 Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Mar 17: Amit Sharma, IAS, Director Census Operations (DCO) & Director Citizen Registration (DCR), Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs for the UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, mentioned Census 2027 as the basis of Climate Resilience strategies in the Valedictory Session of three-day Resilience & Sustainability Summit - Vision 2047 organised at IIT Roorkee, Greater Noida Campus, NCR New Delhi, which is an event of national importance and seeing the presence of galaxy of select personalities from amongst the Policy Makers, Vice Chancellors of various Universities, Researchers, Government Ministries and Departments like NDMA, DST and even global experts.
DCO/DCR Government of India, MHA for J&K and Ladakh Amit Sharma was invited as a Special Guest to deliver his keynote address in Valedictory Session of RESSUMIT 2026, especially due to his rich experience and exposure to travelling and working across different climatic conditions in Bharat like Ladakh, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh and peninsular India.
Amit shared his concerns during his keynote address in RESSUMMIT 2026 about fast changing climatic conditions in almost all regions of the nations, right from up north to north east and southern belts of Bharat, primarily owing to global warming and lifestyle changes of people, over past couple of decades. At the same time, he termed upcoming Census 2027 to act as a catalyst in getting latest demographic data with precision alongwith minutest details like internet connection, mobile phones, televisions, etc in the households which can helping in assessing the need for product recycling and residue reuse activities which are much needed for ensuring climatic resilience and sustainability in the current tough fast changing weather scenarios.
During his address, Amit Sharma also happened to share several successful initiatives taken during his role as Secretary Transport, Science and Technology, Disaster Management, Rural Development and IT in Ladakh in the recent past for developing climatic resilience and making Ladakh Net Zero Emission UT which include operationalization of five Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses for public transport, introducing Electric Vehicles for freight movement of goods & services, organising earthquake mock exercises, stationing of a company of NDRF in Ladakh, studies conducted to counter GLOF related challenges, hot springs management workshops, natural gas exploration project in Puga, solar energy harnessing projects, being the primary ones, amongst others.
DCO/DCR J&K and Ladakh Amit Sharma also appreciated the organisation this important RESSUMIT 2026 in this top national educational institute of IIT Roorkee, primarily on five tracks namely Climate Knowledge, Regional Vulnerabilities, Health and Well Being, Industry and Safety & Policy Dialogue wherein subject specialists are expressing their views on related subjects. |
