Thousands throng in CT Mega Job Fest’11 Jammu

 

In furtherance to its endeavors for bridging up the gap between industry and academia and serving their demands, CT Group of Institutions, Jalandhar, Punjab added yet another feather to its cap by organizing a Mega Job Fest at Jammu University New Campus, Jammu.

About1500 students from different streams participated in this event of mammoth magnitude. This included students from Jammu and Kashmir, neighboring areas as well as from colleges in Punjab. There were ten companies from diverse sectors to recruit students. This is worth mentioning that CT Group of Institutions had organized 8 Job Fests in the past and Mega Job Fest 2011 was the ninth. CT Group has earlier organized these fairs in its campus as well as in Bihar and J&K.

The Job fest witnessed a good footfall of students with numbers of participants crossing thousand benchmark. Students from B.A., B.Com. B.Sc., BBA, BCA. B Tech, B.Pharma) and Post graduates (M.C.A. / M.B.A) and other disciplines participated in the event. Some of the top notch companies included WNS, HDFC Bank, Lupin Pharma, Karvy, Kayako Infotech, Vibe Technologies, Blue heaven securities, Jammu Ford and Highland Securities. These companies had different placement process. Some companies did the initial screening by studying the CVs of the students and inviting them for the interview. There were others who had a comprehensive process including written test followed by a group discussion and personal interview.

Since the choice of companies for a student was multiple, students were able to set up the priorities as to how they should plan the day. Moreover, there was no restriction on the number of interviews a candidate could take; some candidates were able to get themselves selected in more than one company.

Mr. Kavinder Gupta, Ex-Mayor of Jammu was the Chief Guest of the event. He appreciated the efforts of CT Group for organizing this kind of mega event. He further added that such Job fairs provide a platform to companies, organizations and recruiters of all levels and involved in all facets of business, services, education and research to recruit the students from one of the best talent pools of the country.

Mr. Yudhir Sethi, State secretary of BJP, was the guest of honor. Mr.Gaurav Khanna, Training & Placement officer CT Group of Institutions ensured the students that CT GROUP will keep on doing these kinds of events in J&K & will help the students to get their dream jobs.

Mr. Harpreet Singh, Director Administration, CT Group of Institutions expressed his gratitude to the companies for being a part of this mega event. He also applauded the efforts of the department of Corporate Relations and Placements for the valiant effort.
S. Charanjit Singh Channi, Chairman- CT Group was elated at the successful completion of the fest and congratulated all the students who were shortlisted. He further added that following its tradition CT Group of Institutions remains committed to offer employment opportunities to the students and would continue its efforts for the same.