Tata Group chairman N Chandrasekaran stated: “Agnipath is not just a great opportunity for the youth to serve the nation’s defence forces but it will also make available a very disciplined and trained youth for the industry, including the Tata Group. The Tata Group recognises the potential of Agniveers and welcomes the opportunity this represents.”
Mahindra Group chairman Anand Mahindra tweeted, “Saddened by the violence around the Agnipath programme. When the scheme was mooted last year I stated — & I repeat — the discipline & skills Agniveers gain will make them eminently employable. The Mahindra Group welcomes the opportunity to recruit such trained, capable young people.” In one other tweet later, he stated, “Large potential for employment of Agniveers in the corporate sector. With leadership, teamwork & physical training, Agniveers provide market-ready professional solutions to industry, covering the full spectrum from operations to administration & supply chain management.”
India final week unveiled a navy recruitment coverage, known as Agnipath, or “path of fire”, to carry younger folks into the defence system on brief tenures. This, nevertheless, triggered violent protests in a number of elements of the nation, with authorities cancelling a variety of practice companies. The protesters say that the scheme deprives them of a everlasting job within the armed forces together with assured pension and different allowances.
JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal stated destructive components in society are scary the nation’s youth towards the scheme. Instead, this coverage, he added, will make the nation stronger towards any exterior menace. “Negative elements in society are provoking young individuals by saying that this will militarise our country. What it will do is only make our country stronger to any external threat.” Jindal, the primary industrialist to talk in favour of the scheme, additional stated there will be no higher place than the Indian armed forces to coach the youth and that the 4-12 months stint will groom Agniveers to get one of the best jobs accessible available in the market and will likely be a boon for organisations to rent them. “No better place than our armed forces for training our youth. Countries like Switzerland, Israel and Singapore mandatorily make their citizens undergo military training…For a young country like ours, having access to a larger pool of disciplined and educated young individuals – Agniveers available for recruitment by organisations is a boon. Four years of military training will groom the individuals to get the best jobs available in the market.”
RPG Group chairman Harsh Goenka additionally welcomed the transfer and the chance to rent candidates (Agniveers) beneath the Agnipath coverage. “The RPG Group too welcomes the opportunity to employ the Agniveers,” Goenka tweeted. Biocon chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw additionally tweeted, “I firmly believe that Agniveers will have a distinct advantage in recruitment in the industrial job market.”
Ficci president and HUL MD Sanjiv Mehta stated that he was delighted with the scheme for a number of causes. “One is it is not just about the number of people who don the uniform to make it into an effective armed force. We need people who are young, energetic, passionate, trained and fully equipped to service our nation, to serve our nation and to protect our nation. This scheme is in that direction.” He additional stated, “So this would mean a right blend of youth and experience in the armed forces. This would be a fabulous opportunity for the youth of the country to serve the nation and once they have stepped out as Agniveers, this would become a great talent pool for corporation like ours.” Mehta too confused that he would like to recruit Agniveers into HUL. “As the CEO and MD of Hindustan Unilever, I would love to recruit trained, passionate, disciplined and skilled people. We might have to provide them some right kind of skilling for the kind of job they may undertake but this would become a great pool of talent.”
Sanjeev Bikhchandani, founding father of Info Edge, the father or mother firm of on-line job portal Naukri.com, stated that if an individual serves within the armed forces for 4 years, they are going to end as a disciplined and skilled skilled. They could have a way of service and dedication of their early to mid-twenties and may adapt and modify in any profession — state police forces or central safety forces or personal sector as nicely. “And in the private sector I am not merely talking about roles in security — it could be in any of several roles — sales, service, back office, operations anything. And I am not just talking about blue or grey collar jobs. Several could also grow into management jobs,” Bikhchandani tweeted. “In the past we have seen that those who leave the forces in their forties and fifties are typecast into security and administration roles in the private sector limiting their options. But that is because they have been in the armed forces for two decades or more.”
He additional stated, “We have seen youngsters in countries like Israel and Singapore do two years of service in the army after high school and then pursue successful careers outside of the defence forces and government. Every year, the best MBA programmes in the best business schools in the US admit several students who have served for a few years in the US Army. And they do swimmingly. Discipline, focus and commitment are qualities that are valued by all companies. And they are proving to be increasingly scarce.”
