Participant Projects

As part of the first phase of the Nepal Data Literacy Program, participants worked on data driven projects in key sector areas across the SDG Goals. These projects were presented to a panel of Judges, who chose the winners in accordance to preselected criteria. Some of the judging criteria included - projects having a clear audience, meeting a need, using available data and involving relevant data analysis.

See below details of each group project.




Winning Teams and Projects





All Projects

Team Team Members Project Title Project Description
Team-1 Manisha Shrestha, Jhamka P. Gautam, Sajani Lama, Nishtha Rajbhandari Inclusive Education for People with Disability - Are We Doing Enough? An analysis of the existing gaps in the government policies for inclusive education for people with disabilities.
Team-2 Pawan K Jha, Madhu Sudan Gautam, Ojeshwi Risal, Bhim Gautam Assessing the livelihood recovery after the 2015 Nepal earthquake in most affected districts The proposed project assesses the livelihood recovery after the 2015 Nepal earthquake on different fronts (houses reconstruction, community infrastructures, services, goods, cultures, traditions, etc). We aim to analyse the enabling and constraining factors of recovery process based on the open data sources of earthquake impact and recovery data.
Team-3 Anjita Parajuli, Ankush Uprety, Chimi Seldon, Abyaya Neopane, Chandni Singh Effect of Gender and Ethnicity on Students’ Learning Outcomes A case study of one of the local government based on 2075 Grade 8 examination. We are looking at performance of grade 8 students in Tulsipur Sub Metropolitan City, Dang, Nepal to study the influence of gender and ethnicity on learning outcome.
Team-4 Sarita Sharma, Soni Khanal, Sagar Ghimire, Sanhita Sahasrabudhe, Sulav Nepal Can economic development and happiness be linked? Exploring relationship and trends between GDP, HDI and happiness index
Team-5 Anand Gautam, Jamuna Siwakoti, Nitee Shrestha, Ankit Raj Khatri, Nishant Khanal Analysis of Budget Allocation and Spending of the Provinces in Nepal We are trying to analyze the budget allocation and spending of the provinces and check are they aligned with the SDGs.
Team-6 Pranita Upadhyaya, Rojina Shrestha, Sunil Kumar Jha, Tirupati Pariyar, Utsav Maden The Role of Female Household ownership on Education We analyzed how household ownership and income affects female literacy
Team-7 Debabrat Sukla, Bijay Timalsina, Utkrista Parajuli, Raunak Raj, Bhrikuti Rai What's in your water jar? - A study of treated water in Kathmandu city Through analysis of secondary data consisting of journal articles, newspaper stories and government data, Group 7 suggests that a journalistic inquiry could shed light on what goes into treated water in Kathmandu city.
Team-8 Bikin Ghimire, Abhishek Bhakta Shrestha, Sunita Basnet, Ojeshwini Singh Awareness and Efficiency of 103 Hotline regarding Taxis in Kathmandu This project aims to discover the awareness and efficiency status of 103 hotline number introduced by Nepal Traffic Police on 2063 B.S. It is specifically related with taxis that runs in Kathmandu valley.
Team-9 Dipti Gautam, Samikshya Siwakoti, Sunanda Sharma, Ujwal Adhikari, Pushpa Raj Acharya Women in Political Leadership Deriving insights from various elections data sets in Nepal as well as international researches to look at the issue of female candidacy and leadership in politics.
Team-10 Bikesh Gautam, Sunita Pariyar, Subash Pandey, Bal Krishna Khadka, Samanata Thapa Conditions affecting female fertility rate in Nepal We will be looking at 5 different factors declining the fertility rate in Nepal.
Team-11 Bishnu Karki, Kalyan Adhikari, Shweta Acharya, Vikram Upadhyay, Sanjaya Pudasaini, Tsering D Gurung Access to justice for rape victims in Nepal To find out the current status of rape cases
Team-12 Babita Basnet, Sanjeev Dhungel, Sunil Pokharel, Tilak Pathak, Srawan Kumar KC, Prakriti Dhungana Impact of Education on Child Marriage of Nepal Find out the relationship between literacy rate with child education and child marriage
Team-13 Alina Chhantel, Gopal Nepali, Manish Garba, Pravin Dangol, Roshee Lamichhane Bhusal Female Labour Migration: Trend Analysis We try to analyze the trend of female migration. We analyze the trend labour permit issued to female going for foreign employment through individual basis or institutional basis.
Team-14 BP Sah, Swarup Acharya, Santona Devkota KC, Seana Lama Comparative Analysis of the school drop out rate and its cause in classes 8-10 The presentation will show the dropout rates and its main causes in two academic years.
Team-15 Sushmita Lama, Anish Bhurtel, Prajjwol Lakhey, Anupama Pant, Dipesh Karki Improving Access to Finance for Women of Nepal Our project focus on current barriers that is plaguing women's access to finance and propose potential solution to mitigate it
Team-16 Nikesh Balami, Sarita Neupane, Siddhika Deoja, Sijal Pokharel, Umesh Rajopadhyaya Impact of Air Pollution in the health of people at Kathmandu Valley Analyze the Air Pollution Data of Kathmandu Valley and compare the different indicators, to find its impact on the health of people living in the Kathmandu.
Team-17 Shyam Kumar Thapa, Pratikshya Sharma, Bikal Rai, Nisha Adhikari, Gaurav Kandel Risk Analysis among Migrant Workers from Nepal and Ways to ensure Decent Work This project has analyzed the data of migrant workers from Nepal and the initiative that can be taken to ensure decent work in foreign countries