Education

Iraq

• Bharat has also been offering opportunity to Iraqi students for higher studies in Bharat under ‘General Scholarship Scheme’ (GSS) organized by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR). Iraq has been allocated 50 scholarships slots for 2023-24.
• 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.

• Bharat has annually been providing assistance to Iraq under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme to train officials of the Government of Iraq.
• 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.
• 20 officials of Iraqi Forensics Department underwent training at the Gujarat Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar in 2019.
• 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 Bharat.