The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme, is the leading capacity building platform of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Government of India, instituted in 1964.

It is one of the oldest institutionalized arrangements for international capacity building having trained more than 225,000 officials from 160+ countries in both the civilian and defence sector. The specially designed customized courses meet the specific capacity building requirements of various Government Agencies/Ministries and professionals.

Building on India's vast and rich network of governance- and development-related expertise available in higher educational institutions and training facilities, ITEC offers nearly 10,000 fully-funded in-person training opportunities through nearly 300 courses offered at 100+ eminent institutes in India each year.

A list of selected ITEC courses is given below:

• Use Of Data Analytic and Emerging Technologies in Audit
• Certificate course in Responsible Artificial Intelligence Iteration – I
• Project and Risk Management for Public Works
• Innovative Leadership for Organisation Growth and Excellence Trainers Promoters Programme
• Specialized Training Programme on Data Science and Analytics
• Innovative Leadership for Organisation Growth and Excellence
• Specialised Training Programme on Emerging Issues in WTO & International Trade
• Use of Data Analytic and Emerging Technologies in Audit
• International Programme in Legislative Drafting
• The Digital Teacher
• Data Analytics Using Power-Bi, Tableau and Advance Excel in Government Sector
• Specialized Training Programme in Solving Real World Problems Using Artificial Intelligence
• Entrepreneurship Education, Knowledge Management and Policy Research
• Cyber Security
• Fingerprint Science and Questioned Document Examination
• Progress to Proficiency in English Iteration – I
• Gender Responsive Governance in Entrepreneurship

All the major institutes of India such as: India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) New Delhi; Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi; Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh; National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur; St Stephen's College, New Delhi; Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Roorkee, Kanpur & Delhi; Arun Jaitley National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad; Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Kozhikode; etc. are conducting courses under the ITEC Programme of Government of India

Who can Apply:

• Officials in Government, Public and Private Sectors, Universities, Chambers of Commerce and Industry, etc. who possess adequate work experience.

Eligibility criteria for admission to Courses:

• Academic qualifications as laid down by the Institute for the Course concerned
• Working knowledge of English required to follow the Course
• Age between 25 to 45 years
• Work experience 5 five years
• Medically fit to undertake the training

The complete information of the upcoming ITEC Courses is available on ITEC website:
https://www.itecgoi.in/index