Andhra Pradesh is known as one of the highly developed states in the Indian subcontinent. The geographical layout of the state has helped it to be a fertile land with agriculture being the major source of income reflecting the state’s economy. Besides the number of agricultural products which the state exports, there a many multi-state irrigation projects such as the Godavari River Basin Irrigation Projects and Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. With about one third the country’s limestone reserve and huge mineral wealth, and power generation utility, these sectors are a major source for job opportunity development for the state. Most of these industries dealing with mineral resources, power generation and irrigation sectors are part of the central government establishments in the state or are running as public sector undertakings of the central or state govt. These organisations provide for the majority of the job market for those looking for a career opening in the govt. sectors but being agriculturally sound and geographically benefited has not deterred the state from being technologically and academically good. Whether it’s the IT exports or the biotechnology industry, Andhra Pradesh has only moved forward. The state can boast of the presence major pharmaceutical players in the state, besides the major central government organisations like the railways, the armed forces with all the three services, Army, Navy & the Airforce having their bases in the state, the paramilitary and other defence forces like the Central reserve Police force & CISF, the media services like the All India radio and Doordarshan, the Irrigation and Power sector establishments, there is job opportunity in every field.
Besides all the central government, the state government departments also provide stable job opportunities, which are very much at par both in terms if the pay packets and the perks. The state’s judiciary and legislative systems, the various departments of the civic body have career opening at various levels. For those candidates who are looking for a career opening in the educational sector, the various universities and the affiliated colleges under these universities, research & development institutes, DRDO’s various schools run by the government all provide opportunities.
The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission is the governing body which facilitates the recruitment for the various openings in the State Government establishments. They are responsible for selection as well as promotion of the candidates through various competitive examinations & interviews for most of the vacancies in the various department of the State government. The details of the vacancies are made available on the APPSC website.
The other establishments where one can look for a good career growth in the govt sector are the Andhra Pradesh Central Power Distribution Company Ltd. with headquarters at Hyderabad, The Andhra Pradesh State Warehouse Corporation, Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation Limited, Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) Singareni Collieries Company Ltd.
