drug law enforcement to food processing and climate change, India is
imparting crucial lessons in capacity building and skill development
to Africa. About 450 people from Africa have attended courses in these
fields at various Indian institutes.
These specialized courses were designed for African countries taking
into account local conditions and were conducted at the Central Bureau
of Investigation Academy in Ghaziabad and the National Academy of
Customs, Excise and Narcotics, Faridabad, Uttar Pradesh.
"Three new courses on police investigation skills were designed
keeping in mind the requirements of the African nations," said Gurjit
Singh, joint secretary in the ministry of external affairs.
Specialized training programmes in top Indian institutes are preparing
participants from African countries to handle challenges in areas as
diverse as policing, food processing and project management.
More than 400 African trainers have participated in various training
programmes in the last three months in different institutes in India.
The Indian government had offered to hold training programmes for 450
people under the aegis of the India-Africa Joint Action Plan. The
Joint Action Plan was launched after the first India-Africa Forum
summit held in New Delhi in 2008.
"Short-term training courses were customized for trainers with the
objective that the trainers would return to their countries and teach
the newly learnt skills to their students. This pattern was chosen as
it would widen the scope of capacity building of human resources
through training the trainers," Singh told the sources.
The various training programmes were attended by 426 participants from
41 countries of the Africa Union, including Algeria, Burkina Faso,
Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Togo and
South Africa.
Areas of interest were identified by the African governments.
"The main area of focus has been food processing, food and quality
control, industry and project management, climate change, and disaster
management," Singh said.
A group of 25 participants attended a training module for trainers in
comprehensive disaster risk at the National Institute of Disaster
Management. Others attended executive development programmes on
international business, conducting feasibility studies and preparation
of detailed project reports (DPR) for water projects.
Courses included training programmes on food quality and safety at the
Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, and a training
programme on food packaging at the Indian Institute of Packaging,
Mumbai.
Programmes on combating desertification and climate change were held
at the Central Academy for State Forest Service, Dehradun.
Many African governments have given a major thrust to building of
infrastructure in their countries and have undertaken large and medium
infrastructure projects. There is consequently a shortage of trained
personnel for the projects.
Indian institutes designed training programmes on preparation of
detailed project reports for highway projects, computer-aided design
of roads and bridges, contract management, administration and dispute
resolution in big projects and public-private partnership in highways.
About four training programmes were conducted in these subjects at the
National Institute for Training of Highway Engineers in Noida. IANS
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