Vellore tops the list for preference of career in army
Chennai:
Indian Army is wooing engineering graduates in Tamil Nadu to join its
flanks as jawans with much better pay and perks than in private
sector.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday Brigadier Sangram
Dalvi, deputy director general, Headquarters Recruiting Zone, said
that the army is wooing engineering graduates in Tamil Nadu to join in
the technical cadre as most of them are unemployed and are working for
a very low salary.
“They are working for a much less salary. Why not they join the Indian
army. On an average, a jawan gets a starting salary of Rs 24,000.
Where in a private firm in Chennai would a engineering graduate get a
salary of 24,000,” he reasoned.
He said the unemployment rate among the engineering graduates is high.
“They can join the rank of jawan and can write the test to later
graduate into a officer,” said Brig Dalvi.
Interestingly, the five southern states --- Tamil nadu, Karnataka,
Telengana, Kerala and Andhra constitute 21 per cent of the Indian
army, he said.
Interestingly, it is Vellore in Tamil Nadu that has a huge attraction
for Indian army. On an average 12,388 people from the region vie to
join Indian army.
Vellore is followed by Tiruvanamalai which on an average attracts 7,455 youth.
Interestingly, the attraction to join the army as a jawan is
negligible in Chennai. Brig Dalvi says this is due to the rapid
industrialisation. “We don’t get enough people from the cities. We
target the backward regions. We are having recruitment in Adilabad,
which is a naxal infested area,” he said.
Brig Dalvi said that the numbers that are recruited from each state
each year depends upon the Recruitable Male Population of the States
(10pc of total male population) and as per wastages due to retirement,
casualities, additional requirements and so on.
This year a total of 6,000 would be recruited from the three states of
Andhra, Telengana and Tamil Nadu. “In Tamil Nadu we will be recruiting
2,413 jawans,” he said.
Brig Dalvi also said that they are trying to make the recruitment
process free from the influence of touts on prospective candidates and
individuals in the recruiting organisations.
He also advised the youth that the main criteria for selection is that
one has to run 1.6km within six minutes besides write a test based on
10th standard syllabus.
Factfile:
Average footfalls in recruitment centres:
Vellore: 12,388
Tiruanamalai: 7,455
Madurai: 6514
Theni: 5,100
Krishnagiri: 4,500
Kanyakumari: 3,200
Tirunelvelli: 2,200
Virudhnagar: 1800
Dindigul: 1500
Dharmapuri: 1500
Thoothkudi: 1300
Chennai: 260
Chennai:
Indian Army is wooing engineering graduates in Tamil Nadu to join its
flanks as jawans with much better pay and perks than in private
sector.
Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday Brigadier Sangram
Dalvi, deputy director general, Headquarters Recruiting Zone, said
that the army is wooing engineering graduates in Tamil Nadu to join in
the technical cadre as most of them are unemployed and are working for
a very low salary.
“They are working for a much less salary. Why not they join the Indian
army. On an average, a jawan gets a starting salary of Rs 24,000.
Where in a private firm in Chennai would a engineering graduate get a
salary of 24,000,” he reasoned.
He said the unemployment rate among the engineering graduates is high.
“They can join the rank of jawan and can write the test to later
graduate into a officer,” said Brig Dalvi.
Interestingly, the five southern states --- Tamil nadu, Karnataka,
Telengana, Kerala and Andhra constitute 21 per cent of the Indian
army, he said.
Interestingly, it is Vellore in Tamil Nadu that has a huge attraction
for Indian army. On an average 12,388 people from the region vie to
join Indian army.
Vellore is followed by Tiruvanamalai which on an average attracts 7,455 youth.
Interestingly, the attraction to join the army as a jawan is
negligible in Chennai. Brig Dalvi says this is due to the rapid
industrialisation. “We don’t get enough people from the cities. We
target the backward regions. We are having recruitment in Adilabad,
which is a naxal infested area,” he said.
Brig Dalvi said that the numbers that are recruited from each state
each year depends upon the Recruitable Male Population of the States
(10pc of total male population) and as per wastages due to retirement,
casualities, additional requirements and so on.
This year a total of 6,000 would be recruited from the three states of
Andhra, Telengana and Tamil Nadu. “In Tamil Nadu we will be recruiting
2,413 jawans,” he said.
Brig Dalvi also said that they are trying to make the recruitment
process free from the influence of touts on prospective candidates and
individuals in the recruiting organisations.
He also advised the youth that the main criteria for selection is that
one has to run 1.6km within six minutes besides write a test based on
10th standard syllabus.
Factfile:
Average footfalls in recruitment centres:
Vellore: 12,388
Tiruanamalai: 7,455
Madurai: 6514
Theni: 5,100
Krishnagiri: 4,500
Kanyakumari: 3,200
Tirunelvelli: 2,200
Virudhnagar: 1800
Dindigul: 1500
Dharmapuri: 1500
Thoothkudi: 1300
Chennai: 260
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