Chandigarh
31 August 2017
DIVYA AZAD
Sh Charanjit Singh Channi, Technical Education and Industrial Training Minister, Punjab, visited Chitkara University, Rajpura campus today as the Chief Guest for the “State Level Mega Job Fair” hosted at Chitkara University, Rajpura , under the benevolent patronage of Captain Amarinder Singh, H’ble Chief Minister of Punjab.
Around 75 Global & National Companies like Wipro, WNS, Sun Pharma, Manpower Group , Tech Mahindra, Teleperformance, Genpact & others participated in this mega job fair in which more than 5000 students participated at Chitkara University campus & out of them more than 1000 were successful with their placements.
Addressing the students at Chitkara University, Rajpura, Sh. Channi shared that the Punjab Government had in keeping with its electoral promise decided to invite top companies to hire young graduates who had degrees in various streams, and called upon the students to avail the huge employment opportunity that was being offeredto them. He also highlighted the fact that Punjab Govt. was making tremendous efforts to address the unemployment issue in the state and this Job Fair was just the beginning towards the long journey.
He also said that this was a unique opportunity where students could get jobs at attractive pay packages in top companies of the country and also MNCs. Thousands of students had registered for the Mega Job Fair attended the Job Fair, and lauded the initiative of the Punjab government.
Applauding the services being rendered by the Chitkara University in the field of education, he appreciated the stellar growth of the University under the dynamic patronage of of Dr Ashok K Chitkara, Chancellor and Dr Madhu Chitkara, Vice Chancellor, Chitkara University. He was highly impressed by the University’s CSR initiative of adopting surrounding five villages and catering to the welfare of the villages through variousNSS programs. Sh. Channi also visited the unique, exquisite and state of art Innovation Explore hub of the University which has 40 + successful startups and 100 plus industry mentors.
Dr Madhu Chitkara Vice-Chancellor, Chitkara University, praised the strenuous efforts of Punjab Govt for such a brilliant initiative as she welcomed the Technical Education Ministerand hoped that the students who got selected would carve a niche for themselves given the hands on experience that they had got during the course of their study from their respective institutions. She also apprised the gathering about the excellent placement scenario at Chitkara University.
