To provide an income base to the youths of Vidarbha and give a job to the unemployed young generation Fortune Foundation had organized a Youth Empowerment Summit, from February 14 to 16. A three day job placement fest was held at MLA hostel, Civil Lines.
On the first day of the event, inauguration was done by Nitin Gadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highway of India. Devendra Fadnavis during his speech motivated the youth crowd on how to tackle life problems and what all ways can be found to manage the burden of unemployment.
More than five thousand students were present on the first day of this summit along with their qualification degrees. 35 stalls of different banks participated in the summit to provide loans for a start up to the students. More than 50 students had already got a letter in their hands by the job placement booths.
More than 20 companies have tagged themselves along the summit which is able to provide thousands of job opportunity in and outside Maharashtra.
The companies vary of different fields from Bosch, Mahindra to ICICI bank. These all companies are set to hire the students as their employees and get them on roll in many cities like Chennai, Pune, Aurangabad, Ahmadnagar, Baramati and even in Nagpur. Alone Cognizant Software limited has got 3,295 vacancies for the students in Chennai and Pune.