Shillong, Nov 10: Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, Shri Thomas A Sangma, was invited and felicitated by Lord Uday Nagaraju, Member of the House of Lords, at the UK Parliament in London on November 9, 2026, as part of the ongoing State Legislators’ Leadership Excellence Programme.
The felicitation and interaction were attended by Dr. Sampath Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary and Vice-Chair of the Meghalaya Legislative Research Fellowship Project (MLRF); Shri Cyril Diengdoh, Commissioner and Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs; Shri Malthus S. Sangma, Secretary, Meghalaya Legislative Assembly; Dr. Andrew Simons, Adviser (Legislation); Shri Aiban Swer, Director and Project Lead, MLRF; Shri Stephen Anurag, NISG Project Officer and Co-Lead, MLRF; and Dr. Julian Huppert, former Member of the UK Parliament and Director of the Intellectual Forum, Jesus College, Cambridge.
The engagement provided an opportunity for the Meghalaya delegation to interact with Lord Nagaraju and gain insights into the functioning of the UK Parliament, parliamentary traditions and the role of the House of Lords in the country’s legislative and policy-making processes.
Lord Uday Nagaraju, also known as Lord Nagaraju of Bloomsbury, is a British Labour Party politician, technology consultant and public policy expert who serves as a Life Peer in the House of Lords. His engagement with the Meghalaya delegation formed part of the broader international exchange aimed at strengthening parliamentary understanding and institutional cooperation.
The interaction was held under the State Legislators’ Leadership Excellence Programme, being conducted in London and Cambridge from November 7 to 14, 2026. The programme is jointly organised by the Meghalaya Legislative Research Fellowship Project (MLRF), Government of Meghalaya, and the Intellectual Forum at Jesus College, Cambridge, in collaboration with King’s India Institute, King’s College London, and LSE Consulting, The London School of Economics and Political Science.
The programme aims to provide Meghalaya’s legislators and senior officials with international exposure to parliamentary practices, leadership, governance and public policy through engagements with distinguished parliamentarians, academics and institutional leaders.
The meeting and felicitation at the House of Lords marked an important engagement during the delegation’s UK visit, providing an opportunity to exchange perspectives on parliamentary democracy, governance and institutional development.
