Mangaluru Udyoga Mela for unemployed youth on Nov 19, 20

Mangaluru, Oct 16: To create job opportunities for aspirants, Dakshina Kannada district administration intends to organise Mangaluru Udyoga Mela – 2015, a two-day career development and job fair for unemployed graduates and non-graduates on November 19 and 20 at Canara Engineering College, Benjana Padavu on the outskirts of the city.

Minister for Forest, Environment and Ecology and district in-charge minister B Ramanath Rai inaugurated the Udyoga Mela office in the district headquarters complex in Mangaluru on Friday.

Addressing a press conference after inaugurating the Udyoga Mela office, Mr Rai said that an exclusive website had been set up for the purpose, which was open for companies and job aspirants to register themselves online. The focus is on creating a platform for job aspirants from Dakshina Kannada and other districts to avail employment opportunities, he said.

He informed that a slogan had been selected for the employment drive - ‘Namma Kayyalli Namma Udyoga’ (Our employment in our hands).

Deputy Commissioner A B Ibrahim said that a meeting had been held on October 14 in Bengaluru with heads of companies from various sectors and various government and private multi-national companies had been invited to participate in the employment drive. Another meeting would be convened in Bengaluru on October 26 to discuss with the CEOs and HR executives of nearly 20-30 multi-national companies in this regard, he said.

He said that there would be an orientation programme for registered aspirants on November 7 and 8.

One of the main features of the drive will be Employability Enhancement Centre, where counselling will be held for job aspirants on the day of the drive. Based on the number of early registrations, there will also be taluk-level counselling for job aspirants in the coming days before the employment drive, he informed, adding that spot registrations would also be possible for the drive.

He told reporters that the main objective was to facilitate employment opportunities for unemployed job aspirants. The drive is not limited to Mangaloreans, he said.

Registrations and other information can be availed at the following website -www.mangaluruudyogamela.com or by sending email to: [email protected].

Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Dr S D Sharanappa, Zilla Panchayat CEO P I Sreevidya and others were present on the occasion.