Sri Vijaya Puram, Apr. 29: The two-day A&N Conference, SANGITI – 2025 (Survey of Andaman & Nicobar Governance Initiatives for Transformative Islands) organized by A&N Administration concluded in the conference hall of DBRAIT today. The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Dr. Chandra Bhushan Kumar, IAS, was the chief guest of the valedictory function.
In his brief address, the Chief Secretary said that the two- day conference provided an opportunity to all the officers/officials and stakeholders from different fields to interact with each other and prepare a road map for further improvement in 7 broad schemes such as 1. Tourism, 2. Biodiversity, 3. Mobility, 4. Energy, 5. Strategic Security, 6. (A) Water, 6. (B) Circular Economy, 7.(A) Production Economic- Agriculture, 7. (B) Production Economic-Fisheries. He further urged the officials to work as a team for the meaningful completion of projects.
The Chief Secretary further stated that SANGITI will be a continuous process and day-long conferences will be organized focusing on a particular theme so that more new ideas will emerge for the development of a particular sector.
Summing up the session, the Secretary (Planning), Dr. Aman Gupta touched upon the key highlights of the 7 broad themes presented by different Departments and stakeholders during the two-days conference. Informing about the way forward, Dr. Gupta said that the domain Departments need to devise an implementation plan with specific targets and milestones for each deliverable with indicative timelines.
The valedictory session concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by the Secretary (Co-ordination), Smt. Pallavi Sarkar.
