Embassy of India
Ouagadougou

The Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme, is the leading capacity building platform of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Government of India, instituted in 1964. It 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 defence sector. Since 2001, more than 3300 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 Burkina Faso.

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 Resource 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:

https://itecgoi.in/upcoming_courses