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Jobs, Money, Skills After Agnipath? Indeed, Say Corporate Heads: 10 Points
21 Jun 2022, 03:03 PM IST 
Corporate sector has offered employment opportunities to Agniveers after retirement
- Joining the chorus of other India Inc leaders who have offered to employ Agniveers, Welspun Chairman B K Goenka on Tuesday said that his company will find suitable openings for the recruits.
- "Agnipath scheme is a golden opportunity for the industry to engage highly skilled, disciplined, and talented personnel in their organisations," he said in a statement.
- With minor orientation on industrial machinery, Mr Goenka said, "They will be able to deliver quality output. The Agniveers will find suitable openings at different levels in Welspun."
- Earlier on Monday, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra had said that his group will also recruit “capable young people” trained under Agnipath scheme.
- "Saddened by the violence around the Agnipath programme. When the scheme was mooted last year I stated - and I repeat - the discipline and skills Agniveers gain will make them eminently employable. The Mahindra Group welcomes the opportunity to recruit such trained, capable young people," Anand Mahindra had tweeted on Monday.
- Soon after Mr Mahindra's comments, RPG Enterprises Chairman Harsh Goenka also offered support for Agniveers. "The RPG group too welcomes the opportunity to employ the Agniveers. I do hope other corporates will also join us to take this pledge and assure our youths of a future," he tweeted.
- N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of the salt-to-software Tata group called the scheme a great opportunity for the youth to serve the nation. He added Agnipath would help the industry including the Tata group get a pool of disciplined and trained youth.
- “We recognise the potential of the Agniveers and welcome the opportunity this represents,” he said in a statement.
- Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, founder Chairperson of pharma major Biocon, said Agniveers will have a distinct advantage in recruitment in the industrial job market.
- “The Agnipath scheme will have a significant positive impact on society, and contribute greatly to nation building. Agniveers will play a key role in furthering economic growth and strengthening society in the coming years,” said Sudarshan Venu, Managing Director of TVS Motor Company.
