Advanced technology for border security of Nepal: prospects and challenges

Abstract

Advanced technology is cutting-edge innovations that push the boundaries of existing knowledge and capabilities which includes sophisticated tools, systems and techniques designed to improve efficiency, solve complex problems, enhance quality of life and effective service delivery. Use of latest technologies are necessary for the effective border security of Nepal. It’s beneficial, positive, significances and good aspects are known as contributions, and difficulties, negative, threats and possible harmful aspects are considered as challenges. The future enabling possibilities are prospects. The objectives of the study are to: understand the significance of use of advanced technology in the effective border security of Nepal, find the prospects of use of advanced technology in effective border security of Nepal, and explore the challenges of use of advanced technology in effective border security of Nepal. This study applied qualitative exploratory, explanatory and descriptive method to meet the objectives. The primary data were collected through field observations, key informant`s interactions, discussions, and open-ended interviews. The secondary data were collected through books, journals, articles, online publications, and websites. The significances are enhancing surveillance, monitoring, effective defensive offensive operations, prevention from transborder crime, efficient immigration, custom management, counter terrorism, national security, optimization of resource utilization, data driven decision making, strengthens international relations, economic benefits and assurance for face the challenges. The prospects are effective physical security, continuous surveillance, sound monitoring, artificial intelligence utilization, big data analysis, adequate internet of things, prompt cyber security, smart integrated border management, technological integration and collaboration as well as modern security technologies. The challenges are resource constraints, skill constraints, lack of clear legal provisions, cybersecurity threats, open border, global compliance provisions, disaster impacts, coordination cooperation difficulties, human security impacts, difficult geographical locations and technological errors. Technology is as good friend in all the fields nowadays. The effective border security of Nepal is possible through the use advance technologies as much as possible.

Keywords: Border Security, advanced technology, effective, surveillance, prospects.