Education

Philippines

Knowledge Creation & Sharing

Bharat offers scholarships, tuition fee waivers to students from the Philippines under its ‘Doctoral Fellowship for India in ASEAN’ programme and the ‘Study in India’ programme. In terms of education collaboration, in May 2021, an MoU was signed between Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai  and Ateneo De Manila University, Manila  to promote exchanges in the field of disaster studies. A MoU between the Indian Maritime University and Batangas State University  was signed on 11 November 2022 to enhance Blue Economy and Maritime cooperation in the academic domain.

Capacity Building

In an effort to share Bharat's development experiences with fellow developing country, Bharat offers Philippines training slots under ITEC and Colombo Plan. Till date, over 1000 Filipino professionals have availed Bharat’s ITEC courses. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 17 and 108 Filipino professionals, in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 respectively, participated in several e-ITEC  courses. Courses on Electoral Technology, Environmental Impact Assessment, Renewable Energy, Natural Resource Management and Public Health Management Development and Introduction to Ayurveda were among the popular courses in the Philippines.