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Daijiworld Media Network – Bantwal (EP)
Bantwal, Nov 20: The two-day 'Mangaluru Udyoga Mela-2015' organized at Canara Engineering College premises, Benjanapadavu here drew to a close on Friday November 20, with thousands of aspirants flocking the job fair.
District in-charge minister Ramanath Rai expressed his happiness at the success of the Udyoga Mela.
Speaking to news reporters regarding the success of the job fair, Rai said, "The heads of a large number of companies which participated in the fair have expressed their appreciation. The department of employment and training too has spoken the words of praise about the job fair. Those who have secured jobs are happy. None among the participants said that they were dissatisfied. On the whole the success of the job fair has made us glad."
"There are sufficient numbers of educational institutes in the district. There are adequate centres of skill and technical training. More than one lac students graduate from them and look for jobs every year. While some of them get jobs, others remain unemployed and get distressed. I had the desire to hold the Job fair to create a platform for them. My desire is now fulfilled. The suggestion of Dr Harish Hande that a research centre should be opened in Mangaluru has provided me new inspiration. The job fair will be held every year in order to provide employment to the youth of the district," he said.
Urban development minister, Vinay Kumar Sorake said, “By organizing Udyoga Mela, Ramanath Rai has set an example for other ministers of the state. In the coming days, we have plans to organize such a job fair in Udupi too."
In all, 16,695 job aspirants had registered for the two-day job fair, out of which 12,470 participated. Altogether, 223 companies came for the job fair and 165 companies hired 665 candidates. Rest of the companies will finalize their candidates in the next one week.
DC AB Ibrahim said that totally, around 5,000 are expected to find employment through this job fair.
BUDA president Pius Rodrigues, zilla panchayat member Chandrashekar Shetty, M S Mohammed, taluk panchayat member Padmashekar Jain, Block congress president Mayilappa Salian, Abbas Ali, Baby Kunder, Yousuf Karandadi and others were present.