Education

Lao PDR

Knowledge Creation and Sharing

• The LIEDC (Lao-India Entrepreneurship Development Centre ) set up in November 2004, trains Lao entrepreneurs for setting up small and medium scale business. It has so far trained more than 15000 individuals.
• The LICELT [Lao India Centre for English Language Training] set up in National University of Lao PDR , Vientiane is another assistance project in human resource development.
  The Centre for Excellence in Software Development and Training (CESDT) was inaugurated in Vientiane in November, 2018. So far, CESDT has imparted training to around 250 participants in different courses from different organizations of Lao PDR including government officials.

Capacity Building

The Government of India has been providing scholarships annually to Lao nationals under various schemes. Under Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC), Government of India provides short-term and a few long-term training courses in various areas to Lao nationals (government officials/nominees); so far about 1500 Lao nationals have been trained under ITEC. Fully-funded scholarships to Lao students for pursuing undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. degrees are also awarded by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).