Last Updated: 10 October 2026

HUNAR Punjab portal
-- Single platform where industry can find and hire skilled youth of Punjab, with local youth given preference in industrial jobs^[1]
-- 1,700+ institutions already registered, across 7 administrative department categories^[1:1]
-- launched by CM Bhagwant Mann on 8 Oct 2026

¶ Four modules^[1:2]

1. Institute Discovery: makes available talent visible to industry
2. Hiring and Placements: companies hire skilled youth directly through the portal
3. Internship and Industrial Training: end-to-end internships with industry, institutes, students, alumni and departments
4. Industry-Institute Collaboration: MoU-backed partnerships for guest lectures, faculty development, on-job training, placements, curriculum inputs, infrastructure and technology support, and CSR collaboration

¶ Problems it addresses^[1:3]

• Limited visibility of available talent
• Fragmented industry-institute engagement
• No link between demand and supply of skills
• No defined response timelines: the system has fixed timelines, separate dashboards for industry, institutes and departments, a query and grievance facility and a help desk

Full rollout of all four modules (separate logins, statewide talent management, departmental monitoring of placements, training and collaborations) is still in progress^[1:4]

• Fast-Track Punjab portal: single-window approvals for investors, Industrial Policy 2026
• Private investment and jobs: ₹1.89 lakh crore investment, 6.31 lakh jobs

References:

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1. https://www.babushahi.com/full-news.php?id=227908 (Punjab Govt Press Release, 8 Oct 2026) ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎