Budgam, Oct 14: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Budgam, Akshay Labroo, inaugurated a one-day Job Fair at Sheikh-ul-Alam Memorial (SAM) Degree College Budgam on Saturday.
The Job fair was organised by District Employment & Counselling Centre (DE&CC) Budgam for youth unemployed youth of the district Budgam for their placement in various companies.
The youths from different colleges including ITI institutions participated in this job fair and appeared in on spot interview process for their recruitment.
Deputy commissioner of Budgam, Askhay Labroo said that the Job Fair was organized under the guidance of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, with the intention of facilitating job opportunities for the students and youth of Budgam.
He also encouraged the youth to actively participate in such events and take maximum benefits out of these placement drives.
DC Budgam also mentioned that such kind of events shall be conducted in other parts of the district in future also. The District Administration Budgam will train unemployed youth under District Skill Development Plan to bridge gap between level of skills of youth and requirement of the job providing companies.
“The various skill development courses shall be conducted to ready our youth for their employment as per the demand in the market,” Labroo said.
He said that there are lot of opportunities for aspiring candidates under various schemes which includes Tejaswani, Mumkin, PMEGP and HADP not only get a job but also become a job provider themselves.
The Deputy commissioner of Budgam urged youth to register under employment schemes and set up their enterprises in hospitality, handicraft, tourism, or anywhere in the service sector to explore vast livelihood opportunities for them.
The Deputy commissioner Budgam have also distributed sanction letters among various Tejaswani and Handicraft schemes beneficiaries.
ADDC Budgam, Dr Akramullah Tak, JD Employment Kashmir Zeenat Ara and other officers of Employment were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, the opening remarks were given by the officials from the District Employment & Counselling Centre (DE&CC) Budgam various companies like Fil- Industries, Fair Deal Motors, Al- Hasain Travel, CRL Diagnostics, New Look Advertisement, Himalayan Motors, Digi- Tech, Royal International, Ashoka Leyland were the main companies that participated in the fair.
