India To Expand IT Cooperation With Cuba.

Cuban IT consulting firm Avante signed a memorandum of understanding with India’s Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) at the Indiasoft 2011 fair in Maharashtra state, Cuba’s foreign ministry announced in a press release.

The two state entities agreed to “promote information exchanges, business opportunities, and the participation of businesspeople on both sides in exhibitions, seminars and workshops,” according to an Avante official quoted by the press release.

No further details were immediately available.

In 2009, Cuba’s Ministry of Information and Communication signed an agreement with India’s Ministry of Communications & Information Technology in Havana for cooperation in computer science and communications. The agreement includes a program to train up to 400 Cuban computer science and communications professionals with Indian experts; professors of India’s National Institute of Technology (NIIT) have been teaching courses in Cuba for development of mobile applications (J2ME), administration of Linux and Windows servers, and architecture associated to J2EE and MDA. The agreement also provides for technology transfer and exchange among institutions in both countries.

Source : cubaheadlines.com