Indian Embassy Celebrates ‘ITEC Day’

The 57th anniversary of the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) program will be celebrated by the Embassy of India, Cairo by hosting ‘ITEC Day’ on Thursday, the 24th March 2022.

During the event, Alumni who had attended ITEC, IAFS, CV Raman Scholarships, and other training programs in India from Egypt, will participate and share experiences of their training in India.

ITEC is a flagship cooperation program of the Government of India for extending technical assistance and enhancing the capacity building of its developing country partners.

In the last few years, more than 1,000 Egyptians have participated in these demand-driven and response-oriented training programs.

Under the ITEC program, 200 slots are available every year for Egyptian nationals to undertake training in 54 Institutes of India offering courses in 280 disciplines which include Information Technology, public administration, audit, elections, entrepreneurship, rural development, parliamentary affairs, renewable energy, English language, banking, skill development, and employment generation.

Special training in fields like security, defense, counterinsurgency, etc., for defense personnel, are offered by prestigious institutes in India like National Defense College and Defense Service Staff College.

‘ITEC Day’ serves as a platform to bring together Egyptian friends to reminisce and share their learning experiences in India and to further strengthen the close bonds of friendship between the people of India and Egypt.