Education & Career
Raipur job fair selects over 5,000 youths in Chhattisgarh
Hindustan Times··3d ago
More than 5,000 candidates were selected at a two-day state-level job fair in Raipur, officials said on Thursday. Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai handed offer letters to about 1,100 youths at the closing ceremony. More than 13,000 youths took part, an official statement said. Over 95 registered employers joined the fair at Sardar Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Selected candidates received offer letters at the stadium ceremony in Raipur.
- Officials said youths from remote and tribal districts also appeared for selections.
- The state plans to develop the e-Rojgar portal into a Skill Market matching vacancies to skills.
What's Happening
- Sai said education, skill training and local employment remain government priorities.
- He said 925 employment fairs over two-and-a-half years provided jobs to more than 25,845 youths.
- Companies ran their own selection processes during the fair, the release said.
What Else Sai Highlighted
- He pointed to IIT, IIM, IIIT, AIIMS and a Law University as higher education options in the state.
- The Prayas programme was cited for competitive-exam preparation support.
- The fair ran from Wednesday through Thursday in the capital.
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