI Centre embedding artificial intelligence across government and industry, advancing the Digital Nepal strategy. It will draw private-sector participation, positioning AI adoption in Nepal's public sector alongside AI-driven services for enterprise.","date":"2025-11-10","source":"https://diplomatnepal.com/news/government-establishes-national-ai-centre-to-promote-digital-transformation/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Agriculture & Food","region":"Nepal","role":"Farmer","org":"Super Krishak (Gham Power Nepal)","text":"Gham Power Nepal has added a chat tool, Super Krishak Krishi Intelligence, to its Super Krishak platform, giving growers AI farm advisory in Nepali. Users ask about pests, weather, prices, fertiliser timing or cultivation and get answers suited to their own plot — AI-based agricultural guidance for local conditions.","date":"2025-09-26","source":"https://nba.prixa.net/news/45621/super-krishak-app-rolls-out-ai-powered-krishi-intelligence-feature/"},{"kind":"regulation","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","org":"Government of Nepal","text":"Nepal now has a National Artificial Intelligence Policy 2025, giving the country legal and regulatory scaffolding for AI across all sectors under this new Nepal AI regulation. An AI Regulatory Council led by the communications minister will steer implementation, backed by a National AI Centre under the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, with workforce skills for AI a stated priority — part of Nepal's wider national AI governance strategy.","date":"2025-08-11","source":"https://kathmandupost.com/money/2025/08/16/nepal-rolls-out-ambitious-ai-policy"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Finance & Insurance","region":"Nepal","role":"Customer service agent","org":"Jyoti Bikas Bank","text":"To mark 18 years in business, Jyoti Bikas Bank rolled out Jyoti, an AI chatbot for banking customer service, reachable any hour via a simple, multilingual interface. It answers account questions instantly, widening the lender's digital service footprint in Nepal.","date":"2025-07-27","source":"https://www.onlinekhabar.com/2025/07/1731067/jyoti-bikas-bank-in-its-18th-year-launches-24-7-ai-chatbot-jyoti"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Agriculture & Food","region":"Nepal","role":"Farmer","org":"Connect Kisan","text":"Farmers in Nepal can now speak their agricultural questions in Nepali to Connect Kisan's mobile app and hear spoken answers on topics from pest control to fertiliser choice, watering schedules and current market prices, an early step in AI voice advisory for Nepali farmers. Developed alongside Diyo AI, this AI-based farm advisory tool has already logged more than 2,000 queries in its opening phase.","date":"2025-06-29","source":"https://ictframe.com/connect-kisan-ai-based-voice-advisory/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Agriculture & Food","region":"Nepal","role":"Farmer","org":"United Ajod Insurance","text":"AI livestock insurance is now live in three Nepali districts, Humla, Lalitpur and Achham, run by United Ajod Insurance on muzzle-pattern biometrics from a smartphone app photo. That image becomes each animal's unique identifier, letting PlantSat's technology automatically match post-mortem pictures against the original record to settle claims. UNDP backs the digital livestock insurance rollout, which shortens payout times by making remote verification possible for herders.","date":"2025-06","source":"https://english.insurancekhabar.com/ai-based-digital-insurance-for-cows-and-buffaloes-in-nepal-2/"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","role":"Government data analyst","org":"UNFPA Nepal and Ministry of Health and Population","text":"UNFPA Nepal, with the Ministry of Health and Population, Google and the British Embassy Kathmandu, built SITA for AI government data analysis, turning Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022 data into statistics, charts and reports via plain-language queries. This AI-driven data analysis system targets a 50% cut in analysis time, 20% lower survey costs.","date":"2025-03-31","source":"https://nepal.unfpa.org/en/news/unfpa-nepal-showcases-pilot-ai-innovation-revolutionize-data-analysis-and-reporting"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","role":"Local government officer","org":"Chaurjahari Municipality","text":"Chaurjahari Municipality in Rukum West is rolling out an AI chatbot for public services, aiming to speed up how citizens reach information on municipal offerings. Built on conversational technology handling both typed and spoken queries, the assistant will explain what paperwork residents need, walk through procedures, list applicable fees, and share contact points for local offices. Officials have finished training staff on the new system, with launch expected inside a month, according to authorities overseeing the rollout of conversational AI for municipal services.","date":"2025-03-23","source":"https://risingnepaldaily.com/news/59096"},{"kind":"deployment","industry":"Government & Public Sector","region":"Nepal","role":"Police officer","org":"Nepal Police","text":"Fifteen Nepal Police officers trained in Pune, India, launching a fresh AI crime prediction push under the Crime Investigation Department. Bought from an Indian firm, the intelligence platform now drives pattern spotting, promotion-linked scoring, and live casework. This AI-driven crime pattern analysis remains mid-rollout.","date":"2025-02-18","source":"https://kathmandupost.com/national/2025/02/18/nepal-police-to-use-ai-for-crime-control"}]}