Rural, tribal students register at AICTE new job portal
The placement portal will serve as the vital link connecting the rural and tribal talent pool with the recruiters
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has launched the 'AICTE Placement Portal' for rural and tribal students.
The portal has been designed to offer equal job opportunities for rural
and tribal students studying in the colleges located in these remote
locations.The portal will
help the local population find jobs in the vicinity. This will prevent
the migration of youth from smaller towns to bigger cities. The portal
has segregated jobs in various districts of cities in Andaman Nicobar,
Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Telangana and more.
Streamlining the recruitment process using an online platform, TG
Sitharam, chairman, AICTE says, “In many rural and tribal areas, the job
opportunities are limited. Connectivity, networking options and
awareness about the jobs are limited as well. Keeping in mind the
genuine necessity of these remote areas, the portal has a user-friendly
design to provide placement opportunities to the students based on their
location and skills. These underprivileged students will be taken into
consideration on priority."
Highlighting the need for this portal Rajive Kumar, member
secretary, AICTE says, "We are regulating large numbers of colleges in
rural and tribal areas and this portal has been launched for the
students of these colleges. This portal will connect students with
hiring companies. The portal will provide students with an introduction
to the industry and once they get to learn and develop skills, they will
flourish on their own."
Further, it describes the AICTE placement portal’s procedure to
maintain the authenticity of applying candidates and hearing companies.
“Every entity which is going to be registered on the portal is verified
by the AICTE placement portal’s admin team and the respective
institute. There is also a provision to list down the basic details of
the hiring company such as an incorporation certificate, and
representative contact details are required to register on the portal.
This information is further verified and then the particular company
will get approved by the AICTE Team before posting the requirements of
jobs on the portal,” says Sitharam.
Recruiting companies too have the responsibility of authenticating,
"Further, hiring agencies will also be required to take up the
credibility check of the candidates, they hire from the portal," says
Kumar.
This placement portal will serve as the vital link connecting the
rural and tribal talent pool with multinational companies. “The portal's
user-friendly design as the platform is feasible with a low bandwidth
network as well as all it is compatible with all kinds of digital
devices. Readily available AICTE's helpline will also help students if
they require technical support,” says Sitharam.
Moreover, AICTE will work on creating awareness about the portal so
that more students looking for jobs can register themselves on the
portal. “AICTE will conduct various webinars and awareness programmes to
promote and enhance the reach across rural and tribal areas in the
country,” he adds.
There is a huge response from academia and industry to avail the
benefits of the placement portal. “Students from all parts of the
country have registered. Multinational companies such as Salesforce,
ServiceNow, IDS Inc Ltd, Phytech, Medini and other 4,000 companies from
various industries are onboarded already. The portal was launched
recently and the actual data with particular to area/region/state cannot
be comprehended still,” says Sitharam.
