Mangalore, May 12: A two-day job fair — Alva's Pragathi 2012 — got under way in Moodbidri on Saturday. It was inaugurated at Alva's College by Union Minister for Corporate Affairs M. Veerappa Moily. This is the third consecutive year that Alva's Foundation has organised the job fair.
The foundation said more than 14,000 job aspirants had registered for the mela, including about 2,000 registrations on the spot on Saturday. As many as 137 companies were scouting for candidates.
Mr. Moily, who commended the Foundation for organising the event without any commercial interest behind it, said students should make use of this opportunity. He told the students to be confident, optimistic and perform to their best.
He said that no student was inferior and with right guidance anyone could achieve something.
He announced that a similar job fair would be in Chickballapur on July 14 and 15 (Mr. Moily is Chickballapur MP). The event, this year, is expected to attract 200 to 250 companies and close to 20,000 students. Chairman of the Alva's Education Foundation M. Mohan Alva told the presspersons that this year the event had been organised in a very systematic manner.
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