About ITEC
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:
- Accounts, Audit, Banking and Finance Courses
- Agriculture, Food and Fertilizer
- Artificial Intelligence
- Banking, Insurance, Finance, Accounts and Audit
- BASIC IT
- Cyber Technologies
- Cyber Technologies, AI and Emergent Technologies
- Education
- Engineering and Technology
- English Language
- Environment and Climate Change
- Environment and Renewable Energy Courses
- Government Function
- Health and Yoga
- Human Resourse Development and Planning
- Irrigation and Water Resources
- IT and Telecommunication
- IT, Telecommunication and English Courses
- Management and Leadership
- Management Courses
- Media and Journalism
- Petroleum and Hydrocarbon
- Power, Renewable & Alternate Energy
- Project Management
- Quality Management
- Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation
- SME/Rural Development Courses
- SMES and Entrepreneurship
- Specialized Courses
- Sustainable Development and South South Cooperation
- Technical Courses
- Telecommunication
- Textile
- Trade and International Market
- Urban Planning
- Virtural Reality
- Vocational Training
- 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: