Job Fair at Govt. Industrial Training Institute for Women

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Chandigarh 06^th July:- The Govt. Industrial Training Institute for Women, Sector 11, Chandigarh organized a Job Fair in the premises of the Institute today, in collaboration with Tata Strive – who has tie-up with more than 20 companies for placement of the students. All the 20 companies under the banner of Tata Strive attended the job fair and intensively interviewed the students and selected the best ones for their companies.  Tata STRIVE, an initiative of Tata Community Initiatives Trust, and the first Group CSR programme, addresses the pressing need of skilling India's youth for employment, entrepreneurship and community enterprise.

Earlier, Rajesh Kumar Popli, Joint Secretary-cum-Director, Technical Education, UT, Chandigarh inaugurated the Job Fair and congratulated the students, staff and Principal of the Institute in organizing such a big Job Fair in which twenty companies from Tata Strive and twenty other companies have participated. Out of a total of 525 students enrolled, 315 were selected by the companies from different streams with a package ranging from Rs.8000 to Rs.15, 000 per month, according to their caliber.

Rajesh Kumar Popli, while interacting with the students appearing for Interview emphasized the need for improving  their soft skills including verbal communication and to have right attitude towards their jobs so that they can hundred percent contribute towards the development of the Nation and the Society attitude. Further, Rajesh Popli informed the gathering that similar Job Fairs would also be organized in other technical institutes for the benefit of the students.

The Principal of the Institute, Rajan Dogra appreciated the efforts of the Tata Strive and other companies in selecting large number of students of the Institute for various jobs and offering them on the spot appointment letters.