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Though the recruitment fair went on for two days last weekend, leading companies even on Monday were carrying out interviews in a race to sign up technical hands. "More than 20,000 bio-datas were collectively picked up by 48 leading companies including GMR, Kalinga Commerical, Air India Express, Pawan Hans, Tata Steel, Relcom, HCL, Wipro, Bajaj Capital and others," an IAF official said in New Delhi recently. The IAF placement fair came at a time when it was officially estimated that aviation industry would need 3,000 pilots in the next five years and double the number of aeronautical engineers, navigators and air traffic controllers. With the government and industry waking up to set up establishments to train specialists, personnel of the IAF appear to be the sole source currently. Initial estimates from the participating companies said more than 1,500 appointment letters would be issued within a month. Besides, the pilot, those in demand include aeronautical engineers, navigators, helicopter pilots, technicians to man ground towers, specialist drivers to handle special technical vehicles on the tarmac and others. "IAF personnel are trained to deliver against all odds. It is necessary that the corporate world makes full use of their technical skills," vice-chief of Air Staff Air Marshal B.N. Gokhale said. It was not only for technical hands, that the IAF personnel were in demand, even banking sector like ICICI lapped up over 150 personnel. Every year about 5,000 to 6,000 Air warriors retire and those who leave have at least 15 to 20 years experience in flying, navigation, air engineering and other expertise, which are great demand in the corporate world. — PTI
Now, staff shortage pushes PIB into outsourcing Faced with a shortage of staff, the publicity and information arm of the government — Press Information Bureau — has decided to outsource the task of gathering press clippings to a private agency, which it used to do and send to ministers and various government agencies. In a move that would break one of the traditional roles of Press Information Bureau (PIB), the department has set up a committee to scout for the press clipping agency. A top official in PIB said that a tender has been floated to select the agency. "Only two applications have been received and the financial viability of these agencies is being scrutinised by a three member sub-committee. The two agencies are — BIUS and Press Monitor," sources in PIB said. Deepak Sandhu, Principal Information Officer (PIO) of PIB, when contacted by PTI said, "There is a shortage of assistant information officers, the staff that collected the press clipping. From more than 15 staff dedicated exclusively for this job it has come down to one. Since fresh recruitment may take more than year, we have decided to outsource it." She pointed out that there was pressure on senior staff to undertake this activity in absence of assistant information officers, which included reading all newspapers marking them and then sending them to the concerned ministry. The senior staff had only one peon to do the cutting and managing the clippings, she said.
— PTI
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In the backdrop of a boom in India's aviation sector, major companies flocked to the first ever placement fair organised by Indian Air Force for signing up pilots, aeronautical engineers, navigators and traffic controllers.
