Notes from Nepal's open-knowledge movement.
Field lessons, tool releases, research findings, and reflections on making knowledge open in practice.
Introducing MuLCAM: Building the Language Foundation for Nepal’s Digital Safety Needs
Imagine reporting harassment to your supervisor, only to hear: “Do you have proof?” The messages are deleted. The screenshots you never took. The weeks of escalation, now reduced to your word against someone else’s. You go to the Cyber Crime Bureau. They ask for evidence again. They acknowledge the challenges of cross-border coordination with social […]
Read morePublishing and Exploring Data Just Got Easier on Open Data Nepal
With the launch of AI integration on Open Data Nepal, we also shipped two other significant upgrades to the platform: Seamless Publishing and the Comprehensive Data Explorer. This post covers both. Whether you want to contribute data or explore what is already there, these features were built with you in mind. Seamless Publishing Contributing a […]
Read moreStop Searching, Start Asking: AI Integration is Now Live on Open Data Nepal
When we relaunched Open Data Nepal (ODN) in October 2025, we set out a bold roadmap, a vision of what a truly intelligent, accessible, and community-driven open data platform could look like for Nepal. Among the priorities we outlined were a AI chatbot for natural-language data exploration, seamless data publishing, and experimental AI integrations through […]
Read moreWhen Access Isn’t Enough: Digital Inclusion Lessons from Dhangadhi
Lessons from the Empowering Local Enterprises through Digital Roadmaps program on digital inclusion, safety, and what it means to participate in Nepal’s digital future. We went to Dhangadhi expecting to find entrepreneurs who lacked access to digital tools. What we found instead were people who already had smartphones, already used the internet every day, and […]
Read moreAdvancing the Integrated Data Management System for Enhanced Data Interoperability
Local governments across Nepal face a common challenge: their digital and data systems are fragmented, difficult to scale, and weakly integrated into institutional processes. While pilot projects show promise, moving from “working in a few places” to becoming essential governance infrastructure remains difficult. This is exactly what we’re addressing in the next phase of the […]
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