KATHMANDU: The Embassy of India in Kathmandu marked the 56th anniversary of the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) Day-2020 through a webinar on “Sharing Knowledge and Experiences on Covid-19 Management”.
ITEC is India’s flagship capacity building assistance initiative with near-global coverage to 160 developing countries, including Nepal.
The webinar brought together distinguished ITEC alumni from Nepal as well as expert voices from Government and industry in India and Nepal to exchange views and share perspectives on addressing the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said in a press statement.
In the plenary session, panelists included Vinay Mohan Kwatra, Ambassador of India to Nepal, Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Water Resources & Irrigation of the Government of Nepal, Dr. Bhagwan Koirala, Chairman-Nepal Medical Council and Padma Prasad Pandey, Deputy Attorney General.
They were joined from India by Dr. Alka Sharma, Advisor, Department of Biotechnology in the Government of India, and Suchitra Ella-Joint MD & Co-founder, Bharat Biotech International Ltd. in Hyderabad.
Ambassador Vinay Kwatra noted with appreciation the on-going bilateral cooperation to support Nepal in building indigenous capacities, including under the ITEC initiative.
Since last year, several ITEC capsules have been organized at India’s premier institutions for officials from various institutions of Nepal in areas like judicial services for the Supreme Court of Nepal, Public Finance Management for the Finance Ministry, training for revenue officials, anti-money laundering, countering the financing of Terrorism training, intensive training in water resources and development and the e-ITEC program on Covid-19 Management.
Ambassador Kwatra also singled out the COVID–related cooperation between both countries under which India has been extending assistance to Nepal since April 2020 through the gifting of essential medicines including Remdesivir, PCR test kits, and ICU ventilators.
Other plenary speakers also offered their views and perspectives on containing the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of availability of vaccine in near future.
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