Consulate General of India
Hambantota
Press
Release
ITEC Day
Celebration 2022
The
Consulate General of India, Hambantota, organized ITEC Day 2022 on 23rd
March 2022 at Galle. Consul General, Dipin P.R, hosted a reception at the
Jetwing Hotel for the ITEC Alumni and professionals from various sectors who
have participated in various training courses in India as well as in e-ITEC
courses, and officials from various Ministries of the Government of Southern
Province & Monaragala District of Sri Lanka after the establishment of the
Consulate in 2011. Mr. A.U Welarathna, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture , Mr.
Krishantha Mahendra, Secretary, Chief Ministry, Southern Province &
Many ITEC alumni graced the occasion as
the guests of honor. Alumni reminisced about their pleasant experience of
training in India, how it helped them grow professionally and network with new
friends of different nationalities. The event provides an opportunity to meet,
interact, share and relive their experience in India.
02. Many
Officials from the districts of Galle, Matara, Hambantota & Monaragala have
trained in India under ITEC since the inception of the Indian Consulate in
Hambantota . The training courses availed were in diverse disciplines like
Rural development, employment generation, sustainable development, women
empowerment, Library management, SME/MSMEs, English, IT, Governance, Management
etc. The Consulate renders all possible assistance to sustain this growing
interest.
03. The
Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Programme was launched on 15
September 1964 as a bilateral programme of assistance of the Government of
India and this day is celebrated as the ITEC day each year. ITEC has been a
vehicle to share India's vast and unique experience of growth and development
through capacity building and training of more than 200,000 government
officials and professionals from 160 partner countries of the Global South in
premier institutes of India. Over 12,000 slots are offered to the partner
countries in a vast range of courses, covering fields as diverse as English,
IT, Telecommunications, Rural development, Instrumentation, remote sensing,
tool design, audit, accounts, finance & accountancy, banking, renewable
energy, crime investigation, rural development, management, etc. The ITEC
capacity building programmes continues to be one of India’s most successful
development assistance programmes abroad.
