ITEC Basic information

Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme

The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC) was launched by Government of India in 1964 as a programme of bilateral cooperation and technical assistance. The ITEC assistance is granted under the following four categories:-

(i) Training in diverse fields in Indian institutions.
(ii) Projects and project-related assistance from India such as supply of equipment, consultancy services and feasibility studies.
(iii) Deputation of Indian experts in various fields.
(iv) Study visits of senior officials/decision makers from the partner countries to India.

 India possesses a rich experience in the field of economic development as well as manpower skills and technologies suited to the requirements of developing countries.  ITEC is one of the vehicles for the sharing of this experience with India’s friends.

All expenses on training borne by Government of India: For the various training programmes, expenses on tuition fees, living allowances, study tours, emergency medical assistance as well as return international air fares are borne by the Government of India

Areas of training covered under ITEC: The various training fields covered under the programme include information technology, audit, banking and finance, journalism and mass communications, management, English language, audit and accounts, human resource planning, small scale industries, standardization, telecommunications, remote sensing, tool designing,  etc. (This is an indicative list. For an exhaustive list, please got to the website indicated at the end of this section).

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