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IIT Roorkee's contribution towards the international community in science and technology include the courses and training programs run for developing countries.

Every year students from more than 50 countries join IIT Roorkee for full-time or short-term training courses.

In 1955 the department of Water Resources Development and Management ( WRDM ) was established as an Asian African Centre to honour India's commitment at the Asian African Conference held in Bandung.

WRDM and the Department of Hydrology run special postgraduate programmes for students of the Afro Asian region.

The department has so far trained over 2469 in service engineers and agricultural scientists from 48 countries including India.

The courses offered by the Department of Hydrology are presently sponsored by the Government of India and the UNESCO.