Daraz holds first annual summit

KATHMANDU, JULY 10: Daraz, Nepal's leading online marketplace, held its first annual summit on July 3, 2022, at Yak & Yeti Hotel in the capital. The day-long event featured three different panels with experts in their respective fields. Keynote speakers included Dr. Ganesh Prasad Pandeya, Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies, and Dr. BaikunthaAryal, Secretary, MoCIT as well as special guest, Kewal Prasad Bhandari, Member of Secretary, National Planning Commission.

Aanchal Kunwar, Managing Director of Daraz Nepal, commenced the event, explaining how Daraz aims to make a cultural impact by uplifting communities through the power of commerce. She expressed that the company “wants to be an active channel of change and a stepping stone in this dialogue”.

The three panels covered the topics ‘From Conventional Commerce to E-commerce in Nepal’, ‘Blending of the Market Place and Commerce for Digital Economy’, and ‘Uplifting Communities through the Power of Digital Commerce in Nepal’. Panelists included in these discussions were Guru Prasad Paudel, NRB; Ambica Shrestha, Dwarika’s Hotel; Omesh Lal Shrestha, CAS Solution and Silver Lining; and Bimal Aryal, Daraz Nepal, Suresh Shrestha, Department of Industry; Shankar Uprety, Hamro Patro; Ayush Shrestha, Cloud Factory; and Santosh Pandey, OHO Cake and Offering Happiness Gobinda Bahadur Karkee, Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies; Dileep Agrawal, Worldlink Communications; Sanjib Subba, NePS and Aanchal Kunwar, Daraz Nepal.

Before concluding the event, Pranayna KC, Head of Marketing, Daraz Nepal, extended gratitude and honor on behalf of the entire organization to all guests and participants of Daraz Summit 2022. 

Daraz has over 15,000 sellers, 15 lakh active app users per month and deliveries to 101 cities in Nepal.