My DIAL Experience
I came to know about the Digital Internship and Leadership Program (DIAL) program of Kathmandu Living Labs (KLL) one year ago through my seniors in my college. I had thought of applying for the internship that same year but couldn’t do it due to my hectic schedule. Some of my friends got selected for cohort II so I was planning to apply for cohort III. As soon as the forms were open, I applied, and luckily I got selected.
Since I had exams the following week, I was in dilemma of doing the internship. But I thought of giving it a try. I met an amazing bunch of people who had those positive vibes around them. The team was amazing and it was my pleasure to work with them these 4 days. We learned about Open Street Mapping (OSM), its importance and contribution to society, about JOSM, SDGs, map data visualization, and many more things. We also did some mapping. The talks of Nama Raj Budathoki and Narottam Aryal were very motivating. In a nutshell, we did not learn only about mapping and open data but also the values and skills of life.
KLL has such an amazing team. They have values and cultures that every other office should learn from. It was not like an office at all. It was like a home. I liked the way they structured the entire four days of our training. The fellow interns were very amazing and friendly from day one itself. Not to forget, I loved food and futsal.
This internship will help me with time management and also these mapping skills will help me with my project and career in the days to come. Of course, if it wasn’t for this internship, you would not be reading this, or I would not be writing this blog.
Good day folks!!!!!
