Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme

Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme

The Government of India offers various training courses under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) as a bilateral programme of assistance of the Government of India which contributes to capacity building. The ITEC programme is administered by the Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India under which all expenses including international airfare, boarding, lodging, tuition fees, etc. are borne by the Indian authorities.
The ITEC programme was launched by a decision of the Indian Cabinet on September 15, 1964 as a bilateral programme of assistance of the Government of India. Courses offered under ITEC Scheme in the fields of:  Entrepreneurship, IT, Audit, Management, Education, Banking, Biotechnology, Journalism, Communication, Power Transmission and Distribution Management and Technologies, Design of Jigs and Fixtures, Advanced Computer Aided Manufacturing, Geo-informatics, Engineering and Technology, Human Resource Planning and Development, Government accounts and financing, Legislative Drafting, Parliamentary Internship Program, Standardization and Quality Assurance, Advance Finger Print Science & Computers, Information Technology in Law Enforcement, etc.
Applicants must read through the instructions on the ITEC Website and apply through the same website. Print-out of a copy of the application is obtained after activating a link sent via your registered email ID, that is when an applicant can print out a hard copy of the application. The ITEC printed application form has some blank pages; language proficiency page, medical page, undertaking page and nomination page. Language page is filled by Indian Mission in Kigali for Rwandan applicants. Medical page is filled by a registered medical practitioner, undertaking is filled by the applicant and the nomination page by the employer or Ministry of Foreign Affairs. All applications forms must be forwarded through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the applicant’s country. An ITEC brochure and guidelines can be obtained on the same ITEC portal: www.itecgoi.in
Separately, in the absence of regular ITEC courses due to pandemic situation, MEA also started  conducting short training courses online; the details of these e-ITEC programs shall be available at https://www.itecgoi.in/e-itec.php.

It should be noted that anyone who benefited before of any scholarship offered by the Government of India [ITEC/SCAAP] is not entitled to apply for this scholarship

For further information contact:

Nardender Singh Siwach
Second Secretary (Cons. & Edu.)
High Commission of India,
# Villa 67, KG 9 Avenue, Kigali
Email: edu.kigali@mea.gov.in
Website: www.hcikigali.gov.in