The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day was celebrated by the Embassy of India in Tashkent Wednesday. More than 150 people, including Uzbek ITEC alumni and media attended the celebration.
On the occasion, Ambassador of India, H.E. Mrs. Smita Pant spoke of the success of India’s development partnership with Uzbekistan with more than 2500 civil and defence Uzbek candidates trained in India till date.
"It is a flagship programme of the Government of India and has played a pivotal role in supporting our partner countries through education and training. Every year we offer close to 200 fully funded scholarships for Uzbek nationals which gives access to our 50 prestigious institutions across India covering 100 disciplines. Additionally, we also have special courses for defence personnel in esteemed Army institutions including National Defence College, Defence Services Staff College and College of Defence Management," the Ambassador Smita Pant said in her opening remarks.
"On the ocassion of the International Women's Day soon, Embassy of India is organizing a 4-day Film Festival centered on women focusing on rights, equality and empowerment under our campaign Sashakt Nari - Celebrating Womanhood from March 14-16, 2025," the Ambassador noted adding the the star cast of the movie Ghoomer, the likes of Shabana Azmi and Abhishek Bachchan will also be present in the event.
The celebration also featured a cultural program with performance by artists from Lal Bahadur Shastri Centre for Indian Culture, Tashkent. While, the ITEC alumni shared their experience and gave presentations on how they benefited from the experience.
Background
The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme (ITEC), is a leading capacity building platform of the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. Instituted in 1964, ITEC is one of the oldest institutionalized arrangements for international capacity building having trained more than 200,000 officials from 160+ countries in both the civilian and in the defence sector. ITEC Programme offers nearly 10,000 fully-funded in-person training opportunities through nearly 400 courses offered at 100+ eminent institutes in India each year. Apart from our regular calendar-based training programmes, India also responds to country-specific requests for training in specific areas of governance by organizing customised training programmes which are designed and delivered by the leading institutions in India. Since the independence of Uzbekistan, more than 2500 candidates from Uzbekistan have been trained under ITEC Programme.
In 2024 more than 160 candidates from Uzbekistan were trained in India under this programme and 40% of them were women. They participated in courses on renewable energy, women empowerment and leadership, English Teachers training, Information Technology (robotics, Al, Big data analytics), agriculture, entrepreneurship development and public health management. These courses were conducted by prestigious Indian institutions like Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Indian Institute of Public Administration etc.
ITEC Programme is one of the remarkably successful examples of development cooperation between India and Uzbekistan.
Interested Uzbek applicants can find more information at https://www.itecqoi.in/upcominq courses and can apply online. Knowledge of English is a basic prerequisite for applying for the ITEC courses. In case of any query, Embassy of India, Tashkent can be reached at email ID: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
