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3500 Mongolians benefit from ITEC Indian scholarship programme
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Ulaanbaatar/MONTSAME/. The Embassy of India organized an event
to celebrate the 56th anniversary of India’s flagship capacity building
programme- Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) at Blue Sky Hotel on
October 29.
In his opening remarks, Ambassador M.P. Singh informed that
ITEC programme, since its launch in 1964, has been a vehicle to share India’s
vast and unique experience of growth and development through capacity building
and training of more than 200 thousand government officials and professionals
from 160 partner countries. “India’s development cooperation is free from
conditionalities and is rooted on the principles of solidarity and mutual
benefits,” emphasized the Ambassador.
ITEC offers around 150 thousand scholarships every year in 400 courses at over 100 premier educational institutions in India that cover a wide range of studies in traditional and niche area, including IT, banking finance, management, auditing, healthcare, agriculture, governance, entrepreneurship, energy, parliamentary studies etc.
Over the last two years, the special group courses were
organized for Mongolia. Within this framework, a group of 12 state secretaries,
a group of 18 governors, a group of 25 officers from the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, 35 trainees of Mongol Refinery, and 18 officers from the National
Emergency Management Agency attended various courses under ITEC.
During the event, MP and Chair of Mongolia-India Parliamentary Group B.Saranchimeg stressed the development assistance to Mongolia to be used for crucial sectors like mining, dairy, IT, English language covering important aspects of socio-economic development.
Moreover, MP P.Damdinnyam, ITEC alumni himself and four other beneficiaries, shared their experiences of studying in India and how
the knowledge gained from premier Indian institutions enriched and enhanced
their skill set.
Over 3500 Mongolians have benefited from ITEC and other scholarship
programme on IT, banking, finance, management, fintech, big data analysis,
capacity development of election management, English language, yoga courses,
science, space, innovation and new technologies policy.
