A meeting was held between Secretary, DARPG Shri V. Srinivas and Prof. Louis Fransceschi, Assistant Secretary General of Commonwealth Sectt. on 09.09.2024 through Virtual mode. Mr. Dunstan Maina Public Administration Advisor, Commonwealth Secretariat, Addl. Secretary Sh. Puneet Yadav, Joint Secretary Ms. Jaya Dubey, and other senior officials of DARPG also attended the meeting.
The two sides discussed the follow-up action on the Outcome statement of the meeting of Commonwealth Secretaries of Public Services/Secretaries to Cabinet held in April, 2024.
During the discussion following areas of collaboration between the Commonwealth Secretariat and DARPG have been identified for further co-operation:-
- Collaboration with the Commonwealth Hub for the Business of Government
- Indian participation in the Smart Working Group and in the Commonwealth AI Consortium.