50th Anniversary Reception of ITEC Day |
50th anniversary of ITEC The function for the 50th anniversary of ITEC was held in Havana on 18th November, 2014 at Embassy Residence. Mr. Rogelio Sierra, Vice Foreign Minister in charge of the bilateral relations was the Chief Guest. Over 200 invitees attended the function. A large number of dignitaries were present which included Mrs. Ileana Nunez, Vice Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Investment; Mr. Gerardo Penalver, Director General of Now, the programme has become very diversified with courses in IT, remote sensing, renewable energy, mass communications, women empowerment, rural development, telecommunication, graphic & web designing, environmental studies, etc. It was highlighted that Cuba has been utilizing all the slots allotted to them and till date, 450 Cuban candidates have benefit from ITEC programme in diverse fields. Mr. Rogelio Sierra, Vice Foreign Minister thanked India for sharing their expertise through ITEC programme. He acknowledged that Cuban candidates have benefited immensely from India’s ITEC programme and the training has increased the quality of their output.
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Embassy of India Havana, Cuba |