This article describes India's assistance to Peru, including medical supplies and disaster relief, training under the ITEC programme, the India-Peru Centre for Excellence in Information Technology and cooperation in space and agriculture. It draws only on the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) brief on India and Peru of June 2026.

Areas of cooperation

According to the MEA brief of June 2026, bilateral cooperation covers a range of areas, including:

  • health and pharma;
  • energy and mines;
  • textiles and agriculture;
  • science and technology;
  • defence and space;
  • ICT and capacity building;
  • people to people contacts and culture.

Medical assistance

India has provided medical supplies to Peru on several occasions:

  • In May 2026, at the Peruvian Government's request, India donated Disodium Calcium EDTA (15 ampoules), Dimercaprol (48 ampoules), Calcium Gluconate 10% injectable 10ml (100,000 ampoules) and Dopamine Hydrochloride 40mg/5ml injectable (16,000 units).
  • On 19 November 2025, a consignment of 250,000 saline bottles (100ml) was delivered by India as a donation to help Peru cope with a health crisis.
  • On September 18, 2023, India handed over 1000 vials of Human Immunoglobulin to the Peruvian Health Ministry, following an increase in cases of Guillain-Barré Syndrome in July 2023. The handover took place at an official ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Peru.
  • On 14 August 2020, India gifted medical aid of over 09 tons of essential medicines, including 900,000 Hydroxychloroquine tablets, and protective gear.

Earlier in the pandemic, on 28 April 2020, the External Affairs Minister and the Peruvian Foreign Minister held an online interaction focused on cooperation in dealing with the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, including the exchange of best practices.

Disaster relief

India gave US$ 500,000 to the Government of Peru as disaster relief assistance after the severe earthquake of 15 August 2007. In June 2017, it contributed US$ 150,000 towards reconstruction work in northern Peru, which had been affected by heavy rains and floods due to the El Niño phenomenon.

Information technology

The India-Peru Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (IPCEIT) was set up in Lima with the assistance of the Government of India. It began academic courses in March 2015.

ITEC training

India offers Peru regular training courses under its Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme. The brief states that the programme is gaining popularity in Peru, with more than 840 candidates having attended various courses so far.

Defence

Peruvian defence personnel also train under ITEC. Three Peruvian Defence officers availed training in India under ITEC in 2024-25, and the number rose to 11 in 2025-26. The Defence Cooperation Agreement between the two countries is listed in this guide's relations article.

Defence visits recorded in the brief include a visit to Peru by MoS Defence Rao Inderjit Singh in 2006, and a visit to India in 2009 by Vice Minister for Defence Mr. Rafael Aita Campodonico to attend "Aero India 2009".

Space

Two experts from CONIDA, Peru's National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development, attended the UNNATI (UNIspace Nanosatellite Assembly and Training) programme conducted by ISRO in Bengaluru from 15 October-15 December 2019.

Mining and energy

Secretary (Mining) visited Peru from 12-14 September 2018, and Peru's Energy and Mines Minister, Mr. Francisco Ismodes Mezzano, visited India in October 2018. The agreements on geology and mineral resources, and on new and renewable energy, are listed in this guide's relations article.

Environment

MoS for Environment, Forests and Climate Change Shri Prakash Javadekar visited Peru for COP20 in December 2014. Peru's Vice Minister of Environment, Mr. Hugo Cabieses Cubas, visited India in 2011.

Agriculture

A 5-member delegation led by Shri. Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary (Agriculture and Farmers Welfare), visited Peru from 1-6 June 2025.