Kapurthala adopts mascot ‘Reet’ for job opportunities

Tribune News Service

Kapurthala, August 19

Kapurthala has become the first district to adopt mascot ‘Reet’ to educate and make the youth aware of the services being offered by the District Bureau of Employment and Enterprises (DBEE).

Deputy Commissioner Deepti Uppal said the mascot had been designed by Anureet Kaur, a student and resident of Haibowal village. She was the winner of a district-level mascot designing competition. He added earlier the Social Security and the Rural Development and Panchayat Department had adopted mascots, ‘Sukhi Bhain ji’ and ‘Raunak Singh’, respectively, for educating the masses regarding their social welfare schemes.

The DC said the mascot designing winner had also been given a cash reward of Rs 2,000 while student Balkaran Singh, who stood second, and student Rekha, who got the third position have been awarded with Rs 1,500 and Rs 500, respectively. She added that ‘Reet’ had been designed as a councillor girl which would be used to make the youth aware of the vacancies and opportunities available in self-employment sector. She said it would also attract the students to enquire about career opportunities available in various fields.