The 15th edition of Alva’s Pragati, a job fair organised by Alva’s Education Foundation, will be held for two days at Alva’s College in Moodbidri from August 1, 2025. The placement drive is free for participating companies and job aspirants.
M. Mohan Alva, chairman of the foundation said that the placement drive will witness participation from top recruiters representing major sectors such as Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI), IT, ITes, manufacturing, pharma, sales and retail, hospitality, telecommunication, health, media, construction, education and NGO. These sectors offer a large number of openings for graduates, postgraduates, diploma holders, and skilled manpower in various streams, including medical and para-medical, engineering, arts, commerce and management, basic sciences, nursing, and other fields.
The participating companies’ details will be updated in real-time at www.alvaspragati.com. Online free registration is compulsory for job aspirants, except for those who have passed the ITI, Pre-University, and Class 10 exams, to streamline and digitise the entire recruitment and selection process, Dr. Alva said.
Currently, 80 companies have registered and additionally 130 companies have confirmed their participation, he said.
Accommodation will be arranged for outstation candidates from July 31 onwards, he said. The foundation chairman said that the foundation has so far hosted 21 mass placement drives. Each edition has seen the participation of an average of 200 reputed companies. To date, 61,517 candidates have been shortlisted, with 36,151 securing spot job offers, Dr. Alva said.
