DUSHANBE, July 18, Asia-Plus — An official opening of the Center for Information Technologies is being held at the National Center for Patents and Information in Dushanbe today.
The Center is set up under financial support of the Government of India, which has provided US$600,000 to fund this project.
According to information from the Indian Embassy in Dushanbe, experts from the Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) in Poona have arrived in Tajikistan for creating the infrastructure, training personnel and organizing classes of the Center for Information Technologies in Dushanbe.
The Center for Information Technologies in Dushanbe is provided with 65 items of office equipment, including computers, scanners and other technologies. Besides, they have purchased materials and some 2,200 books for the Center’s library. The Center consists of three premises, in which some 300 students may study daily. During six months experts from the C-DAC trained personnel for the Center selected by the Tajik side.
One of the main objectives of the Center for Information Technologies is in training students and representatives from the Tajik Government as well as all those interested in new information technologies.
