Amit Sharma to lead UNFPA census mission to Trinidad and Tobago
The Indian delegation will assist the Caribbean nation with its preparations for a population census scheduled for March-April 2027.
Amit Sharma, the Chief Principal Census Officer and Director of Census Operations for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, will lead an Indian delegation to Trinidad and Tobago in the last week of November, according to the Daily Excelsior.
The mission is a bilateral technical assistance programme regarding census preparedness, which is being coordinated by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
Sharma has been selected as a subject expert to help the Caribbean nation prepare for its population census, which is scheduled to take place in March-April 2027.
The delegation will visit the capital, Port of Spain, where the Central Statistics Office (CSO) will organise field visits, discussions, and technical sessions in coordination with the UNFPA.
The Indian delegation will also include D Helen Premakumari, the Deputy Director General of Census Operations in Karnataka, and four officers from the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI).