Japanese companies select 12 students of ASCOMS Nursing College for TITP jobs

Selected students of ASCOMS Nursing College posing with officials of Japanese companies and others.
Selected students of ASCOMS Nursing College posing with officials of Japanese companies and others.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 28: Twelve students of ASCOMS Nursing College Jammu have been selected by two Japanese companies for Technical Intern Training Program (TITP) jobs.
According to a spokesperson of the College, two Japanese companies namely FA Group and Blueworks International represented by Yamazaki Takao and Kakuda Tomassadamori recently visited ASCOMS Nursing College in Jammu where they spent a day with the students.
The officials of the companies selected 12 candidates out of 34 for care workers’ job. These candidates will be issued a conditional offer letter soon after which they will join their TITP Job in Japan within 6 months and will receive approximately Rs 90,000 as salary per month for next 5 years. Out of the 12 selected candidates, 7 are from Ladakh Region and 5 are from Jammu Region.
Manik Batra, Director, Batra Group said, “This is the first time any Japanese company has come to a Nursing College in J&K and recruited candidates directly from campus placement. We are in touch with more companies in Japan and more such campus placements will follow in the near future. ”
Pertinent to mention here that Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) India and the Ministry of Labour, Government of Japan, had signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) to transfer technical skills, techniques and knowledge from Japan to India appropriately and smoothly under Technical Intern Training Program (TITP).
As a part of the MoC, trained/semi-trained individuals from India will be sent to Japan for on-the-job training for a specific period, for maximum period of up to 5 years under this program. TITP allows technical intern trainees to acquire and master the skills of the Japanese industries and professions under the employment relationship for a period of 5 years.