High Commission of India
Lilongwe
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PRESS RELEASE
ITEC Day 2024
India in Malawi (High Commission of India, Lilongwe) celebrated 60th Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Day (ITEC Day 2024) on September 13, 2024 at Woodlands, Lilongwe. The celebration was graced by Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Nancy Tembo, M.P. The celebration was attended by Mayor for Lilongwe City, Her Worship Ms. Esther Sagawa, Senior Government officials of the Government of Malawi including Dr. Mwayi McLloyd Polepole, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Blessings Chilabade, Secretary for Human Resource Management and Development, Mr. Ian Chingwalu, Principal Secretary, Human Resource Management, Dr. Macloud Kadamanja, CEO, Lilongwe City Council and over 170 ITEC alumni (both Civilian and Defence) among others.
In his remarks, the High Commissioner H.E. S. Gopalakrishnan mentioned that “ITEC is an important cooperation programme of the Government of India for delivering technical assistance, technology transfer and capacity building for our developing country partners. Through this programme, India shares its development experience and expertise in various fields with over 160 countries around the world including Malawi. He further mentioned that India’s development co-operation with our partners flows from our philosophy of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’ which means the ‘World is one Family’.” He also stated Malawi as one of the partners of India under the ITEC cooperation and the ITEC scholarship program had helped to further strengthen the existing cordial and friendly bilateral relations between Malawi and India.
In her remarks, the Honourable Minister Ms. Tembo thanked India for its continued support to Malawi including through capacity building program under ITEC. The Minster said that ITEC program had been instrumental in enhancing skills among public and private sector officers thereby contributing to the development of the country.
At the event, some of the ITEC alumni who shared their experiences in India during their training in India highlighted the relevance of the training in their career.
ITEC, most successful partnership cooperation programme of India was instituted in 1964 and celebrated on 15th September every year. ITEC programme provides technical assistance, training/capacity building opportunities to partner countries in a range of fields including IT, banking, administration, audit, scientific to both civil and defence personnel. India offers over 300 short-term, medium-term and long-term courses every year in a wide and diverse range of skills and disciplines through over 50 empanelled institutions. Every year more than 15,000 training slots are offered to over 160 partner countries under ITEC programme in various fields. India offers 150 slots of training courses to Malawi every year. Since 2007, over 1100 Malawian nationals have availed training in India under the ITEC programme.
