Jammu, November 14: Amit Sharma, IAS, Chief Principal Census Officer and Director Census Operations, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, will lead an Indian delegation to Trinidad and Tobago in the last week of November for a UNFPA-coordinated technical assistance mission on census preparedness.
The delegation will share India’s experience and best practices in conducting Census operations, including the country’s first digital Census initiative, with officials of Trinidad and Tobago, which is preparing for its population census in March-April 2027.
Sharma, along with D. Helen Premakumari, DDG, Census Operations, Karnataka, will represent the Office of the Registrar General of India, while four officers from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation will also be part of the delegation.
The mission will include technical discussions, knowledge-sharing sessions and field visits with officials of the Central Statistics Office of Trinidad and Tobago.
Sharma said the delegation was fully prepared for the assignment and expressed gratitude to the Government of India and the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India for entrusting him with the responsibility.
