--- description: Ravi Kumar is the co-founder of Code for Nepal, an initiative working to increase digital literacy and use of open data in Nepal. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ravi Kumar ## Ravi Kumar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Ravi Kumar is the co-founder of Code for Nepal, an initiative working to increase digital literacy and use of open data in Nepal. ## Ravi Kumar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * ![Nepal earthquake. Barpak, the epicenter of the earthquake. Funeral of Pur Bahadur Gurung, 26, who had just been dug out of the rubble. Saainli Gurung, his mother weeping. Scenes of villagers salvaging building materials and personal possessions. Dhan Raj](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt792c54bf296d53f3/6987efcc428a9e00b0ccb6d2/nepal_quake_2015_nachtwey_5672_web_150514.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) Jun 8, 2015 ### [Why Women Should Lead Nepal's Recovery](https://time.com/3911012/nepal-recovery-women/) Women have lost the most—and they have the most to lose [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) * ![Nepal earthquake. Bhaktapur. A city near Katmandu. People reclaiming their possessions from the wreckage. A man who had been buried and died being pulled out of the wreckage by there Nepali Army rescue team. Sculpture of elephant in ruins of an ancient, ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0aa8152b1dbe87b5/6987ee53e53aba3ecc4dbaf5/nepal-earthquake.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1) May 5, 2015 ### [Use Data, Not Nepotism, to Deliver Aid in Nepal](https://time.com/3845593/nepal-earthquake-response-data/) The delivery of aid should be driven by the evidence on the ground [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/ravi-kumar/","name":"Ravi Kumar"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/ravi-kumar/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/ravi-kumar/"},"name":"Ravi Kumar","jobTitle":null,"description":"Ravi Kumar is the co-founder of Code for Nepal, an initiative working to increase digital literacy and use of open data in Nepal.","url":"https://time.com/author/ravi-kumar/","sameAs":["https://x.com/RaviNepal"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```