India-Mauritius Public Service Cooperation Meeting
Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms of Mauritius, Mr. Lutchmanah Raj Pentiah, met with India's Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh at Kartavya Bhavan to discuss strengthening bilateral cooperation in public service, training, and capacity building. The meeting was attended by senior officials from both governments, representatives of the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Public Service and Innovation (ABVIPSI), and Mauritius High Commissioner to India H.E. Mrs. Sheila Bappoo.
Dr Jitendra Singh emphasized the special relationship between India and Mauritius rooted in historical, cultural, and people-to-people ties, noting that public administration provides a natural area for further cooperation. He referenced the understanding reached during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Mauritius last year to train 500 Mauritian civil servants over five years through the National Centre for Good Governance (NCGG), with the first batch already undergoing training at Mussoorie.
A major focus was developing stronger institutional linkages between ABVIPSI and leading Indian institutions including Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA), Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), and Institute of Secretariat Training & Management (ISTM). Proposed areas of cooperation include joint program design, faculty and training capacity building, exchange of expertise, exposure programs, sharing of training methodologies, development of case studies, and joint research.
The recently operationalized iGOT Karmayogi Mauritius platform was identified as a foundation for sustained digital learning and capacity building of Mauritian public servants. Indian and Mauritian institutions will work together to develop learning pathways, curate content, and incorporate Mauritian governance experiences and case studies into learning resources.
IIPA proposed collaboration with ABVIPSI for short- and long-term programs in public administration, governance, leadership and public policy, plus capacity building of ABVIPSI faculty and staff and training programs for scientific and technical officials from Mauritius. Specific proposals included cooperation in joint research and consultancy, Monitoring and Evaluation of government schemes and projects, faculty and researcher capacity building, development of online training courses and modules, and faculty and staff exchanges.
LBSNAA proposed opportunities for Mauritian civil servants to participate in suitable mid-career and in-service training programs and for joint design of programs aligned with Mauritius's capacity-building requirements.
The Mauritian Minister welcomed India's support and proposed that NCGG teams visit Mauritius to train trainers and public servants, and to support more effective utilization of the Karmayogi Bharat platform. He noted that 85 Mauritian officers have already undergone training through four missions and expressed readiness to facilitate further training programs in Mauritius.
Mauritius sought India's support in developing ABVIPSI as a center of excellence for public service learning and innovation for the Indian Ocean and Eastern African region, invited Indian institutions to participate in an international conference on good governance and management, and sought deeper academic and institutional linkages.
The discussions also explored cooperation in emerging areas including Blue Economy, ocean technologies, fisheries, desalination, and sustainable development through specialized capacity-building programs, practitioner exchanges, and joint learning initiatives. Both sides reaffirmed commitment to strengthen institutional partnerships and sustained training engagement building upon the 500-officer training programme, ABVIPSI, iGOT Karmayogi Mauritius, and emerging linkages between training institutions.