Thirty inmates of the Tihar Jail were selected by companies in the sixth campus placement drive, held on Tuesday. They were offered jobs such as sales executives, data entry operators and marketing executives.
Those who are not in for serious offences, have a good code of conduct and will be released in six months are eligible for campus placements. All 30 participants got selected this time.
Interviews were held at Tihar Jail number 3. Thirty companies were supposed to visit for placements but only sixteen turned up.They chose inmates after matching job profiles and requirements.
Akshay Chauhan (35) and Sushil Gupta (late 30s) were offered packages of Rs 3 lakh and Rs 2.40 lakh, respectively, by a media firm. Durga Associates, Vedanta Foundation and Aggarwal Packers & Movers were a few of the other companies that participated. The highest package offered this year was for Rs 3 lakh.
The initiative for the campus placement drive was started by present Police Commissioner of Delhi Neeraj Kumar two years ago and till date, 372 inmates have been employed. People from an NGO come and train the prisoners on how to reply to various questions in an interview.