BANGLADESH

ITEC Day is celebrated by the Indian High Commission

The Indian High Commission in Dhaka has celebrated ‘ITEC Day’ on the occasion of Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation (ITEC) Program-2021.

Deputy Minister for Education Mahibul Hasan Chowdhury was the chief guest at a colorful function organized at Bangladesh Institute of Diploma Engineers in Dhaka on Thursday evening. Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Shri Bikram Kumar Doraiswamy was present on the occasion.

ITEC, a flagship programme of the Government of India, was instituted in 1964 as part of India’s Development Assistance Programme within the framework of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation offering developing countries the benefit of India’s development experience and appropriate technologies.

ITEC Day is celebrated by the Indian High Commission

Every year, more than 10,000 training slots are offered to 161 partner countries for training courses in various areas like Accounts, Audit, Management, SME, Rural Development, Parliamentary Affairs, etc. Bangladesh is the foremost and valued partner under the ITEC Cooperation.

Last year, due to COVID-19 pandemic, a number of courses were organised virtually under e-ITEC. Some such courses were on themes of women-centric program, covid management, Good Governance Practices, Data analytics, Remote sensing, Adult Hepatology in premier Indian Institutes.

More than 4,000 young Bangladeshi professionals have undergone such specialized short and medium term courses in India under the ITEC programme since 2007.

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