The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme, is the leading capacity building platform of the Ministry of External Affairs, the GovernmentofIndia,institutedin1964.It is one of the oldest institutionalized arrangementsforinternationalcapacitybuilding having trained more than 200,000 officials from 160+ countries in both the civilian and defence sector. Since 2007 alone, more than 2000 professionals, bureaucrats and defence personnel of Nepal have undergone this capacity building program. The specially designed customized courses are meeting the specific capacity building requirements of various Government Agencies/Ministries and professionals of Nepal.

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 400 courses offered at 100+ eminent institutes in India each year.

Even during the disruptions occasioned by the Covid pandemic, the ITEC programme continued with its commitment to share India's development experience with the world, providing online healthcare and governance related trainings to nearly 10,000 professionals through digital platforms.

ITEC courses are available in the following streams:

  1. Accounts, Audit, Banking and Finance Courses
  2. Agriculture, Food and Fertilizer
  3. Artificial Intelligence
  4. Banking, Insurance, Finance, Accounts and Audit
  5. BASIC IT
  6. Cyber Technologies
  7. Cyber Technologies, AI and Emergent Technologies
  8. Education
  9. Engineering and Technology
  10. English Language
  11. Environment and Climate Change
  12. Environment and Renewable Energy Courses
  13. Government Function
  14. Health and Yoga
  15. Human Resourse Development and Planning
  16. Irrigation and Water Resources
  17. IT and Telecommunication
  18. IT, Telecommunication and English Courses
  19. Management and Leadership
  20. Management Courses
  21. Media and Journalism
  22. Petroleum and Hydrocarbon
  23. Power, Renewable & Alternate Energy
  24. Project Management
  25. Quality Management
  26. Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation
  27. SME/Rural Development Courses
  28. SMES and Entrepreneurship
  29. Specialized Courses
  30. Sustainable Development and South South Cooperation
  31. Technical Courses
  32. Telecommunication
  33. Textile
  34. Trade and International Market
  35. Urban Planning
  36. Virtural Reality
  37. Vocational Training
  38. Women Empowerment

All the major institutes of India such as : India International Institute of Democracy and Election Management (IIIDEM) 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; CBI Academy, Ghaziabad & Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad 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 information of the upcoming ITEC Courses is available on ITEC website:

https://itecgoi.in/upcoming_courses.