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ITEC training and capacity-building
The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme, ITEC for short, is the leading capacity building platform of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Instituted in 1964, ITEC is one of the older institutionalized arrangements for international capacity building based on India’s vast and rich network of governance and development-related expertise at premier higher educational institutions and training facilities. ITEC has trained more than 200,000 officials from 160+ countries in both the civilian and in the defence sector. Read More..
ITEC offers nearly 10,000 fully-funded in-person training opportunities in India through nearly 400 courses offered at 100+ eminent institutes in India each year. These also offer an opportunity to experience India and its culture. ITEC also provides for Onsite and ITEC-Expert capacity building assignments carried out by Indian experts at foreign institutions.
ITEC is administered by the Development Partnership Administration-II Division of the Ministry of External Affairs. Know more about different ITEC modalities here.
In Vietnam, ITEC offers about 130 seats every year for training in India every year for officials, academicians and working experts in the age group of 25-45 years with basic knowledge of English language. There are over 3000 ITEC alumni in Vietnam. The ITEC scholarship covers economy-class return air-ticket, visa, course fee, accommodation, daily living support, study tour & book allowance for the training courses in India. Details of training courses are at www.itecgoi.in. For assistance, kindly contact scholarships.hanoi@mea.gov.in.
