DAKSHIN

Iraq

India and Iraq have historical and civilizational ties. Iraqi port of Basra was not only the market par excellence of the Indian merchandise including textiles, spices, food-grains and other commodities for the Arab world but also of the famous pearl trade that flourished mainly through the Indian traders and jewellers. Since the outbreak of war in Iraq, India has been supporting a free, democratic, pluralistic, federal and unified Iraq. India responded to the urgent needs of Iraq for relief and economic reconstruction directly and as part of international efforts under the UN auspices.

Indian Institute of Management Indore organised a customised Management Development Programme for senior officials of Iraq under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Programme

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Mohali conducted a cyber security training programme

Two Iraqi yoga trainers attended yoga training programme in Bengaluru under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation

Capacity Building & Other Exchanges

India has provided 200 slots under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme for annual year 2024-25 to train officials of the Government of Iraq for capacity building and skills development.
Two exclusive ITEC programmes for Iraqi government officials were held at C-DAC in the field of Cyber Security, AI and Emergent Technologies.
An exclusive management development training programme for senior Iraqi government officials was held at IIM-Indore in the field of e-governance, digital payment interface, public governance, smart solutions to governance etc.
India is also offering opportunity to Iraqi students for higher studies in India under ‘General Scholarship Scheme’ (GSS) organized by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). Iraq has been allocated 50 scholarship slots for 2024-25.
An artificial Limbs camp for more than 1000 patients was organised by BMVSS (Jaipur foot camp) in Baghdad in October-November 2023, sponsored by the Government of India.
India has also been offering opportunity to Iraqi students for higher studies in India under ‘General Scholarship Scheme’ (GSS) organized by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). Iraq has been allocated 50 scholarship slots for 2023-24.
A 20-member Iraqi IT team from the Prime Minister’s office has undergone a cyber security training programme conducted by C-DAC Mohali from 17 October to 11 November 2022.
More than 150 ITEC officials availed of ITEC training in 2022-23 out of the allocated 200 slots.
More than 10,000 Iraqi students obtained their PhD, Masters and undergraduate studies in India.
Iraqi officials participated in the online e-ITEC programmes especially on COVID 19 pandemic management, Cyber Technologies, AI and Emergent Technologies.
A batch of 25 young Iraqi Diplomats attended a Special Training Course organized by Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS) in New Delhi in January 2018.
Two batches comprising (i) 29 Iraqi Diplomats & (ii) 13 Iraqi Diplomats underwent training at SSIFS in Aug-Sept, 2019 and Feb-March 2020 respectively.
A special e-ITEC webinar for training on basic Covid-19 management conducted by PGI-MER, Chandigarh was also attended by Iraqi Health officials in April, 2020.
20 officials of Iraqi Forensics Department underwent training at the Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar in 2019.
A group of 18 Iraqi officials from different Ministries/Departments underwent a training programme for English proficiency at the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad in March-April, 2019.