His Highness Prince Khalid bin Abdullah bin Mugrin Al-Mushari Al-Saud, Vice Minister of Education for Girls Education arrived in New Delhi on Monday 4^th December 2006 on an 8-day visit to India, accompanied by a delegation comprising senior officials of the Ministry. The delegation was received at the airport by the Charge d’ Affaires a.i. of the Embassy, Mr. Hassan Abdu Al-Abdelwahed, Minister Plenipotentiary, Mr. S.K. Sharma, Director, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Human Resource Development of India and a number of staff members of the Embassy.

His Highness the Vice Minister and the accompanying delegation will visit several educational institutions and information technology centres in New Delhi, Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram with a view to getting acquainted with the Indian expertise in this field.