Chandigarh University introduces rehabilitation programme ‘Udaan’ to support Indian youth repatriated from US

NEW DELHI: Chandigarh University (CU) becomes the first university to help Indian youth repatriated from the United States. The member of parliament ( Rajya Sabha) and CU chancellor Satnam Singh Sandhu announced the launch of the rehabilitation programme ‘Udaan’, which offers free counselling, career mapping, higher education opportunities, skills development, and other employment opportunities to local Indian youths.

The Rajya Sabha MP and CU chancellor said: “The repatriated youth can reach out Chandigarh University with the help of the helpline number and registrations through the dedicated website for this rehabilitation programme ‘Udaan’. If these youths want to go for higher education, Chandigarh University will also provide it free of cost at our campus. This apart, we will also work for providing suitable job opportunities to these repatriated youths in the industry at Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh.”

The Rajya Sabha MP said CU has launched a helpline number +919875970027 and website cuchd.in/udaan-2025/ to extend all help required by the repatriated youth.

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First phase of ‘Udaan’

According to the CU statement, Sandhu said the first phase of the CU rehabilitation programme will cover repatriated youth from Punjab which has the highest share of immigrants repatriated from the US to India. A total of 126 (37%) of 333 people were repatriated in US military aircraft, followed by 110 from Haryana and 74 from Gujarat.

"The rest of the youths belonged to Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Goa and one each from Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir," the CU statement said.

“We will assess the skill levels of these repatriated youths in order to prepare a future career roadmap for their rehabilitation under the Udaan. If a repatriated youth requires further education or reskilling for a good future, the Chandigarh University will offer higher education opportunities to such individuals with special short term job-oriented courses free of cost. If required, Chandigarh University will design special skill training or reskilling courses for such persons so that they get increased employment opportunities in near future. We will also collaborate with the local industry in Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh for finding employment opportunities for repatriated youths close to their native places. We will also connect these youths with suitable job opportunities in the private sector through Rozgar Melas,” said Sandhu.

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