Canara Bank signs MoU with NSDC for employment of J&K youth

NEW DELHI: State-owned Canara Bank today signed MoU with the National Skill Development Corporation ( NSDC) for skill development and recruitment of graduate unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir under UDAAN.

UDAAN is a special industry initiative of Ministry of Home Affairs for Jammu and Kashmir.

The project as part of bank's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative aims at skill development and employability of youth of the state, Canara Bank Executive Director A K Gupta said.

Under the project, the bank will impart residential training of 3 months to 300 unemployed graduates from the state.

After successful completion of training, 150 candidates will be selected for employment in the bank as Probationary Officer (135) and Clerks (15), he said.

The project will be implemented by the bank in coordination with NSDC and the government of Jammu and Kashmir.