IGNOU to commence campus placement programme

New Delhi, May 5 (UNI) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has invited applications from its students, both IT and non-IT, for placement in various companies.

IGNOU Vice Chancellor V N Rajasekharan Pillai announced that the University Campus placement Cell had formulated a major plan for the students.

Students are required to send their resume, only through their personal email ID, mentioning their current mailing address, mobile and landline numbers to [email protected] The University will also post information on placement programme on its website www.ignou.ac.in.

Prof Pillai said the university will soon launch highly specialised jobs on a pan India basis for its students pursuing various degree programmes.

''The programme is being undertaken to map existing employable skill levels of IGNOU heterogeneous distance learner population for various industry domains -- like IT, BFSI, tourism and hospitality-- identify key skill gaps and recommend suitable training interventions to bridge the emerging skill gap for improving their job prospects,'' he added The other objective is to provide employable communication and soft skills alogwith total personality development training as per current industry requirements.

Besides ensuring an appropriate interactive one stop platform for enabling IT and non-IT IGNOU students make ''best fit'' with jobs that are commensurate with their aptitude, he said.

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