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International Projects Division (IPD)
of IIFT has been conceived to internationalise the reach of
the institute to the need of other countries and to work as a
catalyst to the Indian government and corporate sector to
deepen its economic relationship with partner countries. This
Division will help IIFT to achieve the position of a
Centre of Excellence in imparting education, training
and conducting research in other parts of the world in the
area of International Business and Trade. One of the key
objectives of the IPD is to train government officials,
diplomats, entrepreneurs, exporters, corporate sector and
civil society members to develop broader understanding of
issues related to international business and its implications
on trade policy. IPD would work towards generating views,
opinions, analysis on number of contemporary trade and
economic issues which would be of interest to different
nations in developing economic relationship with other
countries including India.
As a part of decisions taken at
India Africa Forum Summit, 08-09 April, 2008, the Institute
has been entrusted with the responsibility to conduct
customized Capacity Building Programmes on International
Business in various parts of Africa and to establish the India
Africa Institute of Foreign Trade (IAIFT) at Kampala, Uganda
by Department of Commerce, Government of India.
Consequently an interactive meet
of Heads of African Missions was organized on September 10,
2008 at the Institute which received an overwhelming response
from African diplomats. Further strengthening associations of
IIFT with African countries, the President of the Republic of
Rwanda H. E. Paul Kagame visited the Institute and delivered a
special talk on " The Changing International Political
Economy and Implications for Africa" on 20 January,
2009. Later on an interactive meet with
the
African Union (AU) delegation
consisting of the Members of the Bureau of the Multilateral
Affairs Sub Committee of the Permanent Representatives
Committee of the African Union led by the Permanent
Representative of Cameroon to the African Union, H.E. Mr.
Jacques Alfered Ndoumbe Eboule included Ambassador John K.
Shinkaiye, Chief of Staff of the Office of the Chairperson of
the African Union Commission and the Permanent Representatives
of Egypt, Sudan, South Africa and Benin at the AU was held on
11 March, 2010 at the institute which was attended by a large
number of Heads of African Missions based in India.
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