About Me
Suraj Adhikari
Mr. Suraj Adhikari from kingdom of Nepal, a Himalayan Nation in South Asia is one of the key operational initiator of web and domain services in Nepal. He has extensively contributed especially to Nepalese Traditional Mass Media to make them online via new internet medium.
In 2000, he initiated, coordinated and promoted almost all major Nepalese publication houses including 100+ years old government owned ‘GORKHAPATRA NATIONAL DAILY’ to largest selling National Daily ‘KANTIPUR DAILY’ to make their online version via a very first news portal of Nepal (www.nepalnews.com) by publishing their paper content in the internet. After this all other daily, weekly, FM Radios and Television stations started to produce and upload their offline content through online.
Prime Minister Mr. KP Sharma Oli awarded Mr Adhikari by a letter of Appreciation for his roles on establishing online systems and volunteering contribution to .np ccTLD registry.
By profession Suraj has joined Mercantile Communications in 1999, a private organization and a very first Internet Service Provider company in Nepal, where he has fulfilled different roles ie. Web Coordinator, .np ccTLD Hostmaster, HOD for Web, domain, and later on Relationship Manager for Software Services.
He involved in .np registry from the foundation days of ccTLD. The .np registry services is totally free from the beginning. Twenty two years long free service is possible by the huge commitment of its volunteering contributors. Technical and other managerial task are running by the same staff of ISP and Web Division. Suraj has played significant role and remains always forefront in this long and tough journey of its day to day operational support. Being free service, .NP itself cannot spend money for capacity building and technological enhancements. But at the same time we cannot be left alone and escape with time and technology change. The best way to learn more about skills, technological upgrading from international colleague is to explore fellowship.
Suraj has completed his academic master’s degree on mass communication in 2004 from Kathmandu based Tribhuvan University with a research paper on ONLINE MEDIUM in Nepal, probably the first thesis paper he has written about Online Medium in Nepal.
Mr. Adhikari participated number of national ICT workshops, conferences, seminars that organized by different organization like Federation of Computer Association Nepal, Internet Society Nepal etc. He also participated APNIC 40 and successfully completed the APTLD Resilient TLD Operations workshop in Jakarta, sept 2015. Suraj has also approached, coordinated and convinced .np management for full APTLD membership made that happen after his visit to APNIC 40. He also participated ICANN 55 in Marrakech, Morocco March 2016 as a speaker for CCNSO session. He also participated in APTLD70 (15-16 September 2016) Members Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.
Suraj has involved few non for profit social organizations ie working as Treasurer for Internet Society Nepal Chapter. He is also part of Nepal IGF as MSG member and in host organizing team for 2017
