The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel is hosting the “Unistream Social Innovation Delegation 2025” taking place from 19-24 July 2025 in Israel.
A week-long immersion into Israel’s vibrant social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem program brings together emerging talented individuals from Nepal, South Korea, India, Serbia, and other nations devoting in the field of innovative activities, according to the Press Release of the Embassy of Israel in Nepal.
Team Leader for Biomedical Engineering Research and Innovation at the National Innovation Center (NIC), Kirtipur, Kathmandu Umesh Jung Rai is representing Nepal in this special international delegation program in Israel.
It is to be noted that the Embassy of Israel has established a Research & Development Hub and a full-fledged Israeli-styled high-tech classroom at the NIC to foster innovation, collaboration, and digital learning in Nepal in 2022.
Besides being engaged in a various professional related visit, the participants will also have an insightful meeting with prominent Israeli Innovators and networking activities.
Apart from cultural visits to the historic Old City of Jerusalem and Jaffa one of the oldest operating ports in Israel and a center of connection between the Jewish and Arab Israeli communities by the Mediterranean Sea, they will also visit to Technion University, DruzeTech and the Druze community, Save A Child’s Heart an Israeli NGO, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, the Unit 8200 Accelerator, and the Sderot Medical Center and Kibbutz KFAR AZA- one of the sites of Hamas October 7 attack and meet with a survivor of the attack.
The delegates will also attend the Unistream Competition at Expo Tel Aviv and are scheduled to explore various leading social techs including Hilma, Shalva National Center, and the PICO Kids.
The frequent visit of Nepalese people from various walks-of-life to Israel will strengthen deeper collaboration between Nepal and Israel, the Embassy of Israel in Kathmandu said and added further, just days prior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Israel hosted a high-level 14-member delegation from Nepal, from 12-18 July, 2025, in conjunction with Muni Expo 2025, the flagship annual event of the Federation of Local Governments of Israel.
