Lakshadweep Sector Expert Recruitment 2026: 3 SSM Roles

Lakshadweep Sector Expert recruitment 2026 offers three contractual opportunities under the State Support Mission of NITI Aayog. The Directorate of Planning, Statistics & Taxation has separate notices for Tourism, Transport and IT/Data Analytics expertise, based at Kavaratti.

Each detailed notice lists one position, ₹1,00,000 consolidated monthly remuneration and an initial two-year contract. This is engagement by the UT department under the mission, not direct permanent NITI Aayog employment.

Posts and qualifications

All three require relevant field experience after the highest qualification, and at least five years’ experience relevant to the job description. Team leadership, project management and stakeholder engagement also feature in the requirements; internship/training experience is excluded. Consult your sector’s full degree list and essential/desirable columns before deciding eligibility.

Candidates must be below 50 on the advertisement date. The listing is dated 29 October 2026; use the authority’s advertisement-date interpretation if you are near the boundary.

Deadline conflict: Tourism says 5 PM

All three notices give 25 November 2026. However, the detailed Tourism PDF says 5 PM, whereas the detailed Transport and IT/Data Analytics PDFs say 6 PM. The supplied combined clipping gives 6 PM for the three roles together.

These sources conflict for Tourism. Submit a Tourism application before the earlier 5 PM time and obtain clarification from the department if needed. Qaskme is flagging the difference, not issuing an official correction. The website’s date-only listing is not evidence of a different closing hour.

Application routes and address

The detailed notices allow registered post, delivery by hand or email to lak-adps@nic.in.

1. Download the full PDF for the exact sector. Its final page contains the prescribed application format.
2. Complete that format and attach a detailed bio-data, recent passport-size photograph and self-attested qualification, experience and age evidence.
3. For post/hand delivery, address it to Director, Department of Planning, Statistics & Taxation, Secretariat Building, Kavaratti, Lakshadweep – 682555.
4. Mark the envelope or email subject with the exact sector post under the State Support Mission of NITI Aayog, as instructed in that PDF.
5. Ensure receipt before the applicable cutoff and keep delivery/sent-mail evidence. Sending a postal item by the deadline is not enough if it arrives late.

What does the mission work involve?

The duties include development strategies, policy briefs, project proposals, stakeholder coordination and monitoring/reporting support. These are planning and delivery roles, so prepare evidence of relevant projects and outcomes rather than a generic skills list. That is editorial preparation advice, not an additional selection rule.

The reviewed notices do not give a numerical application fee or confirmed interview date. Do not infer either from unrelated recruitments. Browse more project consultancy and government scheme roles.

Source check: 3 November 2026. Times stated in this guide are Indian Standard Time. Check the employer’s page for later corrections before applying.

Official notice and application links

• Tourism Sector Expert official listing
• Tourism full notice and application format
• IT and Data Analytics official listing
• IT and Data Analytics notice and application format
• Transport Sector Expert official listing
• Transport notice and application format

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