Alvas Pragati

Alva´s Pragati is a cause driven placement initiative, organized under the banner of Alva’s Education Foundation(AEF). Alva’s Education foundation is committed to the cause of reducing the unemployment problem that has affected the rural youth of this region and has been organizing mass placement drives like Alva’s Pragati and Chikkaballapur Udyoga Mela.

The Alva’s Pragati is one such venture of AEF that builds a strong platform that works to reach the employers on one end and to map, fine tune the aspirations of candidates on the other, with an intention to match them and hence generate employment opportunities. Alva’s Pragati unlike other mass placement has created employment opportunities for the youth across various disciplines and streams including arts, commerce, science, engineering, management, sports, fine arts and para-medical sciences.

Alva’s Pragati 2016 expects a participation of more than 500 companies from various sectors IT/ITES, Manufacturing, Healthcare, NGO & Education, HR Agencies, BFSI, Telecom, Construction, Pharmaceutical, Hospitality and Sales & Retail. and more than 25,000 students from around 800 colleges within the state and adjoining states like Kerala,Tamilnadu,Andhrapradesh, Telangana etc. Last year 272 companies and 18000 students had participated, where 5,525 students were shortlisted for various profiles in companies.

AEF has more than 22,000 students and 19 institutions under its banner offering undergraduate, graduate and post graduate courses in various disciplines. AEF has been committed to the cause of creating employment opportunities for the rural youth that go unnoticed as they have limited access to employment markets. AEF has also been the chief organizer of Chikkaballapur Udyoga Mela (2011-2013) and the Mangaluru Udyoga Mela 2015.

Main objective:To create opportunities by bringing together the corporate world and the young, un-employed aspirants of the rural surroundings of Dakshina Kannada and its adjoining districts.