Srinagar, April 18 -- A training programme for Master Trainers for Census 2027 was organised by the Directorate of Census Operations, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at the Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD), J&K in Srinagar today.

Shri Amit Sharma, Director of Census Operations and Chief Principal Census Officer, J&K and Ladakh, addressed the participants and spoke on the role of Master Trainers in data collection during Census operations. He said that Census 2027 will be conducted in a digital format and requires trained personnel at all levels.

The four day training programme covered a wide range of issues including Census concepts and definitions, training methodology for enumerators and supervi...