Media Articles, Interviews and Panel Discussions


  • Podcast (In Nepali). What, Why & How of NAAMII, and my personal story of why I moved back to Nepal. Let's Get Real with Bishesh Khanal, The Doers Nepal
  • Panelist. Is Deep Learning the Nirvana of AI (moderated by director of Google India Manish Gupta). India Science Festival, Pune, Jan 2020
  • Speech representing Young Scientists of Nepal during National Science Day organized by the Government of Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal September, 2019. Speech Text
  • Panelist. Integrated AI: Demand, Challenges, and Solutions. AI Expo, Kathmandu, Nepal. August, 2019. Video
  • Panelist: Superintelligence. Future Frontiers Conference (co-organized by Imperial College London and London School of Economics). London, UK. 3 November, 2018.
  • About NAAMII and First Nepal Winter School AI. December, 2018. National TV Interview, News 24
  • Democratizing Innovation in Medicine with Computational Biomedicine. June, 2018. Interview

Selected Invited Talks


  • Can AI democratize healthcare innovation: Learnings from Nepal. Talk Video . India Science Festival Jan, 2020.
  • Research Outside Universities in Nepal: Need, Opportunities and Challenges of Multidisciplinary Collaborative Research and Innovation. Martin Chautari, Kathmandu Nepal. 1 December, 2019.
  • Our Dream: A Centre of Excellence in Nepal Applied Maths, Informatics and AI. IoE Alumni Day. IoE, Pulchowk Campus, 9 November 2019.
  • Frugal Innovation, AI and Math: Examples in Medical Imaging Informatics. Recent Advances in Fundamental and Applied Sciences,RAFAS-2019. Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. 5 November, 2019.
  • Emerging Technology: An Opportunity to Democratize Innovation. International Youth Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation. National Academy of Science and Technology, Lalitpur, Nepal. 21 October, 2019.
  • Modeling and Simulating Brain Deformation and Atrophy in Alzheimer's Disease. Second Summer School in Neuroimaging. Symbiosis International Univesity, Pune, India. 24 June, 2019. School Link .
  • Machine Learning in Ultrasound for Assisted Navigation. Centre for Doctoral Training Students, Imperial College London, UK. 4 December, 2018.
  • Medical Imaging Informatics: An Opportunity to Democratize Innovation in Medicine. Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK. 7 November, 2018.
  • Medical Imaging Informatics: An Opportunity to Democratize Innovation in Medicine. Parallel Forum: Applications and Challenges of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Statistical Modeling in Big Data Analytics, 19 May 2018, CERN, Switzerland (via Video). Online talk.
  • Modeling & simulation of longitudinal structural brain MRIs with atrophy in AD. Image Processing for Analysis and Modeling in Life Sciences. May 2016, GdR ISIS, Paris, France.

Rest of the Invited Talks


  • Computer Vision and Deep Learning: Python Ecosystem. Python Users Group, Kathmandu, Nepl. 14 September, 2019. Video
  • AI and Healthcare: Nepali Population & Patient-Specific Medicine, and Moving from mere Consumers to Innovators. Hospital for Advanced Surgery, Kathmandu, Nepal. 14 Aug, 2019.
  • AI: Introduction, Applications, Opportunities and Challenges. Gandaki Boarding School and College of Engineering, Pokhara, Kathmandu. 4 Aug, 2019.
  • AI for Engineers. Civil Engineering Department, IoE, Pulchowk Campus. 25 July, 2019.
  • Computer Vision and Deep Learning. Second Machine Learning and Data Science Workshop. KIST College, Kathmandu, Nepal. 14 July, 2019.
  • Deep Learning and Computer Vision: Part II. Fuse.ai Open Session. Fusemachines, Kathmandu, Nepal. 11 May, 2019. Slides .
  • Medical Imaging Informatics. Gandaki Engineering College, Pokhara, Nepal. 5 May, 2019.
  • Deep Learning and Computer Vision: Part I. Fuse.ai Open Session. Fusemachines, Kathmandu, Nepal. 27 April, 2019. Slides .
  • AI: Potential for Students from Bio-medicine and Physics. St. Xavier's College, Maitighar, Kathmandu, Nepal. 4 April, 2019.
  • AI and Medical Imaging Informatics: An Opportunity to Democratize Innovation in Medicine. Spiralogics AI Conference, Kathmandu, Nepal. 2 February, 2019.
  • Machine Learning in Ultrasound for Assisted Navigation. Centre for Doctoral Training Students, Imperial College London, UK. 4 December, 2018.
  • Computational Medicine and Medical Imaging Informatics. January 2017, Grande International Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.