D e a r R e a d e r s , I t ’ s a g r e a t p l e a s u r e f o r m e t o w r i t e t h e f o r e w o r d f o r t h e v e r y f i r s t e d i t i o no f t h e I T E C N e w s l e t t e r . A s y o u a r e a w a r e t h e I n d i a n T e c h n i c a l a n d E c o n o m i c C o o p e r a t i o n ( I T E C )P r o g r a m m e o f t h e M i n i s t r y o f E x t e r n a l A f f a i r s i s o n e o f t h e m o s t a c t i v em a n i f e s t a t i o n o f I n d i a ’ s d e v e l o p m e n t c o - o p e r a t i o n i n i t i a t i v e s .I T E C i s a f u l l y s p o n s o r e d p r o g r a m m e o f G o v e r n m e n t o f I n d i a f o rg o v e r n m e n t o f f i c i a l s , p r o f e s s i o n a l s a n d p o l i c y p r a c t i t i o n e r s . O v e r t h e y e a r s , I T E C h a s c r e a t e d a l a r g e n u m b e r o f a l u m n i a c r o s sc o n t i n e n t s i n 1 6 0 I T E C p a r t n e r c o u n t r i e s w h o h a v e b e c o m e b r a n da m b a s s a d o r s a n d p o w e r f u l l i n k s b e t w e e n I n d i a a n d t h e i r r e s p e c t i v ec o u n t r i e s . A s a p a r t o f a n e v o l v i n g t e a m o f T h e I T E C p r o g r a m I a m g l a d t o s t a t e t h a tp r e s e n t l y w e a l l a r e w o r k i n g t o w a r d s c r e a t i n g a s u p e r i o r a c a d e m i ce n v i r o n m e n t a n d o v e r a l l b e t t e r e x p e r i e n c e f o r a l l o u r f u t u r e I T E Cp a r t i c i p a n t s . I l o o k f o r w a r d t o h e a r i n g f r o m a n d i n t e r a c t i n g a l l t h e I T E C s t a k e h o l d e r s . W i t h b e s t w i s h e s ,

ITEC NEWSLETTERQuarterly Issue of the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC),

Ministry of External Affairs

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Mr.Akhilesh Mishra

Additional Secretaries DPA

T h e g o a l o f o u r n e w s l e t t e r i s t o k e e p o u r a l u m n i , m i s s i o n s a n d o u r p a r t n e r I T E Ci n s t i t u t e s i n f o r m e d a n d i n v o l v e d . I i n v i t e y o u t o b e a p a r t o f t h i s j o u r n e y a n d r e q u e s tt h e h e a d s o f o u r m i s s i o n s t h a t s e r v e 1 6 1 I T E C p a r t n e r c o u n t r i e s a n d o u r I T E C p a r t n e ri n s t i t u t e s t o w r i t e a b o u t t h e i r e x p e r i e n c e s a n d b e s t p r a c t i c e s w i t h I T E C . W e h a v ec r e a t e d l i n k s i n t h e I T E C p o r t a l , e n a b l i n g o u r p a r t i c i p a n t s , m i s s i o n s a n d I n s t i t u t e s t ob l o g a b o u t t h e i r I T E C e x p e r i e n c e . T o o u r a l u m n i - I u r g e y o u t o u p d a t e u s o n o n y o u r c a r e e r p r o g r e s s i o n s a n d h o w t h ec o u r s e s h a v e h e l p e d y o u i n y o u r f u t u r e e n d e a v o u r s . S i n c e t h i s i s o u r v e r y f i r s tn e w s l e t t e r , w e w o u l d l o v e t o h e a r y o u r f e e d b a c k a n d i d e a s y o u m a y h a v e . E m a i l u s o nt h e I T E C p o r t a l . W e a l s o m a d e a n e w f i l m o n I T E C a s p a r t o f o u r 5 5 t h a n n i v e r s a r yc e l e b r a t i o n s , w h i c h i h o p e y o u w o u l d l i k e t o s e e a t o u r Y o u T u b e c h a n n e l . h t t p s : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v = t A R P U u I H j 2 M O n c e a g a i n , w e l c o m e a b o a r d a n d I h o p e y o u t a k e t i m e t o r e a d a l l t h e i n t e r e s t i n gi n f o r m a t i o n l i n e d u p f o r y o u . I n t h e m a k i n g o f t h i s n e w s l e t t e r , I w o u l d l i k e t o t h a n k t h e t e a m l e d b y D i r e c t o r S h r iH e m e n d r a S h a r m a , U n d e r S e c r e t a r i e s S h r i A t u l B h a r d w a j a n d S h r i R o h a n S i n g h a l o n gw i t h t h e i n t e r n s , S h r i A k s h a y K o k a n e a n d M s . R a j n i D a h i y a f o r t a k i n g t h i s f o r w a r d .

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Message from Joint Secretary, DPA-II

Dr Devyani Khobragade

We at the DPA-II are thrilled to introduce our first everquarterly ITEC Newsletter!

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ITEC Day 2019-20 4

New Initiatives 5

Upcoming Courses 6

New Institution 7

Institute Of The Quarter 9

Customised Country Courses 10

Interface With Missions 11

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ITEC DAY 2019-20

The 55th Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day wascelebrated on 7th October 2019. It was attended by Dr. S. Jaishankar, Hon’bleExternal Affairs Minister as Chief Guest and Mr. V. Muraleedharan, Minister ofState for External Affairs and Mr. Sripad Yessonaik, Raksha Rajya Mantri as the

Guests of Honour. The event was also attended by about 350 participants includingResident HOMs (Heads of Missions) and Heads and Programme Coordinators of the ITEC

partner institutes, along with senior government officials from various Ministries and media.

On this occasion, a booklet containing the ITEC Training Calendar 2019-20 was unveiledby the dignitaries. Additionally, the preview of a documentary film on ITEC which

outlines the philosophy and impact it has made in our ITEC partnercountries was screened. The ITEC’s new logo was also launched during the event.

There was an interaction with the Heads of ITEC partner institutes and theircoordinators, wherein a Booklet on ITEC Terms & Conditions for training by ITEC

Partner Institutions, was distributed. A technical power point presentation foroperating ITEC portal by ITEC Institutes was also screened.

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QUARTER HIGHLIGHTSWhat to look out for in ITEC in 2020

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e-ITEC is a modality of ITEC programme wherein training isimparted in partner countries by Indian Institutes online inreal time. Under e-ITEC, the classrooms are shifted to ourpartner countries and tailor made courses are delivered byIndian faculties online/ through video conferencing. Thefacilities in the classroom required are desired internetbandwidth, telecommunication links and a focal person tocoordinate. Under the initiative, a course has beenconducted on Big Data Analytics by IIT, Madras in Oct-Dec'19. This has benefitted around 157 candidates from 4countries - Laos PDR, Myanmar, Morocco and Vietnam.

ITEC Onsite is customised capacity building training underITEC programme which are imparted in the partner countryby deputing Indian experts/trainers in that country. ITECOnsite is offered when significant number of participantsfrom a single country are to be trained on particular subject.The partner countries approach our missions with aproposal for training under above modalities includingdetails regarding desired area of training , minimum numberof participants and classroom facilities etc. The nominatedparticipants by the partner countries apply through ITECportal and physically join in classes on the given date andtime.

NEW INITIATIVESWhat to look out for in ITEC in 2020

e-ITEC

ITEC Onsite

UPCOMING COURSESWhat to look out for in ITEC in 2020

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COURSES INSTITUTE

1 . B A N K I N G A N D F I N A N C E ,F O C U S : C R E D I TM A N A G E M E N T A N DI N T E R N A T I O N A L T R A D EF I N A N C I N G 2 . T R A I N I N GI L L I T E R A T E / S E M I - L I T E R A T ER U R A L W O M E N O N S O L A RE L E C T R I F I C A T I O N A N DR A I N W A T E R H A R V E S T I N G 3 . I T E C W O R K S H O P O F C H I E FO F I N V E S T I G A T I O NA G E N C I E S F O R S H A R I N GB E S T P R A C T I C E S I NF O R E N S I C A N DI N V E S T I G A T I V E S C I E N C E S

4 . W O R K S H O P O N I N C L U S I V EG O V E R N A N C E F O R W O M E NP O L I C Y M A K E R S 5 . M A N A G E M E N TD E V E L O P M E N T P R O G R A M M EO N P R O M O T I N G W O M E NE N T R E P R E N E U R S H I P A N DS T A R T U P 6 . C A P A C I T Y D E V E L O P M E N TI N E L E C T O R A L T E C H N O L O G Y

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NEW INITIATIVESNEW INSTITUTIONS Recent ly added new inst i tut ions in ITEC in 2020

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1. AMITY UNIVERSITY, NOIDA 2.CENTRAL ACADEMY FOR POLICE TRAINING, BHOPAL 3. CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, BENGALURU 4.DR.AMBEDKAR INSTITUTE OF PRODUCTIVITY, CHENNAI 5.ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF INDIA, AHEMEDABAD

6.FILM AND TELEVISION INSTITUTE OF INDIA, PUNE 7.GUJARAT STATE FERTILIZERS & CHEMICALS LTD, GUJARAT 8.INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI 9.INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, INDORE 10.INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOMBAY 11.INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, GUWAHATI

12.INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT INSTITUTION, NEW DELHI 13.JAIPURIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, NOIDA

14.LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ADMINISTRATION, UTTRAKHAND 15.LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY,NEW DELHI 16.NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CUSTOMS, INDIRECT TAXES AND NARCOTICS,BANGALORE 17.NATIONAL ACADEMY OF CUSTOMS, INDIRECT TAXES & NARCOTICS,MUMBA1I 18.NATIONAL ACADEMY OF INDIAN RAILWAYS,VADODARA 19.NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE,HARYANA 20.NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT HEALTH MANAGEMENT,HYDERABAD 21.NATIONAL JUDICIAL ACADEMY,BHOPAL

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22.NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL OF INDIA UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU 23.NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY,JODHPUR 24.NATIONAL MUSEUM INSTITUTE OF HISTORY OF ART, CONSERVATION AND MUSEOLOGY,DELHI 25.NATIONAL POWER TRAINING INSTITUTE,FARIDABAD 26.RAPID ACTION FORCE ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ORDER,MEERUT 27.SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL NATIONAL POLICE ACADEMY,HYDERABAD

28.SATYAJIT RAY FILM AND TELEVISION INSTITUTE,KOLKATA 29.S.P.MANDALIS PRIN L.N. WELINGKAR INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH 30.TIMES PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

GSITI has conducted 22 international courses in the lastone-decade (2009-2019) covering 67 countries with 298international participants. During in the last decade, GSITIhas conducted 10 International courses on GeographicInformation System (GIS), 09 International courses onRemote Sensing and Digital Image Processing, 01 trainingon Geological Mapping for Afghan Officials, 01 trainingcourse on Application of Remote Sensing and GIS forMineral Exploration for Afghan Nationals and 01 course onMineral Exploration techniques for African Nationals.All theparticipant countries could reap rich dividends in terms oftheir technical skill enhancements with competencydevelopment from such programmes, apart from theopportunity to share socio-cultural exchanges amongst thedifferent countries and India. This in turn will empowerthem not only in professional skills, but also to preparethem to the globalized world.GSITI prepared a compilationof 10 years of ITEC training programme as an attempt toprovide the information related to those courses conductedby GSITI for last one decade. As a part of promotion of Yoga,GSITI incorporates the Practice of “Yoga for Daily Life” forthe participants. Open gym concept has been introduced inthe campus as a part of recreation. Both initiatives werehighly appreciated by the participants. Along with the Indianofficer trainees of various in-house training courses,international trainees participated in the culturalprogrammes with great zeal during their course period as apart of cultural exchange between the countries.

INSTITUTE OF THE QUARTERWhat to look out for in ITEC in 2020

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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIATRAINING INSTITUTE

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1 . S C A D A & S U B S T A T I O NA U T O M A T I O NE N G I N E E R I N G F O RB H U T A N E S EE N G I N E E R S / P O W E RS E C T O R E M P L O Y E E S 2 . C A S E M A N A G E M E N TA N D C O U R TM A N A G E M E N T F O RN E P A L E S E J U D I C I A LO F F I C E R S 3 . A D V A N C E T E C H N I Q U E SO F I N V E S T I G A T I O N F O RZ A M B I A N O F F I C I A L S

4 . M I D C A R E E R T R A I N I N GP R O G R A M M E I N F I E L DA D M I N I S T R A T I O N F O RC I V I L S E R V A N T S O FB A N G L A D E S H

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ITEC IN TAJIKISTAN

ITEC IN GUATEMALA

ITEC IN MONGOLIA

ITEC IN BHUTAN

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SH.DINESH KUMAR GHIMIRESecretary, Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation,

Government of Nepal, sharing his experience on ITEC Dayprogramme.

Sh. Dinesh Kumar Ghimire is the Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, andIrrigation, Government of Nepal, since December 2018. He has been associated with thepower sector of Nepal for more than two and half decades. During his service in variousgovernment organizations, he rendered his expertise in planning, budgeting, monitoringand evaluation of power projects, Project Development Agreement negotiation, privatesector promotion, promoting renewable energy and projects. Mr. Ghimire led manybilateral negotiation and mechanism meetings encompassing water and power issueswith neighboring countries like India, China, and Bangladesh. He also served as aGoverning Board Member from Nepal in SAARC Energy Centre and has been engaged inRegional and Sub-regional forums like Bangladesh, Bhutan, India & Nepal (BBIN), SouthAsia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC), South Asian Association. for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) and The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical andEconomic Cooperation (BIMSTEC). Sh. Ghimire had received his M. Tech. degree in Hydroelectric System Engineering andManagement from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Roorkee (India) under theIndian Technical and Economic Cooperation(ITEC) programme. He had obtained hisundergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from from Rajasthan University, Jaipur,India.

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