Puducherry is a union territory with its capital at Pondicherry. The union territory covers a total land area of 492 sq kms and has four districts, which makes up this union territory. These districts are Pondicherry, Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe. With a multilingual atmosphere and cosmopolitan culture, Pondicherry has excellent infrastructure, comparatively the best in the country.
With railheads at Pondicherry and Mahe and well connected to Chennai, Villupuram, Cuddalore, Kakinada & Nagapattinam, ensures that the Indian Railways had a strong base in the Union territory. The youth looking for employment in the railways can look out for the various vacancies that arise in the region. The close proximity to sea ports such as Chennai, Tuticorin, Vishakapatnam, Nagapattinam, Kakinada and Cochin, gives Pondicherry a scope towards modernisation and the job seekers in the area a brighter future. Being part of the global Information Highway makes the union territory well equipped with good telecom companies that are public sector undertakings of the govt of India as well as major telecom giants. Banking is another sector, where the youth of the area can look out for opportunities in the govt or PSU’s. With nearly 105 branches of the nationalised banks functional in the territory, there is no dearth of job opportunities for those who have a drive to strife. Besides these SIDBI, NABARD, & NSIC also have their branches in the Pondicherry. All these organisations provide the youth of the area a good scope for career growth.
Pondicherry has a number of professional institutions such as Engineering colleges, Medical colleges, Dental colleges, Veterinary, Agriculture colleges, Polytechnics & Industrial Training Institutions. These institutions not only provide skilled manpower for the region, but also provide job opportunities for the youth who are keen into a career in the educational sector, research and development or various teaching and non-teaching vacancies in these establishments. Being a tourist destination, the unemployed youth can also look into starting a career in the tourism industry. Besides all these opportunities that are available for the job seekers in the govt. sector of the territory, there are a number of industrial estates, an electronic park, Information Technology Park, Growth Centre, Export Processing Zone, Integrated Infrastructure Development Centre, SEZ etc.
Further the departments of the government of Puducherry, lists the various job opportunities for the youth through the employment exchanges. Also the job seekers can look out for the vacancies which arise in public sector undertakings of the govt of Puducherry, such as the Puducherry Agro Service and Industrial Corporation Limited (PASIC) , Puducherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation Limited ( PIPDIC), Puducherry Housing Board ( PHB ), Puducherry Power Corporation Limtied ( PPCL ), Puducherry Women Commission. The central govt establishments such as Central Excise, JIPMER Hospital, Jawahar Navadoya Vidyala etc also lists various opportunities arising from time to time.
