The 57th anniversary of the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme was celebrated by the Embassy of India in Cairo on Thursday.
The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation programme (ITEC) is a fully sponsored flagship programme of the Development Partnership Administration of the Government of India.
In its 57th year now, the programme has made great strides in building bridges of friendship across more than 160 countries including those in Asia, Africa, East Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean as well as Pacific and Small Island countries.
During the event, Alumni who attended ITEC, IAFS, CV Raman Scholarships, and other training programmes in India from Egypt, has also participated and shared experiences of their training in India.
ITEC has benefitted 200,000 professionals over the last 55 years. Today, we offer around 14,000 scholarships annually to professionals from 160 partner countries in about 100 premier Indian institutions. We have strived to keep these training courses relevant and contemporary and demand-based.
On 7th October, 2019 ITEC 2.0 was unveiled, which has expanded the outreach by offering new initiatives under the programme. The new initiatives include participation through ITEC-Executive, ITEC Onsite and e-ITEC. ITEC-Executive is aimed for senior officials and professionals, policymakers and technocrats, at our apex public institutions like IITs, IIMs.
Under ITEC Onsite, a customized capacity building programme is being provided by shifting training to partner countries by deputing our trainers for a short duration. Then there is e-ITEC, under which live online training is being delivered by Indian faculties through video conferencing. Such courses can be tailor-made based on specific requirements of the partner country.
Over the years, ITEC has created a large number of alumni who have become brand ambassadors and powerful links between India and Egypt.
During 2020-21, due to the pandemic restrictions, focus was shifted on interactive web based training programmes through video conferencing under the e-ITEC. Since 2019, 198 professionals have been trained under the new operational e-ITEC program. We successfully conducted courses on myriad topics ranging from artificial intelligence, cloud computing, office e-administration to futuristic smart cities, quality harvest and fisheries. I am happy to note that we got a wide response and participation in various virtual courses.
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