Every year, the High Commission of India here celebrates the Day in a big way with cultural programmes, short film screening, experience sharing etc.

However, this year due to Covid-19 pandemic,  ITEC Day was celebrated through online mode by organizing social media events.

Considering the popularity of ITEC in Bangladesh, the High Commission of India, Dhaka is planning to celebrate the ITEC Day in a formal manner after the situation around COVID-19 is normalized.  

The ITEC, a flagship programme of the government of India, was instituted in 1964 as part of India’s development Assistance Programme offering developing countries the benefit of India’s development experience.

Every year more than 10,000 training slots are offered to more than 160 partner countries for training courses in various areas like Accounts, Audit, Management, SME, Rural Development, Parliamentary Affairs etc.

Bangladesh is India's foremost and valued partner under the ITEC Cooperation, said the High Commission.

Over 4000 young Bangladeshi professionals have undergone short term and medium term courses in India under the ITEC programme since 2007.

These training programmes provide an opportunity to share our best practices with the brightest brains and India equally benefits from the developmental experience of Bangladesh.

In the year 2020, certain specialized  e-ITEC courses on COVID-19 management strategies  were organised for health-care Professionals  and Administarors working in the field in Bangladesh.

An exclusive e-ITEC Bangla course for COVID-19  was organized by AIIMS Bhubaneshwar in which  over 150 trainees  participated from all over Bangladesh.

Another online training for Provincial and District level administrative heads on ‘Good Governance Practices in a Pandemic’ was organized by the National Center Good Governance, Mussoorie.

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Raipur organised an e-ITEC course for Healthcare professionals in which more than ninety health care professionals from Bangladesh participated.