Prominent IT firms, including Luminous Infoways (a CMMI Level 5 company) had participated in a mega pool campus recruitment drive held at the Akankshya IT Hub in Baripada, organized jointly by the Mayurbhanj District Administration, Luminous Infoways  and other IT sectors to provide career opportunities to local youth. Around 400 to 500 local trainees who had received free Python and Java training through the "Train Guru" program. The initiative aims to bridge rural employment gaps, with an estimated 90 to 125 candidates expected to secure jobs in the first phase, allowing talented youth from Odisha to build technical careers within their home state.