Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has outlined plans to expand employment opportunities for young people by combining education, skills training, recruitment and overseas mobility. The Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Maharojgar Mela was organised across Konkan and Nashik divisions, with officials highlighting participation across hundreds of locations. Fadnavis said emerging fields, including artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and quantum computing, require continuous upskilling. The initiative also includes pre-employment training, language preparation, and measures to connect Maharashtra’s workforce with international employment opportunities.
Maharashtra Employment Drive: Fadnavis Says State Will Expand Global Job Opportunities for Youth
Maharashtra has launched a multi-district employment drive across Konkan and Nashik, with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis linking skills, training and overseas mobility to youth employment.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the state will expand international employment opportunities for young people by combining education, skills training, continuous upskilling and employer-linked recruitment.
The Maharashtra government launched the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Maharojgar Melava across Konkan and Nashik divisions, positioning large-scale job fairs as a bridge between employers and jobseekers.
The programme was inaugurated online from Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women’s University in Mumbai, with Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde extending greetings through a video message.
Fadnavis said degrees alone were insufficient in a changing economy, urging young people to acquire skills in artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum computing and other emerging technologies.
He said manpower demand exists across more than 28 countries and Maharashtra intends to prepare young workers for overseas opportunities through skills, language training and structured employment pathways.
During the programme, Sahida Paramanik received an appointment letter from Kreva Capital Services Private Limited, Belapur, while Kanti Shambhu Chavan received one from the company’s Kurla unit.
According to details supplied to Sprouts News, the initiative combines large-scale recruitment fairs, pre-employment training, women-focused participation and preparations for international employment opportunities across multiple sectors.
Skills, technology and Maharashtra’s global employment strategy
Fadnavis linked the initiative to the Seva Sankalp Abhiyan, marking 25 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s public leadership, and invoked the government’s Viksit Bharat objective.
He said education, training and employment must operate together to build human resources for a developed India by 2047, while addressing poverty, unemployment and public-health challenges.
According to Fadnavis, job fairs can connect employers seeking trained manpower with young people seeking work, while technological change makes continuous reskilling increasingly important for employability.
The international-employment emphasis follows Maharashtra’s Global Workforce Mobility Policy 2026, which envisages country-specific skills preparation, language training, certification, documentation assistance and safer overseas recruitment systems.
Skills, Employment, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha described the simultaneous organisation of fairs at 418 locations across Konkan and Nashik as historically significant for Maharashtra.
Lodha said more than 100,000 young men and women had joined the initiative, describing it as the beginning of a broader effort linking Maharashtra’s youth with employment.
He cited Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay’s concepts of Antyodaya and Integral Humanism while saying the Maharashtra and Union governments were pursuing skills development and employment programmes.
Lodha said free seven-day pre-employment training had been provided to 61,000 participants, while at least three smaller job fairs were being organised in every taluka.
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More than 100,000 registrations reported across job fairs
He added that more than 100,000 candidates had registered and said the department would seek to connect at least 70 per cent with employment or self-employment opportunities.
Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Patil said his department was working alongside the skills department so employment pathways could expand as increasing numbers of graduates enter. (DTE Maharashtra).
Marketing Minister Jaykumar Rawal said Maharashtra had emerged as a major Asian investment destination and Indian startup hub, while the government would support language and skills preparation for overseas jobs.
Women and Child Development Minister Aditi Tatkare, Additional Chief Secretary Manisha Verma, SNDT Vice-Chancellor Professor Hemlata Bagla and Ratan Tata Maharashtra State Skills University Vice-Chancellor Dr Apoorva Palkar attended.
Also present were Maharashtra State Skill Development Society Chief Executive Officer and Commissioner Dr Amit Saini, Mumbai City Collector Aanchal Goyal, senior officials and thousands of students.
Across 12 districts in Konkan and Nashik, organisers said more than 1,500 employers registered, with participating businesses reporting demand for over 25,000 available employment positions.
District administrations coordinated with colleges, educational institutions, government Industrial Training Institutes, local bodies, universities, industrial associations, MIDC, and relevant labour, industries, marketing and education departments.
Women-focused fair and the next phase
A separate women-focused employment fair drew 36 participating employers, while government-corporation stalls provided information on schemes intended to support women pursuing self-employment and enterprise opportunities.
The scale of actual placements will become the key measure of the programme’s impact, as Maharashtra expands domestic job-matching while building international workforce-mobility systems for young workers.
