Nagpur

Nagpur is the second capital and the third largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. It is the 13th largest urban agglomeration in India and the largest city in Vidarbha Region.

Area:  217.6 km²
Population: 2.052 million (2015)

Nagpur is the second capital and the third largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. It is the 13th largest urban agglomeration in India and the largest city in Vidarbha Region. It has one of the highest literacy rate of 91.92% among all the urban agglomerations in India[15] and one of the proposed Smart Cities from Maharashtra.

Nagpur is the seat of the annual winter session of the Maharashtra state assembly, “Vidhan Sabha”. It is a major commercial and political centre of the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. In addition, the city derives political importance from being the headquarters for the Hindu nationalist organisation RSS and an important location for the Dalit Buddhist movement.

According to a survey by ABP News-Ipsos, Nagpur has been identified as the best city in India by topping the liveability, greenery,public transport, and health care indices. The city has been adjudged as the 20th cleanest city in India and the top mover in the western zone as per Swachh Sarvekshan 2016.

It is famous for the Nagpur Orange and is known as the “Orange City” for being a major trade centre of oranges cultivated in the region.

The city was founded by the Gonds and later became a part of the Maratha Empire under the royal Bhonsale dynasty. The British East India Company took over Nagpur in the 19th century and made it the capital of the Central Provinces and Berar. After the first reorganisation of states, the city lost its status as the capital. Following the informal “Nagpur Pact” between political leaders, it was made the second capital of Maharashtra.

Nagpur is also called the “Tiger Capital of India” as it connects many tiger reserves in India to the world. It is among the important cities for the information technology sector in Maharashtra. Nagpur is located in the centre of the country with the Zero Mile marker indicating the geographical centre of India.

Nagpur University

The Nagpur University was established on 4th August, 1923 with six affiliated colleges and 927 students. During 1947, the number of students increased to about 9000 accompanied by the improvement and diversification of curricula and expansion in the range of subjects. The expansion of library and sports facilities occurred during these years for the intellectual and physical well being of the students. It was in 1958 that some new Departments in Arts and Social Science faculties were opened; the major expansion, however, came in 1963 when several science and other teaching Departments were started. The Departments were shifted to spacious buildings in the main campus in 1972-73. In later years, several career oriented courses have been started viz., Business Management, Fine Arts, Mass Communication, Library Science, Physical Education, etc.

During ninety years of its existence, the University has progressed satisfactorily and doing well in the midst of constraints of different sorts. This has been possible because of futuristic vision about higher education of the personalities who adored the chair of Vice-Chancellor of this University. Their determination and dedication helped a lot in progress of this University.

Career and counseling Cell

Under XI plan of UGC merged scheme, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, R.T.M. Nagpur University, Nagpur has constituted and established the Career and Counseling Cell for organizing training programmes for the University students to face interviews, avail job opportunities in various fields.

Aims and Objectives of Career and counseling Cell for overall development of University students to face interviews, avail job opportunities in various fields are as follows –

Aims and Objectives :

• Soft skill development
• Communication ability to challenge the competitive tests
• On the Job Training, add-on or vocational courses
• Think independently for carrying out social responsibilities
• Resource centre of information and guidance
• Exchange of information on professional placements
• Gather information on job avenues and placements in different institutions
• Analyze the information at local, regional and national level
• Organise training programmes and guidance for informing students about the emerging professional trends and events, job profiles, leadership roles, entrepreneurship, market needs and risks.
• Promote discipline, healthy outlook and positive attitude.

The experienced Recruitment/Placements team offers Manpower consultancy to the Candidates of Nagpur and all over the country and 2 overseas countries. The consultancy activities, particularly outside the University, have strengthened the desire to apply recent methods amongst potential users in HR industry, medicine and other fields. HR departments and research institutes approach the Recruitment/Placements/HR team for help to fulfill the Manpower requirement.

Many engineering firms around Nagpur are aware of the Manpower consultancy services available in the Recruitment/Placements firm and approach it for help on their own. In the last 21 years, the Consultancy agency has helped a number of industrial units in connection with their Recruitment/Placements, Manpower and HR products. There is a lot of Consultancy demand in the overseas as well.

The role of the Career Counselling and Placements Cell is to counsel the candidates, target the requirement and provide them the Recruitment/Placements, Manpower and HR products. We also impart training on soft skill. Many times, a complexity in such a Manpower consultancy reaches the scale of a research work. The industrial units are now aware of how much they can save or can earn more by approaching the Recruitment/HR firm. Sometimes, a consultancy activity results in fulfilling the recruitment/Placements and Manpower of the HR department.