In a bid to make the upcoming Mega Skill Summit-2019 a grand success, the State’s biggest university — Ranchi University (RU) has initiated the task of imparting training to over 3,200 youths. As per the recent directives of Chief Secretary, Sudhir Tripathi, the officials of university’s Placement Cell have planned a series of activities to boost the temperament of the candidates, making them industry ready.
From organising soft skills, Information Technology (IT) classes to holding seminars and workshops in association with the companies regarding the market requirement, the university persons have chalked out a proposal to meet the given target. “A yearly calendar has been prepared as what activities will be conducted on the monthly basis for training the students. Soon, the proposal will be tabled
for getting approval of the university Heads,” said Coordinator — RU Placement Cell, Dr. Neha Gupta.
“In accordance to our plan, this year, we will be roping in a few mentors/experts from different sectors for counseling students. Besides the regular training, a job fair is also on the cards. Both technical and non-technical recruiters are being approached by the university, so that maximum students can be placed fulfilling the criteria of the State Government,” added Gupta.
In addition, the Placement Cell Coordinator assured that negotiations on different grounds with companies are on. “Issues ranging from salary, facilities, perks are being discussed with the company
representatives,” Gupta further added. Notably, through Skill Summit — 2019, being organized for the second time, the State government has decided to cover 1 lakh trained youths. The Chief Secretary had recently issued a district wise target list to all Deputy Commissioners (DCs) regarding the training of students apart setting the target for State-owned universities.
The senior officials of each district have been asked to focus on quality training, establishment of placement cell and organization of placement camps at a regular basis to prepare the selected candidates. The exercise to rope in
eligible youths for imparting training is likely to begin soon from mid-July.
According to the communiqué, candidates from 18 years to 35 years will be placed in different companies as per their skills and educational qualification. Also, as per the communiqué, the nodal officers have been asked to ensure registration of all interested candidates through ‘Chancellor Portal’ in sufficient numbers following the conversion rate.