Two Job fairs were organized by Project Implementation Agencies under Himayat Mission Management Unit (HMMU) one each in Jammu and one in Anantnag on 5th December 2022. A total of 70 candidates in Jammu & 103 candidates in Anantnag trained under Himayat Programme took part in these Job Fairs.
Representatives of 15 Companies participated in the event including—Airtel, SBI Card, La Pinoz Pizza, Pizza Milano(Anantnag) Dominos, V-mart, employers from Hospitality Sector and Telecom like Khyber Resorts and SPA, Raddison(Pahalgam), Tenon FM outsource, Hotel Hill Top(Gulmarg/Pahalgam), Ecom Express, The Chinar, etc.
Himayat-DDUGKY is a flagship skill development cum placement program of Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India. Himayat-DDUGKY is implemented in Private-Public –Partnership (PPP) mode by Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs) which are empaneled with Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India. The objective of the program is to impart skill training and employment to unemployed youth of J&K.
Job Fair at Jammu was inaugurated by Mr. Sajad Chowdhary, JKAS (State Project Manager, HIMAYAT) & at Anantnag was inaugurated by Mr.Javed Iqbal, Principal, Govt. Polytechnic, Larkipora . While speaking on the occasion, they appreciated the employers present on the occasion for providing employment opportunities to the youth. They also urged them to engage maximum number of Himayat trained candidates in future recruitment drives in their respective agencies/companies. Further stated that these type of job fairs provide an opportunity to the trained candidates from all streams to access various career options.
State Project Manager, HIMAYAT congratulated all the shortlisted candidates and encouraged them to take placement opportunities outside the state of Jammu & Kashmir as well.
Speaking on the occasion of the Job Fair at Anantnag, Adil Ashraf Tanki, State Project Manager, HIMAYAT, expressed his gratitude to all the employers for their contribution in supplementing the efforts of Himayat Mission Management Unit as regard to providing the employment opportunities to youth.
On the occasion employers were felicitated by presenting them with mementos.
Besides, the events were also attended by the representative from the Department of Employment, Municipal Corporation, Jammu, Sarpanch, Lukbhawan (PRI member) State Project Managers (Himayat), Project Officers (NIRD&PR), District Programme Manager IBCB and Livelihoods, UMEED JKRLM and representatives of various Project Implementing Agencies.
