SUMMER INTERNSHIP 2004
		Kamal Mahmud - MBA Rotman School of Business CEI Host Organization - Centre Canadien d’étude et de cooperation internationale, Nepal CEI Funding partner - Rotman School of Management Scholarship

This is Kamal and I am currently the IT Manager at IDS Nepal in Kathmandu.

Integrated Development Society-Nepal is a small group of dedicated engineers and social scientists who work tirelessly to bring clean drinking water and basic sanitation to the rural poor of Nepal. In my role as IT manager I am setting up processes to make their fine work more efficient.

Over the summer of 2004 I will be reviewing their practices and implementing strategic changes to their website to enable it to share documents with other water and sanitation agencies in this part of the world. I have also implemented an application that allows the agency to build models and analyze metrics from their field research in a more timely fashion. The lifeblood of development work in Nepal revolves around proposal writing and requests for funding.

As my time here comes to an end in August I will have hoped to have worked on at least one proposal for funding and have helped in a win for IDS- Nepal. Even though the political situation in Nepal is tenuous I will make every effort to make at least one visit to a field office outside of the Kathmandu valley.

Nepal is a beautiful country and the people of Nepal are very welcoming. I know my time here will be a rewarding experience and I am glad I was picked for this exciting opportunity.

Kamal Mahmud