Bhutan National Startup Weekend 2019
The Bhutan National Startup Weekend 2019, was graced and opened by the Hon'ble Education Minister, on 25th April, 2019. The event also marked the International girls in ICT, 2019.
Secure Coding Workshop
The Bhutan Computer Incident Response Team(BtCIRT) under Department of IT and Telecom, MoIC is organising a week long workshop on secure coding
The 19th APT Policy and Regulatory Forum (PRF-19)
The Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT) is organizing the 19th APT Policy and Regulatory Forum (PRF-19) from 14 - 16 August 2019 in Thimphu, Bhutan. The forum will be hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) of Bhutan.
Bhutan Techstar National startup weekend 2019 will be held from 26th - 28th April 2019, where more than 180 participants selected and shortlisted from various colleges across the country, will be participating and competing during the 3 day event.
This year the theme of the event is based on these 5 domains :
1) Internet of Thing (IoT)
2) HealthTech
3) EduTech
4) FinTech
5) Virtual Reality (VR)
International Girls in ICT Day, is an initiative by ITU (International Telecommunications Union), aiming to create a global environment that empowers and encourages girls and young women to consider careers in the growing field of ICTs, enabling both girls and technology companies to reap the benefits of greater female participation in the ICT sector. International Girls in ICT Day is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in April every year, which fell on the 25th of April this year.
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The Department of Information Technology and Telecom, MoIC family would like to congratulate Mr. Jigme Tenzing for his promotion to Director.
Formal Khadar ceremony was held on 25th March, 2019 at Department of IT and Telecom. Tashi Delek!
The ICT Management Division in collaboration with the Working Group 3 are conducting the ICT Head Meeting in Phuentsholing Thromde. The ICT heads meeting is an important forum for communication and coordination, and plays a vital role in ensuring that work carried out by various agencies are better coordinated and aligned. Update from Phuentsholing Thromde cluster, Systems presentation and discussion by MoLHR, NCWC, BICMA and an exercise to come up solutions for improving ICT services are some of the important agenda items of the meeting.
The Department of IT and Telecom would like to congratulate Mr. Jigme Tenzing, former Chief of Application Division, DITT on his promotion/selection as the new DITT Director, through a open competition held by the Royal Civil Service Commission. May this new achievement take you to the higher level of success. Tashi Delek!!
The Royal Civil Service Commission is pleased to announce the following vacancy for in-service civil servants:
Position Title: Director
Position Level : EX3 A
Minimum Qualification required : Bachelor’s Degree
Agency: Department of Information Technology & Telecom, Ministry of Information & Communication
Interested civil servants, who meet the Eligibility Criteria under Section 26.4.3.1 of Chapter 26 of the BCSR 2018, may apply.
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The Human Resource Division, Ministry of Information and Communications, Thimphu is pleased to announce the vacancy for the post of ICT Officer & Asst.Program Officer for Department of Information Technology and Telecom(DITT),MoIC.
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Issue No. 54 was released on 22 July, 2020. The contents are as follows :-
1. Akagi-san (JAXA) receives “2020 IAF Young Space Leaders” recognition
2. BIRDS-4: Status meeting
3. A new document: Introduction to BIRDS
4. A new document: Introduction to SEIC
5. ADCS of BIRDS
6. Report from Mongolia
7. LaSEINE Weekly Research Seminar of 8 July 2020
8. Report from Sri Lanka (space weather observatory)
9. BIRDS-3: Update on CW-SMS service
10. BIRDS-5: Updates on the project
11. BIRDS-5: Progress on designing the project logo
Issue No. 53 was released on 22 June, 2020. The contents of the issues are as follows : -
National Fiber Network Reliability Report for April to June, 2020 attached.
