3500 Indian special lsts and 7 Soviet designers working In MECON. The firm has become the official consultant of the Government of India on ferrous metallurgy problems. It also renders consultancy services In carrying out large projects In other countries, In particular, In Nigeria. Another Indian engineering­ technical organization created and operating with the participation of Sov!et special lsts Is a Ferrous metallurgy scientific research centre In Ranch I tack I lng the problems of Improvement and modernization of technological processes and metallurgical equipment. In 1983 Its staff consisted of more than 300 national special 1st whose number wll I be brought up t~ 500 persons In the near future. In Egypt on the basis of joint venture of soviet and Egyptian special lsts In the field of elaboration ~f long-term programme of power development began In 1967 there has been created a national organization 11Energoproject11 with more than 200 specialists who design lndepe~dently high-voltage and dlstrlbut·Jon power I lnes and transformer substations particularlY for the projects of the programme of complete electrification of rural area on the basis of cheap electrical power generated by the Aswan hydro-power complex. In the SyrIen Arab Repub I I c, the deve I opment of petro feum Industry cal led up the necessity of creating In 1972 a special organization for designing end.consultency services· which only during the first ten years of existence executed more then 100 complicated designs for large oil projects. In 1983 there were 24 Soviet designers and more than 450 Syrian speclettsts In this organIzatIon where·as In 1980 the number ·of Syr tan spec 1 a lists reached only 43 persons. The coopratlon with the Soviet Union makes It possible for Syrian special lsts to master rapidly comp­ licated technology of oil drilling. In 1981 out of 12 drilling 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the cooperation between India and the Soviet Union in various sectors, including engineering, metallurgy, and energy. It highlights the establishment of joint organizations and the transfer of technology and expertise between the two countries. The text also mentions the development of specific industries, such as petrochemicals in Syria, and the training of local specialists.

**Category**
Industry, Science and technology