What appeared to be a herculean task few years back is now translating into reality on ground. Bihar’s effort to revive its glory and pride is on fast track with all around development in the areas of education, scientific development ,industrial growth, private and public sector investment.

The state is also getting favourable support from the private players and big business houses have shown great interest in promoting investments in Bihar. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) president and telecom major Bharti chief Sunil Mittal and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar have identified agriculture and tourism as key sectors for private investment in the state.

"I can say that Bihar is the best place for agriculture and horticulture based industries, there is plenty of potential for investment in this sector," Mittal stated.Mittal, leading a high-powered CII delegation of Eastern India at an interactive session with Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, added that investments in agriculture and horticulture could change the face of the state.He hinted that his group plans to make substantial investment in the food processing and agro-based industries as both have huge growth potential in the state.

"Bihar is a place waiting to happen and from now on I am going to work as the brand ambassador of the state to encourage other industrialists to come and invest in Bihar," Mittal said while describing the changes in Bihar as 'miraculous'

The education system in the state is also seeing marked changes in the prospects as more and more companies are visiting the campuses to hire fresh graduates.NIT Patna has been able to ensure more than 100 per cent placement for its students this year. Each student has been selected for more than one job. NIT director U C Ray said that as many as 26 pre-final year students have been selected for jobs by different multi-national companies. Last year, only 80 per cent students could be provided suitable jobs.

Finally times are changing in the campus of Patna University and it’s a matter of great pleasure to know that students from Patna University are now being offered job opportunities from top notch companies.TOI reports that Patna University (PU) students never had it so good. In what appears to be a virtual rain of jobs on the campus, more than 500 boys and girls studying in different colleges and departments of PU have been selected for jobs during the last six months by big business houses, industrial concerns and non-governmental voluntary organisations with lucrative pay packets.

Surprisingly enough, most of the selected students have not yet passed their final graduation examination so far.

WIPRO, a reputed software company, selected as many as seven PU students for the job of process associate on the basis of campus interview held at Patna Law College on Tuesday. PU vice chancellor Y C Simhadri inaugurated the campus selection process organised by the PU Employment Information and Guidance Bureau. Bureau chief Amarendra Mishra told TOI that as many as 26 rounds of campus placements had been organised in recent months at different institutions of PU.

The process of campus selection first started at Patna Science College in the month of September 2006, when a reputed NGO, Pradan, selected a good number of boys and girls from different disciplines. "Since then, the process of campus placement is on, with more and more organisations queuing up for offering jobs to our boys and girls," he added.

Reputed organisations like Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Indian Tobacco Company (ITC), IBM , Infosys and ICICI Bank, besides some other non-governmental organisations, have already visited the campus and selected a number of boys and girls for jobs.

Six to seven other reputed organisations of the country are likely to visit PU campus in very near future, said Mishra. Only recently, ITC held a campus interview at B N College and selected a good number of students for jobs.

About a month back, IBM, a reputed software company, turned up at Patna Science College and selected as many as 10 students from different institutions for jobs. TCS had also selected as many as 37 BSc final-year students for jobs on the basis of campus interviews held at Magadh Mahila College in January. TCS held another campus interview in the same college in February and selected several students from different PU colleges for jobs .

This is a great sign as it will ensure that folks who migrate to different parts of the country for admissions in various colleges and courses will get equal opportunities in Bihar as well.