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USTM-ICT Academy Mega
Pool Campus Drive held successfully
More than 1500 students from 60
institutions of NE joined
Guwahati, 21 December 2017: A mega recruitment drive
was held at the campus of University of Science and
Technology Meghalaya (USTM) today where in more than 1500
students from 60 institutions across the North East appeared
for interviews with HR professionals of six reputed Chennai
based companies working in diverse fields. The drive has
been organized by ICT Academy in association with the
Regional Institute of Science and Technology (RIST) & USTM
and it has been supported by All India Council for Technical
Education (AICTE).
Inaugurating the Campus Drive, the USTM Chancellor Mahbubul
Hoque called upon the participating students to be
innovative with new ideas so that apart from getting a job,
they can also become employers in the future. He said that
the fresh students need to look for organizations having
good culture and background to work with, rather than
measuring the salary while starting their professional
career.
Addressing a vast gathering of job aspirants, Anand Babu P,
Senior Manager-ICT Academy said that the ICT Academy is now
working for skill development in all the north-eastern
states with 17,000 students and also helping them in
placement. The Academy has been endorsed by the NITI Ayog as
a model organization and has been working in collaboration
with the state Governments and Industries. “ICT Academy is a
not-for-profit society, the first of its kind pioneer
venture under the Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) model
that endeavours to train the higher education teachers and
students thereby exercises on developing the next generation
teachers and industry ready students”, he added. Pradip
Chetry, State Head, North East States, ICT Academy also
addressed the participants and announced that in March 2018,
more companies are coming up for campus drive in the North
East.
The employment drive has been organized through “Link 2017”
that engages itself in organizing campus drive across the
country. The recruiters in the Link Job Fair 2017 at USTM
includes, ALLSEC Technologies based in Chennai and Noida,
AEGIS based in Chennai, TNQ based in Chennai and Coimbatore,
S10 Health based in Shillong and Chennai, First Source based
in Chennai and IMARQUE Solutions Global Technology Services
based in Chennai. The inaugural session of the event ended
with vote of thanks by Dr HK Barua, Director Academics, ERDF. |
