Ved Kafle

Ved Kafle

Ved P. Kafle is a Research Manager at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo, and concurrently holds a visiting faculty position at Waseda University. He has been serving as a Rapporteur of ITU-T Study Group 13 since 2014. His research interests include network architectures, next-generation networks (Advanced 5G and 6G), artificial intelligence and machine learning, network control automation, and the integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks. He has published over 150 research papers in refereed journals and conference proceedings.

He received the ITU Association of Japan’s Encouragement Award and Accomplishment Award in 2009 and 2017, respectively. He was awarded the Information and Communications Technology Award by the Telecommunications Technology Committee in 2023. He received four Best Paper Awards from the ITU Kaleidoscope Academic Conference in 2009, 2014, 2018, and 2020.

He received a B.E. (Honours) degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, an M.S. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Seoul National University, and a Ph.D. degree in Informatics from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI). He is a Fellow of ITU-T Study Group 13, a Life Member of the Nepal Engineers’ Association, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a member of IEICE.

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    National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
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    Research Manager
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10 July 2026
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