CIM to hold second Nepal HR Summit in Biratnagar on May 8-9

BIRATNAGAR: Chamber of Industries Morang (CIM) will hold the second Nepal HR Summit in Biratchowk, Biratnagar on May 8 and 9. The event aims to tackle mounting human resource challenges and build a more competent workforce for industrial development, according to CIM.

CIM has said Nepal’s industrial sector is facing a shortage of skilled labour, high rates of foreign migration, skill mismatches, low employee retention, rapid technological change and weak coordination between employers and training providers. The chamber has stated these problems are slowing industrial expansion.

CIM President Nand Kishor Rathi said the Nepal HR Summit 2026 seeks to reposition human resources as a strategic foundation for productivity and sustainable industrial growth. “The conference aims to redefine human resources as a strategic foundation for productivity and sustainable industrial development,” Rathi said.

He added that the summit will link human resource management with quality and productivity, promote the exchange of innovative practices, improve employee retention, strengthen apprenticeship and certification systems, encourage the adoption of digital HR systems and expand collaboration between employers and training providers.

Deepak Kumar Agrawal, CIM executive committee member and Human Resource Development Committee coordinator, said the two-day summit will be divided into nine sessions with national and international speakers and panellists. “These sessions will include presentations on practices adopted by multinational companies in human resource management, the impact of technological changes on the workforce, the use of digital HR systems, employee retention measures, and prevailing laws and regulations,” Agrawal said.

Agrawal said the programme will also cover the role of industry in developing skilled labour, the adoption of international standards, the workforce’s contribution to the value-added chain and practical success formulas from motivational speakers.

With Kumari Job as title sponsor, Rigo HR as silver sponsor, Jobs Dynamics as supporter, and technical backing from ENSSURE, QualiTY Project and NVQS, CIM expects more than 150 participants. Attendees will include industrialists, managers, administrators, heads of human resources, training providers, policy analysts, students and representatives from industrial establishments.

CIM said the summit aims to produce a strategic roadmap for human resources, identify measures to improve employee retention, develop apprenticeship models and expand practical knowledge of digital HR systems. The chamber said the first Nepal HR Summit in 2024 established human resources as a key milestone of industrial transformation and that this second edition will build on those achievements.