Prabhdeep Singh, media head, Chandigarh University, on Tuesday, inaugurated Professional Career Counselling facility for the students of Jharkhand. It is being made available free-of-cost at University Regional Centres in Dhanbad and Ranchi throughout the year.

While giving details about the facility, Prof. Singh said, “The career guidance would be available free of cost to the students of Jharkhand throughout the year at university regional offices.” Under the facility, any matriculation, 10+2 or graduate student from the Jharkhand state could walk-in at the university regional office at Ranchi or Dhanbad for getting this professional guidance and would have to undergo a psychometric test based on which a comprehensive career advisory report would be given that would help them in taking the most crucial decision of their life which is choosing a career, he added.

“Universities in India should focus onto making the youth employable which requires real time interface with the industry so as to understand their expectations and hence upgrade the academic syllabus as per the changing scenario” Prof Singh added. He further said that the dynamic scenario prevailing in corporate world has created a demand for the academic institutions to offer new generation programs that would enable today’s youth to expand their career horizon by enhancing their employability prospects.

While discussing the achievements of students of Jharkhand in the field Innovation he said, “During the year 2018, 8 startups have been launched and 13 patents have been filed by the Jharkhand Students from different departments.