Saturday, March 15, 2008

Soft Skills Training in India: A Transformational Voyage


Soft Skills Training in India
Trainings and Experiments in Soft Skills at ICFAI December 2004 – August 2006
Faculty Training Program
As a Domain Faculty Trainer at ICFAI NC-HQ, Faculty Development Centre, Hyderabad, India, he trained 65 Faculty Members (Soft Skills Trainers) from all over India in the Domain Subject including Methods of Teaching, Communication and Presentation skills, observed the Teaching of 80 Faculty Members, guided 55 Live Projects and Research articles written by Faculty Members and trained 160 Faculty Members in Cultural activities. As an examiner, he conducted Oral English Evaluation and Mock Interviews for 300 MBA/ MCA students and guided 78 Live Projects in different provinces in India. As a Summer Internship Program (SIP) Trainer he trained 500 plus MBA/ MCA students in Presentation Skills, Communication Skills, Grooming, Etiquette and Interview Skills across India. He gave Voice Over in English while producing Audio and Video materials for Listening Comprehension
Editing
As a Language Editor at the Academic Wing, ICFAI NC-HQ, Hyderabad, he edited 16 issues of ‘Embers’- Online News Magazine, designed and co-edited ‘SIP Flash’ - Online News Letter on national/ regional level students’/ faculty/ trainers’ achievements, designed and edited 1 online news letter on Faculty Training, edited Doon Glory, a quarterly magazine published from Dehradun, Uttaranchal, 6 articles, 55 research articles, 70 case lets, 15 case studies and 450 Question Papers written by other Domain Faculty Members, all during December 2004 to August 2006. He is currently working on Edumedia and Soft Skills training to MBA/ MCA students and faculty members across India. Apart from teaching Business Communication to Post Graduate students in Management, he is writing articles on Soft Skills and Management Education and in the process of publishing a book on Online Education in India and a workbook on Listening Comprehension. He is designing and developing Multimedia materials on Training and Management Education. He can be contacted by any organization in India and abroad for consultancy services, guest lectures, projects, training workshops/ seminars, joint ventures and publications. He is available for Webconferencing or Videoconferencing on prior intimation and appointment.
Soft Skills Curriculum Design
As a Senior Faculty, English Lab and Soft Skills, he was a member of Curriculum Development at ICFAI National College, Head Quarters, Hyderabad. INC-HQ looks after the entire academic and administrative requirements of about 159 Post Graduate Centres across India and 1 Executive PG Centre in Srilanka. ICFAI is one of the best B-Schools in India, and the only university in India which has a full-fledged curriculum in the area of Soft Skills, at PG level. This curriculum is activity-based, vibrating and it is designed in such a way that by following this Syllabus and Activities, any individual can be transformed into a Complete Manager and Leader.
Summer Internship Programme (SIP)
SIP is an important activity at ICFAI which works as an Interface between Industry and Academia. Students of MBA/ MCA have to go to other states and work for 4 months in the various Industries and gain Corporate experience before final placement. As an SIP trainer, he visited 8 PG Centres across India, and trained and evaluated 1,200 Post Graduate students in various states across India.
Mock Interviews
He has conducted face-to-face mock-interviews for about 600 students of MBA/MCA across India. On the spot evaluation and feedback is also given.
Telephonic Interviews
He has conducted nearly 320 telephonic interviews for Post Graduate students in India.ArticlesHe has published 2 articles in International and 4 national level journals and in the process of publishing more.
Innovation
He designed and developed three websites: http://www.geocities.com/online_elt_learn_kalyan and www.srrshyd.tripod.com which show his professional work online including his participation and association with ELT professionals in different countries, projects and articles titled ‘Using IT in ELT:A Multimedia Approach to Develop Spelling, Vocabulary and Punctuation’ and ‘Using E-mail for Interactive Writing in English: Some Practical Situations Online’ which can be viewed on the Net. He has also designed and produced an Educational Multimedia CD to improve Listening Comprehension and skills for Indian students which is useful for the aspirants of TOEFL, IELTS, GRE and TOIC tests which are the gate ways to foreign studies and jobs.

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