Bangalore, 1 March 2021: With an aim to help stimulate the growing Indian economy, Karnataka has continued to be a prominent market for job seekers, reveals apna.co – India’s India’s largest professional and jobs platform. The city recorded more than 13 lakh interviews for various job roles across sectors and industries in January 2022.
Bangalore, popularly known as the Silicon Valley of India has also been a crucial commercial hub in Southern India for many companies to hire employees to strengthen their workforce. According to apna.co, the state witnessed a 2.5x increase in the number of users from 2020 to 2021. In fact, the company enabled 1.4 crore interviews in 2021 for various job roles.
Not only Bangalore, but other cities in the state of Karnataka have also transformed into an important market for various companies in the past few years leading to intense hiring from cities, including Bengaluru, Mysore, Hubli, Mangalore, Belagavi (Belgaum). Job seekers in Karnataka were seen applying for a variety of roles including telecallers/BPO, delivery person, sales (Field Work), back-office, accounts/finance, computer/data entry operator amongst many others.
Professionals in Karnataka were also applying for jobs in the healthcare, beauty, lifestyle and hospitality sectors. Professional networking emerged as an important activity with users in the state actively engaging communities such as government exams, business, learning languages, tele-caller, back-office jobs, teacher, computer/data entry, beauticians, lab technicians and cooking.
Not only graduates and post graduates, but apna has been empowering users with qualifications of 12th pass and below, find relevant opportunities around them. The platform’s data reveals that out of all the users in Karnataka who applied for a job in the last three months, 48 per cent of them completed either higher secondary or had an education qualification below that. Since 2019, apna has become the default platform for millions of professionals across the country.
Commenting on the growth, Manas Singh, Chief Business Officer, apna.co, said, “Karnataka has continued to be the epicenter of opportunities for the rising workforce in the country with Bangalore being a crucial hub. In the last few months alone, the city has grown multifold in terms of both jobs and professionals with apna acting as a bridge between them. We are confident that the city will continue being an opportunity provider for millions of professionals in India.”
With apna’s technological prowess, the platform leverages sophisticated algorithms and helps users find the right job, at the right place with the right salary. Government exams, business, learning languages, tele-caller, back-office jobs, teacher, computer/data entry, beauticians, lab technician and cooking were the communities with maximum engagement on the platform.
Apna is the preferred hiring partner for top companies including, Swiggy, Zomato, Rapido, Urban Company, Flipkart, HDFC Life, Reliance Nippon Life Insurance, Kotak Life Insurance, Uber etc among others. With more than 20 Lakh+ users in Karnataka, apna has enabled more than millions of interviews since 2019 in the state.







![New Delhi [India], January 9: Visually impaired cricketer and captain of Indian Men’s Cricket Team for the Blind Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy on Tuesday was conferred with Prestigious Arjuna Award from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan. National Sports Awards are given every year to recognize and reward excellence in sports. Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games is given for good performance over a period of the previous three years and for showing qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. Illuri Ajay Kumar Reddy (Blind Cricket) is among the 26 sportspersons who were honoured with Arjuna Award for outstanding performance in Sports and Games 2023. The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports last month had announced the National Sports Awards 2023. The nominated stars received their awards from the President of India. “I am overwhelmed with this recognition. I dedicate this award to my Parents and Family members for their support. I also would like to thank Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) and all the players with whom I have played,” Ajay Reddy said in a statement. Congratulating Arjuna awardee Dr Mahantesh G Kivadasannavar, Chairman- Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) said “It is an honour and proud moment for all the blind cricketers across the world. It is the good recognition for the hard work and dedication in taking Cricket for the Blind to the next level through various achievements by the Indian Men’s Cricket Team for the blind under the leadership of Ajay Reddy. CABI is happy that cricket for the blind is getting the recognition with other major sports.” Following the Award ceremony, Illuri Ajay Reddy, the chairman of the Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) Dr Mahantesh G Kivadasannavar and CABI secretary Shailender Yadav also met Indian pacer Mohammad Shami. Shami is also among the 26 sportspersons who were honoured with Arjuna Award on Tuesday. Illuri Ajay Reddy is currently working in SBI regional office in Bangalore. He is a B2 category player, who is representing India since 2010. He has been part of winning two ODI World Cups, 3 T20 world cups, 1 Asia Cup. Ajay is the captain of the Indian cricket team for the blind since 2016. Under his captaincy Team India has won 1 ODI world cup, 2 T20 world cups, 1 Asia Cup and the Silver Medal in IBSA World Games and many bilateral and triangular Series. Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI) acknowledges the great support received from the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports through this award. The continuous support and patronage received from the esteemed ministry has helped CABI to achieve this milestone.](https://thisweekindia.news/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Arjuna-Award-to-Ajay-Kumar-Reddy-Captain-of-Indian-Blind-Cricket-Team-thisweekindia.png)




