ITANAGAR, 26 Oct: A delegation from the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC), led by its members Mamta Yadav and Dr Sonia Trikha, visited the Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (APPSC) here on Monday to study the best practices adopted by the commission in conducting recruitment examinations and ensuring efficient administrative functioning.

The HPSC delegation is on a five-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh.

During their interaction with the APPSC chairman, members, secretary and senior officials, detailed presentations were made on various aspects of the commission's functioning, including examination reforms, the use of technology in recruitment processes, digitisation initiatives, grievance redressal mechanisms, and measures undertaken to ensure transparency, accountability and efficiency.

APPSC Chairman Pradip Lingfa highlighted the various initiatives undertaken to revamp the commission and strengthen its functioning. He also elaborated the innovative ideas and best practices adopted by the commission to enhance the credibility, transparency and efficiency of the recruitment process.

APPSC Secretary Priytarshny explained the processes and procedures followed by the commission in conducting recruitment examinations, highlighting the systematic measures in place to ensure fairness and procedural integrity.

The HPSC delegation appreciated the innovative measures adopted by the APPSC, particularly the provision for challenging answer keys, the coding system used during viva voce to conceal candidates' identities, outreach programme, the appointment of senior government officers as observers and coordinators, the availability of PwD-friendly examination halls, the robust examination integrity mechanisms, and initiatives for staff capacity building.

Both commissions engaged in a productive exchange of ideas and experiences, focusing on mutual learning, institutional collaboration and adoption of effective practices to strengthen recruitment systems and improve public service delivery.