A job fair was held here on January 18 where about 35 companies joined to conduct interview and offer letters. It was jointly organised by the State Employment Exchange, District Employment Exchange of Employment Directorate Odisha, Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) and National Career Service Centre for Differently-Abled (NCSCDA).
The companies such as Tata Motors, HDFC Bank, Ginger, SBI life Insurance, KFC, Care Hospital, Force Motors, Karvy, Computer lab., Med Plus, Godrej Orion Edutech, Eureka Forbes, Suryoday Bank, Stark Group, Yashaswi, Garg logistics, Khandelwal Group of Companies, Aurora Management Services, Durable ijtility, Innov, Aminity tree, Sambandh Fdinancial services, Annapurna Financing Services, Kaapro, Amaze India Agro Biotech Pvt ltd, VKC, Flash Deal, Starlink logistics Pvt ltd, etc. participated.
They offered salary ranging from Rs 6,000 to Rs 50,000 per month. About 17,000 jobseekers having qualification from 8th class to Postgraduation were mobilized from registered jobseekers of National Career Service Portal (www.ncs.gov.in) Employment Exchanges, skilled candidates trained by Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) of Odisha Skill Development Authority, DDU-Gky and some freshers of local colleges and universities.
SSEPD Minister Prafulla Samal appealed to the corporate world to employ more and more Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and assured all support from the State Government n this regard.
Principal Secretary SSEPD Niten Chandra, Director of Employment and Member Secretary, Odisha Skill Development Authority (OSDA) Rajesh B Patil , Director, SSEPD Mansi Nimbal, among others were present.