The State Government’s decision to keep a proper record of all students recruited by various firms through a web portal is commendable. With the target to provide jobs to 25,000 students in diverse sectors this year, the ‘Mega Rozgar Mela’ organised by Department of Higher and Technical Education and Ranchi University (RU) is a platform that will aid the students in mastering their skills,” said, Governor, Draupadi Murmu while inaugurating the two day job fair at Aryabhata Auditorium on Wednesday.
In a bid to curb migration and utilise the human resources, the department has also planned to create a post of placement experts at every university. The decision will also address the need and strengthen the existing placement cell at every college functioning under all the major State-owned varsities alongside redesigning the courses.
“After studying the feasibility and demands of corporate world, the department has initiated the task of redesigning few courses according to the industry necessitate. Amalgamation and bifurcation of courses is being done by all the universities. State level team is working on the blueprint to design courses according to industry-integrated approach. The redesigning of courses will be complete before the commencement of new academic session,” said, Secretary, Department of Higher and Technical Education, Ajay Kumar Singh.
Similarly, the Department has also advised the universities to introduce courses on soft skills and communication development. Ensuring major step towards imparting quality education to the students at par with other recognized universities, Jharkhand Government has signed MoU with CISCO Systems, American multinational computer technology corporation, Oracle, IT hardware giant HP and few another renowned firms to provide latest technology to the State-owned varsities.
The ‘Hunar’ web portal designed especially to meet the requirement of job seekers will not be just restricted to registering, uploading the candidates details now. After receiving the applicant’s details fortnight training sessions in communication skills will be organized for the students to brush-up their skills before going for any job interview, claimed, Singh.
“The web-portal, ‘Hunar’ which implies ‘Hallmarking of unrecognized novice and amateur resources’ will act as a real time monitoring system beside tracking students record. It will register grievances of the candidates as well. State Government will also intervene in the matter, if required, after receiving complaints from any candidate about any company,” added Singh.
Notably, ensuring that equal opportunities is provided to each student irrespective of distance, mediums etc., the State Government will soon organize job fair at every block and will tie-up with other universities to reach out targeted groups. Approximately, 20 companies providing services in different segments have turned up at RU with around 6,000 job vacancies for different posts in major cities this year.