Amit Sharma takes over as Director Census J&K, Ladakh

Srinagar, Nov 24: Amit Sharma assumed the charge as Director of Census Operations and Citizen Registration, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh in the Directorate of Census Operations (DCO) on Monday.

He assumed the charge in Srinagar on a deputation of the Government of India after getting relieved from Mizoram last week.

This was followed by an introductory meeting with the employees of the directorate in which all staff members including Joint Director Arun Kumar and Assistant Director Vijay Kumar, participated.

Sharma returned to serve J&K and Ladakh after making valuable contributions towards implementing administrative and e-Governance reforms, both in the UT of Ladakh and the state of Mizoram, over the last two to three years.

As Director of Census Operations, Sharma will get a rare opportunity to conduct the first-ever digital census in the nation, while using expertise in the IT domain gained over the years, in J&K and Ladakh.

During this introductory meeting, the employees of DCO J&K, Ladakh, shared their perspectives about ongoing pre-test of the Census related activities in both J&K and Ladakh wherein Sharma could assess their expertise-level in various domains like mapping, Census, CRS, SRS, DDU, statistics, finance, and administration so as to ensure their optimal utilisation in the upcoming actual census coming soon.

Amit Sharma said that the issue regarding filling up of vacancies in DCO J&K and Ladakh would be taken up on top priority with the Office of Registrar General of India, so that the Census in snow-bound areas of J&K and Ladakh can be conducted during October 2026 as per notification with the full strength of employees.

In the meeting with the employees, Sharma said that he has the highest expectations from the J&K and Ladakh Census team and believed that a landmark performance would be made while performing Census activities in J&K and Ladakh in 2026-27.