In Photo: Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool with international delegates from ITEC partner countries for a specialised workshop on Social Media ( March 2020  before lockdown)

The Ministry of External Affairs and India’s leading business school, S P Mandali’s Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research (WeSchool) conducted a two week training program on Social Media to train and strengthen ties with Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) partner countries in early March 2020. Through the training, the parties aim to develop perspective on trends seen in Social Media and to understand how Government and various authorities are leveraging social media for communicating with citizens and key stakeholders.

The session was attended by members of partner countries including Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Jamaica, Morocco, Kingdom of Estwani, Maldives, Palestine, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Commenting about the workshop in collaboration with ITEC Programs, Prof. Dr. Uday Salunkhe, Group Director, WeSchool said, “We are honoured to be a part of this initiative and help strengthen the ministry’s ties with the partner countries. Digital upskilling and transformation have become the core for development and transformation of any country. It has become very important for Government to be able to connect with the citizens and understand what they need and feedback on various initiatives. As an educational institute, we have always been on the forefront of technology and digitalization and have encouraged our students to imbibe the same in their learnings and experiences.”

The workshop aimed to enhance awareness of the sociological and psychological impact of social media on individual citizens, societies and the nation.