The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions held talks with Mauritius’s Minister of Public Service and Administrative Reforms to expand cooperation between the two countries in training government officials and building administrative capacity. Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, met with Lutchmanah Raj Pentiah and his delegation to chart out deeper institutional partnerships in public service delivery.
India and Mauritius share historical and cultural links that create natural ground for this cooperation, Dr Singh said. The two nations have already begun implementing a training programme for 500 Mauritian civil servants over five years through the National Centre for Good Governance, with the first batch already studying at Mussoorie.
What is being expanded
The two countries plan to strengthen institutional connections between Mauritius’s Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Public Service and Innovation and Indian institutions including the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Indian Institute of Public Administration and Institute of Secretariat Training and Management. Areas of collaboration will include joint programme design, faculty training, exposure visits, sharing of training methods, case study development and joint research.
The iGOT Karmayogi Mauritius platform, a digital learning system, will serve as a foundation for ongoing capacity building. Indian and Mauritian institutions will work together to design learning pathways and adapt training content to Mauritius’s governance needs.
To date, 85 Mauritian officers have completed training through four missions. The Mauritian side has invited Indian teams to conduct trainer-of-trainers programmes within Mauritius and support better use of the Karmayogi Bharat platform. Mid-career and in-service training opportunities for Mauritian civil servants are also being designed.
Both sides discussed emerging areas for cooperation including the Blue Economy, ocean technologies, fisheries and desalination, with plans for specialised capacity-building programmes and practitioner exchanges.
What this means for you
If you work in India’s public administration sector, this signals expanded opportunities for international engagement and knowledge-sharing through your institutions. For Mauritian officials, India’s training and digital learning platforms now offer structured pathways for skill development and exposure to Indian governance practices, creating potential career development options beyond individual courses.