From 2000 to 2001 I worked for as an IT Programme advisor for the Division of Information Technology in the Royal Government of Bhutan. IT is growing rapidly in the country, witnessed by the interest of the government in IT since the introduction of Internet in 1999.

Information Technology in Bhutan (PDF, 71 KB), reproduced from Tashi Delek, the in-flight magazine of Druk Air, provides an overview of where IT in Bhutan is headed. The pictures in the article are placemarkers only, to reduce the size of the file.

For more information on IT in Bhutan, visit http://www.dit.gov.bt

Old and new: satellite dish in Thimphu