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INTERVIEW
DR. MD BUKHARI MOIDU,
TRADE COMMISSIONER - MINING AND MINERALS,
INDIA AFRICA TRADE COUNCIL

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Many mining engineers working in foreign countries worldwide. Following can be done:

African mining industries were from • The curriculum can be further refined to suit the global
India. So, I believe there is a strong requirement,
competency shearing in Africa and • Industrial training for the students can be arranged,
India as far as mining industries are • Knowledge can be shared by African and Indian
concerned, I strongly believe that African mineral wealth industrialist,
surely makes Africa number one in the world. • Classrooms and labs can be digitized,
• Additional infrastructure may have constructed in fulfi lling
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The nearby eastern extension of gold reefs of KGF, African mining industries to satisfy the above mentioned
exploration work and feasibility report were prepared by the points.
Government of India and found to extract gold economically.
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Challenging task. Looking forward always.
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INTERVIEW
MR. RAJESH ARYAN

HEALTH DIRECTOR, INDIA AFRICA TRADE COUNCIL

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QPTU $PWJE in South Africa, the government and private sector are
COVID-19 has spread across collaborating on the National Ventilator Project and also the
the globe, exposing the fragility of use of technological solutions to fight against Covid-19. Both

healthcare systems, the ineffi ciency the governments are creating greater cooperation to ensure
of social protection frameworks, and that even the most vulnerable have access to healthcare,
the lack of economic resilience. This especially to medicines and vaccines.

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