Nepal Monitor: The National Online Journal

LINKS

Media Institutions & Agencies

GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, DEPARTMENTS
• Ministry of Information and Communications
o Department of Postal Service
o General Post Office
o Department of Printing
o Department of Information, Ministry of Information & Communication

• Press Council Nepal
• National Information Commission Nepal
• Minimum wages Determination for Media People

• Government of Nepal ePortal
• Ministry of Science and Technology
o National Information Technology Center (NITC)
• Nepal Law Commission (some acts on Telecommunication, RTI, Electronic Transaction Act or Cyber Law, etc.)

• Film Development Board – Nepal
• Nepal Film Development Company (NFDC) , the central government agency in the processing and development of films in Nepal
• Nepal Sanskritik Sansthan (Nepal Cultural Corporation)
• Gorkhapatra Corporation
• Radio Nepal
• NTV- Nepal Television
• National News Agency (RSS)
• Nepal Telecommunication Authority
• Nepal Telecom (Nepal Doorsanchar Company Limited)
• High Level Commission for Information Technology (HLCIT)
• IT Park, Dhulikhel, Kavre
• Rural Information Center (Gramin Suchana Kendra)

NON-GOVERNMETAL ORGANIZATIONS
Journalism, Media Training/Activism/Development Communication
• Asmita, a media organization for Women empowerment and gender equality)
• Center for Human Right and Democratic Studies
• Centre for Investigative Journalism Nepal (CIJN)
• Center for Media Rights (CMR): Sanchar Adhikar Kendra
• Center for Professional Journalism Studies
• Conscious Media Forum (CMF)
• Freedom Forum Nepal
• Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Nepal (FES Nepal) Media Development Program
• Himal Association
• Institute of Human Rights Communication, Nepal (IHRICON)
• International Press Institute, Nepal
• Jagaran Media Center Nepal (JMCN)
• Martin Chautari
• Media Forum for Research and Development-Nepal (MFRD-Nepal)
• Media Foundation (a think tank on media and public policy)
• Media Initiative for Rights, Equity and Social Transformation Nepal (MIREST Nepal)
• Media Point (Institute of Professional Journalism)
• Interface Nepal: (Promoting arts and rights through media)
• Media Service Nepal
• National Media Development Center (NMDC)
• Nepal America Journalists’ Association (NEAJA), based in Washington DC
• Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists (NEFEJ)
• Nepal Press Institute (NPI)
• Panos South Asia (public discourse on sustainable development via media)
• Sancharika Samuha (a forum of women communicators)
• Worldview International Foundation / Nepal (WIF)

InfoTech/New Media/Radio/Film
• AMARC Nepal
• Antenna Foundation Nepal (for radio production and training)
• Equal Access Nepal (radio programming, training, etc.)
• Indigenous Film Archive (IFA), not for profit organization
• Institute of Television Films and the Performing Arts (ITFPA)
• Meeting Point: Audio-visual production, media marketing
• IT Professional Forum (ITPF)
• Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (organized by Organized by the non-profit Himal Association
• National Committee of Human Rights Education Radio Listeners’ Club (HRERLIC) Nepal
• Nepal Internet Exchange (npIX), for local traffic routing within the country (14 members listed)
• Nepal Internet Users' Group (NIUG) , an independent group
• Nepal Wireless (the wireless networking project headed by Mahabir Pun, a Magsaysay Awardee)

COMPANIES
Media Houses/Agencies
• Asia-Pacific Communication Associates (APCA)
• Gorkhapatra Corporation (government owned)
• Himalmedia
• Kamana Publishers
• Kantipur Publications (Pvt. Ltd.)
• National News Agency (RSS), government owned
• Nepal Republic Media (Pvt. Ltd.) Facebook page
• Utsarga Prakashan

Broadcasting
• Avenues TV
• Channel Nepal
• Image Channel
• Terai TV
• Kantipur TV
• Nepal 1 (A station based in New Delhi, India)
• News Nepal National TV (Private Channel, Kathmandu)
• News 24 (Private Channel, Kathmandu)
• ABC Channel
• Nepal Television (government owned)
• Sagarmatha TV
• Nepali Tube (Online video-sharing network)
• Radio Nepal
• Links to radio station addresses (by Equal Access Nepal)

Telecommunication/Info-Tech/New Media, etc.
• Internet Service Providers (20 listed at ISPAN Website)
• Merchantile Communications
• Nepal Telecom (a Public Limited Company since 2004)
• Spice Nepal
• United Telecom Limited (UTL) Nepal

Film/Performing/Fine Arts
• Aarohan Theatre Group (Organizes stage, street theatre, film and documentary, radio, festivals, etc. of the Gurukul fame)
• Art Gallaries and Organizations (from spaceanepal) [contacts link]
• Art Organizations (from fineartnepal) [contacts link]
• Fine Art Nepal (portal; "a mosaic way to Nepal”)
• IT Conference Nepal
• IT Nepal (not-for-profit, non-commercial, web based forum)
• Nepal Art Council [contact link]
• Nepal Film Development Company (NFDC) , the central government agency
• Spiny Babbler (Contemporary and Traditional Arts)
• Sridhartha Art Gallery
• Theatre Nepal, an initiative of Jyotipunja Sign Theatre

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Journalism: Mostly print
• Asia Journalists Association Nepal (AJA Nepal)
• Asia Media Forum
• Association of Nepalese Indigenous Nationalities Journalists (ANIJ)
• Editors' Society [contact link]
• Education Journalists Group
• Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ)
• Human Rights Journalists' Association-Nepal
• Literary Journalism Association [contact link]
• Nepal Journalists Association (NJA) chaired by Manju Ratna Shakya
• Nepal Press Union [Contact link]
• Nepal South Asian Sports Journalists (SASJAN) [contact link]
• Nepal Sports Journalists Forum
• Nepal Working Journalists Organization [contact link]
• Reporters Club Nepal [News portal]
• SEJ-Nepal - Society of Environmental Journalists-Nepal
• Society of Development Journalists (SODEJ) Nepal [contact link]
• Society of Economist Journalist Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
• Society of Population & Environment Journalist - Nepal (SOPEJ-Nepal)

Journalism: Broadcasting/Film/Visual
• Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Nepal
• Broadcasting Association of Nepal (BAN) [contact link]
• Cartoonist Club of Nepal
• Film Journalist Association Nepal [contact link]
• National Forum of Photo Journalists (NFPJ)
• Nepal Cable TV Association (NCTA), link at FNCCI
• Photo Journalists Club, Nepal
• Television Journalist Association of Nepal Also another link here

Journalism: Online/New Media
• Bloggers Association of Nepal (BLOGAN)
• Online Media Association of Nepal (OMAN) [dead link, as of Dec 20/09]

PR/Advertising
• Advertising Association of Nepal (AAN)
• Public Relations Association of Nepal (PRAN), in a formative stage

Knowledge
• Nepal Library Association

Printing/Computer/Info-Tech/Internet
• Association of Computers Engineers Nepal (ACEN)
• Computer Association of Nepal (CAN)
• Computer Graphics Association of Nepal
• Internet Service Providers Association of Nepal (ISPAN)
• Nepal Printers Association (NPA) [contact link]

Film/ Performing/Fine Arts
• Film Artists Association of Nepal
• Film Director's Guild of Nepal
• Nepal Association of Fine Arts (NAFA)
• Nepal Film Artist National Association (NFANA)
• Nepal Film Producers' Association (NFPA)
• Nepal Film Producer's Association (NFPA)
• Nepal Motion Pictures Association (NEMPA) [of Film Exhibitors & Distributors] No Website
• Nepali Folklore Society (NFS)

ACADEMIA
• Ministry of Education

Journalism & Media Studies
• Campion College
• College of Journalism and Mass Communication, Kathmandu
• Department of Languages and Mass Communication, Kathmandu University
• Department of Mass communication and Journalism, Ratna Rajya Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
• Institute of Advanced Communication, Education and Research (IACER)
• Kantipur City College, Kathmandu
• Kathmandu Pragya Kunja College
• Shephard College, Kathmandu
• SM College
• Communication Study Center (CSC) (Madan Bhandari Memorial College)

Info-Tech/Computer/Graphics-Design etc.
• Ace Institute of Management (business, strategic comm.)
• Central Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Tribhuvan University (CDCSIT-TU)
• College of Information Technology & Engineering, Purbanchal University
• Institute of Engineering (IOE) , Pulchowk, affiliated with TU (electronics, computer, etc.)
• Institute of Information Development (IID)
• IOE Eastern Region Campus, Dharan
• IOE Pulchowk Campus, TU (electronics, computer, etc.)
• IOE Western Region Campus, Pokhara
• Kantipur City College (undergrad programs in computer, InfoTech, etc.)
• Kathmandu University (graduate programs in Computer, IT)
• National College of Computer Studies (NCCS)
• Nepal College of Information Technology, Pokhara University
• Nepal Engineering College (Computer Engineering, undergraduate), affiliated with Pokhara University

Audio-Visual/Performing/Fine Arts
• Academy of Audio Visual Arts & Science (AAVAS), Kathmandu
• Kathmandu University (graduate programs Music)
• Kathmandu University Department of Fine Arts
• Lalit Kala College (Fine Art College), [Facebook link]
• Oscar International College (of film studies & management), Kathmandu
• Srijana College of Fine Art [contact link]

OTHER RELEVANT RESOURCES
Journalism/Media
• Mediafound (Media news on Nepal and the Asian region, on Twitter, by Media Foundation, Kathmandu)
• Asia Media Forum
• Journalism Online (JoL) , maintained by Suraj Adhikari
• Media for Freedom, (occasionally carried stories on media/journalism)
• Mediaharsha, (a blog on media by Harsha Man Maharjan)
• Some Media Essays, (by Ujjwal Acharya, at the Radiant Heart blog)
• Media news/views links, (Media, Journalists, Press, Radio/TV, etc. from Nepal Research)
• Hem Raj Kafle's Delicious Links (Literature, Media, etc.)
• Nepal country guide (from Media and Safety perspective, from International News Safety Institute)
• Nepal Press Freedom (by Freedom Forum Nepal)

Film/Photography/Broadcasting/Advertising/IT etc.
• Ad Tricks (a portal on advertising, by Advertising Association of Nepal)
• Film Nepal (a portal by Media Chautari Pvt. Ltd)
• IBM Nepal, (news note link)
• IT Park Nepal
• Movie Sansar
• Nepal Photo News Agency
• Nepal Photography (news & views about photography by Nepali photographers)
• Nepal Radio (An Equal Access Project)

Libraries/References/Journals
• Digital Dictionaries (University of Chicago)
• Digital Himalayas (at Cambridge, University, UK)
• Libraries of Nepal (with contact addresses, available at Nepal Library Association Website)
• Libraries of Nepal (with contact addresses, available at Nepal Library Association Website)
• Madan Purushkar Pustakalaya
• Nepal Kaiser Library (operating under Ministry of Education)
• Nepal Library Association
• Nepal Monitor, an online journal on media and public affairs
• Nepal National Library (Harihar Bhawan, Pulchowk, Lalitpur)
• Nepal Research
• Nepali journals online
• Media Adhyayan (Annual Nepali-language journal on media studies, from Martin Chautari)
• Bodhi: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Covers Languages, Literature & the Media, from Kathmandu University)
• Read Nepal (community library and resource centers)
• Room to Read, Nepal (John Wood’s non-profit, creates libraries, local language children's literature, constructs schools, etc)
• The Internet Archive
• The Nepal Library Foundation (NLF) , a non-profit for development of a national library system
• Tribhuvan University Central Library

[Nepal Monitor, updated on December 22, 2009]

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