OREANDA-NEWS. October 18, 2011. The ceremony of opening of the Turkmen-Indian Information Technology Centre took place at Magtymguly Turkmen State University with teh participation of a delegation of the Republic of India led by Sachin Pilot, Minister of State Communications and Information of Indian, who had arrived in the Turkmen capital.

As is known, the important aspects of the policy pursued by President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov in the spheres of science and education include promotion of wide international cooperation in the scientific sphere and close collaboration with world’s leading research centres. The new educational centre established in accordance with the Resolution of the President of Turkmenistan under the Memorandum on the establishment of the Turkmen-Indian Information Technology Centre signed by the Government of Turkmenistan and the Government of the Republic of India in Ashgabat last February was a new step to promote the state science and education policy.

In his opening remarks, Minister Sachin Pilot noted that Turkmenistan and India were bound with age-old historical and cultural affinities and the indissoluble traditions of sincere friendship, mutual understanding and confidence. In particular the Indian guest said nowadays Turkmen-Indian partnership was brought to a qualitatively new level and promoted in a wide range of areas, including cooperation in the hi-tech sector where India had gained outstanding achievements and stood ready for active collaboration and exchange of experiences Turkmenistan. Mr. Sachin Pilot expressed belief that Centre would significantly contribute to strengthening mutually beneficial and multifaceted partnership and facilitate the scientific and technological advancement in the two countries.

The major aim of the Turkmen-Indian Centre is to train specialists in the sphere of information technologies and computer programming in line with international standards. The training course comprises three levels such as basic, intermediate and advanced. The teachers of the higher educational institution, who have been trained at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) which provides the information and technical support to this project, will deliver lectures and trainings at the Turkmen-Indian Information Technology Centre.

The necessary conditions conducive to the successful studies and research activities are created at the Turkmen-Indian Information Technology Centre which houses a number of light spacious classrooms supplied with modern computer technologies, conference hall and library including numerous books in a variety of themes. State-of-the-art equipment and advanced technologies will allow students to conduct joint video conferences and share information with Indian counterparts.