55th Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC)

Current context: The 55th Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) was held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 20th September 2019.

• ITEC was instituted as part of India’s Development Assistance offering for developing countries in 1964.
• ITEC offers the participants of its member developing countries to avail of short and medium-term courses in premier institutions like IITs and IISCs in India.
• Areas of training courses include Management, SME, Parliamentary Affairs, Accounts, Audit and Rural Development.
• India offers more than 10,000 training slots every year to 161 partner countries.
• Bangladesh professionals have been taking specialized short and medium-term courses in India since 2007 under the ITEC programme and about 4000 persons are trained since then.

Question: 

Q.1 The 55th Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) was held at? 
a. Srilanka
b. Myanmar
c. Bangladesh
d. Vietnam
e. India