Mr Uttam Pudasaini

Uttam Pudasaini, a Geometrics Engineer is leading the technical team at Nepal Flying Labs implementing the DrOTS project and working closely with all stakeholders of the project coordinating project activities and operations. He has six years of experience working as a project lead immediately after completing Bachelor of Engineering in Geometrics Engineering in 2014. He is also a cofounder of a GIS and digital mapping service provider company- NAXA, based in Kathmandu. NAXA has been working on the fusion of mapping and IT, to develop application programs that can help in making decisions more data driven, scientific and contextual. His journey as a young entrepreneur in Nepal has not only given him corporate success but also an international platform to showcase what he has been doing in Nepal in the global arena. His contribution in the design and development of dozens of technological solutions to contemporary problems in Nepal has been appreciated in national and international forums. He and his team have received both national and international awards for their work including AUVSI XCELLENCE Humanitarian Operations Award 2018 for the important disaster risk reduction work that their team carried out with international partners Medair and Terrasense after the earthquake of 2015.