MEA delegation visits Hyderabad, T-Migration app launched

Hyderabad: Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA), Ministry of External Affairs, along with Bramha Kumar, Joint Secretary (OE) & Protector General of Emigrants, and other MEA officials on Wednesday visited the TOMCOM Pre-departure Orientation Training (Pdot) centre here. TOMCOM Pdot centres are located in Hyderabad, Karimnagar and Nizamabad. These centres are providing training since […]

Hyderabad: Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA), Ministry of External Affairs, along with Bramha Kumar, Joint Secretary (OE) & Protector General of Emigrants, and other MEA officials on Wednesday visited the TOMCOM Pre-departure Orientation Training (Pdot) centre here.

TOMCOM Pdot centres are located in Hyderabad, Karimnagar and Nizamabad. These centres are providing training since 2019 and so far, 3,401 migrant workers were given pre-departure orientation training.

Dr.Sayeed and the delegation interacted with domestic helps undergoing pre-departure training and highlighted the help provided by the Indian Embassy in foreign countries in case of any distress. They also heard about the previous experiences of returnee migrants when they worked in different countries.

Chander Shekhar Deputy Secretary (OIA1), Ramesh Chander, Under Secretary (OE-1B), Dasari Balaiah, Regional Passport Officer, Amit Kumar Singh, Protector of Emigrants and other officials accompanied the delegation.

Earlier, the delegation visited the Dr MCR HRD Institute, where Dr Sayeed said multifarious employment opportunities were emerging in different countries from across the globe and underlined the need to further multiply the capacity building initiatives in India in order to take a lion’s share of these opportunities.

Dr Sayeed also said the MEA was sponsoring training programmes, and that there was a proposal under the active consideration of the MEA to not only empanel Dr MCR HRD Institute to conduct these programmes but also to utilize its services in the delivery of training programmes for Trainee IFS Officers and for Mid-Service Training Programmes for serving diplomats both from India and other countries.

Benhur Mahesh Dutt Ekka, DG, Dr MCR HRD Institute, also spoke.