Official press
release from BIAL on the issues of employment policies and language ...
The
new airport is a reflection of the local culture
Creating jobs for the locals
and giving a boost to the economy
City locals a part of airport operations
The new airport has made substantial
efforts to make sure that it is reflective of the local culture and
heritage. From a recruitment point of view, qualifications and
expertise being equal, preference has been shown to Kannadigas in the
organization. This has resulted in the employment of 53% Kannadigas out
of the total employee strength of 473 (as on March 31st 2008). Even
more encouraging is the fact that out of the 185 managers, Kannadigas
account to 74 (40% of the total managers).
BIAL has also been giving new
applicants from Karnataka, and particularly candidates from the
neighbourhood of Bengaluru International Airport, the attention they
deserve. Since the end of February 2008, BIAL has received around 2000
resumes from Karnataka local and 574 of these resumes have been
submitted by candidates claiming to have lost land when the land for
the new airport was originally acquired by KIADB. Out of these 574
applicants, 210 have already been recruited at the airport. All the
other resumes were further classified into qualification groups and
interviewed for positions of relevance
Added attention was paid by BIAL by making sure that the various
concessionaires also hired local Kannadiga talent, out of this talent
pool provided by BIAL. A copy of all applications received was handed
over to the concessionaires for further screening. 80% of the recruits
are Kannadigas. Total recruitments made by the Concessionaires are
around 2750 employees.
In addition, all signage inside the airport is also in Kannada, English
and Hindi. The design of the logo identity as well as the airport name
also reflects the essence of the garden city.
Albert Brunner, CEO of BIAL said, “In future the increase in capacity
will lead to more recruitments by the concessionaires as well as
BIAL. BIAL will make sure that the preference is given to the
Kannadigas as far as possible. Furthermore, ours is possibly one of the
few organizations that encourage the non-Kannadiga employees of BIAL to
learn the local language by offering language classes.”
Comments
what about other jobs?
There was news that this airport would create 12000 jobs every year for another 2years at least.. what about those many jobs? There's no mention about them! We do find that the security staff and such supporting staff at the premises are already filled up with non-kannadigas. Isnt that under their own control? People to a lot of these jobs are indeed BIAL appointed.
-Nijavaada
VIP movements to BIA
I have an uncle who was a protocol incharge for VVIP visits to bangalore..there are many things that are planned well in advance for a visit..
the number of cars in the calvacade
the car that the vip uses (decided last minute)
co-ordination with traffic cops
co-ordination with KEB(so that roads are well lit..btw is the entire stretch to BIA lit?)
and so on..
HAL was 8 kms away from raj bhavan/vidhanasouda.. BIA is more than 30 kms
This change will have a great impact to the road users..the jn's kodigehalli/sahakar ngr/yel town will put to lot of stress as the waiting perions will be more..
There is an urgent need to make the road after hebbal junction free with right exits and entry ramps..and this road need to be barricaded!
VIPs....w.r.t them!
User Interaction Designer
Bangalore
I hope these figures given
I hope these figures given by BIAL is true.
I also suspect this love for local culture didn't arise suddenly, but a dedicated effort of pro Kannada organizations and public pressure has created enough heat for BIAL to take up and speak for this cause.
Some news from Hindu - employment figures in BIAL
http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/20/stories/2008052061200300.htm
Some statistics on employment break up at BIAL.
Srivathsa
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Let IT companies follow this as an example
Let us hope IT companies follow this as an example.