Technical Cooperation with Ecuador

Technical Cooperation with Ecuador

The Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Mr. Fander Falconi signed, along with the Ambassador of India, Shri Deepak Bhojwani, a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a Center for Excellence in Information Technology in Ecuador with Indian assistance on 11 August in Quito.

The Center will be based in the National Institute for Higher Studies (IAEN) in Quito, which will provide the installations and other facilities and draw up the curriculum.  The Government of India will provide hardware and software as well as experts to train Ecuadorian personnel to run the Center eventually.  This will be yet another contribution of the Government of India to prepare more Ecuadorians in the key area of Information Technology, after special courses organized in 2008 for 56 Ecuadorian candidates in Information Technology, and the technical scholarships being provided every year to Ecuador under the ITEC Programme.

Ambassador Deepak Bhojwani, who was in Quito to represent India at the swearing-in ceremony of President Rafael Correa, also had bilateral discussions with Foreign Minister Falconi and officials of the Ecuador   government on further projects of collaboration.

Press report Minister of External Affairs of Ecuador (in spanish)

Minister Falconi signs the MoU, while Ambassador of India, Shri Deepak Bhojwani,
and Director of IAEN, Carlos Arcos, observe.