Ex-soldiers march towards industries

According to the programme chalked out by the Directorate, a pool of trained personnel from multi-faceted disciplines and specialisations would be made available to the industry on superannuation, after completion of the their contractual engagement phase with the services.

The decision to approach the industries by theDirectorate is being viewed as a prelude to the setting up of proposed "Ex-servicemen Corporation" in the State. The Directorate has pitched high hopes on the ambitious plan and has projected to provide 2,000 jobs to ex-servicemen and generate a whopping annual turnover of more than Rs 50 crore.

Giving details of the strategy devised by the Directorate, Brig S M Sareen, director Resettlement Southern Zone said, "A very large number of defence personnel retire at very young age. Most of these personnel are skilled and could contribute positively in the country’s progress by making use of their expertise in the industrial sector."

"The whole purpose behind the exercise is to make available the skilled manpower to the industries. The ex-servicemen personnel have many other roles to play and contribute to country’s progress besides the branded title of securitymen," he added.

With a view to enabling the ex-servicemen to face the challenge of the current business environment, the Directorate has alreadystarted imparting resettlement training ranging from reorientation courses to degree or diploma from reputed institutes through mutually aligned and orchestrated programmes. The contents of rehabilitation training include inputs from managerial science as well as the current technology and know-how required in civil environs.

Meanwhile as a part of the "Defence Management" policy, the Directorate has approached major industrial giants in the region like Telco and Bajaj for resettlement of the technically skilled ex-servicemen.