Course abstract
While hard skills teach us what to do, soft skills tell us how to apply our hard skills in a social environment. The focus of the course is to develop a wide variety of soft skills starting from communication, to working in different environments, developing emotional sensitivity, learning creative and critical decision making, developing awareness of how to work with and negotiate with people and to resolve stress and conflict in ourselves and others. The uniqueness of the course lies in how a wide range of relevant issues are raised, relevant skills discussed and tips for integration provided in order to make us effective in workplace and social environments. The key areas addressed are conversation skills, group skills, persuasion skills, presentation skills, critical and creative thinking, emotional skills, positive thinking and vocational skills.
Course Instructor
Prof. D. Suar
Damodar Suar is a professor at IIT Kharagpur in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and in the Vinod Gupta School of Management. He was the Head in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences from 2007-2010. Currently, he is the President of National Academy of Psychology India and the Editor of the journal Psychological Studies (Springer). He teaches Research methodology, Organisational behaviour, and Psychology. His research focuses on leadership, laterality, cognition, values, post-disaster trauma, disaster preparedness, and pro-environmental behaviour. He has authored over 125 scientific/professional articles including book chapters. He has authored a book on Psychological aspects of polarisation phenomenon and co-edited three books. He has produced 25 Ph.D. students, handled more than 30 research/consultancy projects, and co-ordinated 20 training programmes.More info
Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik
Priyadarshi Patnaik is a Professor of English and Communication at the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur. His is also the Secretary, Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur, and Rector’s Nominee, Technology Students Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur. His areas of research include Visual communication, Music and emotion, Communication and culture, Media communication, Translation, and Digital humanities. He has authored and edited more than 14 volumes of text, reference, and creative work. He has a number of research papers, translations, poems, short stories, illustrations and photographs in many national and international journals. He is currently one of the Co-PIs involved with a number of cultural and heritage projects under the MHRD Mega-Project, SandHI.More info
Prof. V.N. Giri
Vijay Nath Giri is a Professor & Head in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur. He has been teaching subjects related to Communication Studies. He has received many awards including DAAD-Fellowship, Germany. He has published a book, number of book chapters, and more than fifty research papers in referred journals. He has supervised eight students for Ph.D. degree. He was on the editorial board of ‘Communication Theory†published by International Communication Association, USA and member editorial board “Encyclopaedia of Communication Theory†published by Sage, USA. His current research interests include organizational, interpersonal and intercultural communication, communication styles, and conflict management.More info
Teaching Assistant(s)
Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2016
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Enrollment : 23-May-2016 to 18-Jul-2016
Exam registration : 02-Aug-2016 to 19-Aug-2016
Exam Date : 18-Sep-2016
Enrolled
10113
Registered
1089
Certificate Eligible
607
Certified Category Count
Gold
1
Silver
0
Elite
144
Successfully completed
462
Participation
344
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Category : Successfully Completed
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Category : Elite
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Category : Gold
Legend
>=90 - Elite + Gold
60-89 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate
Final Score Calculation Logic
- Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
- Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.(plus 5 marks has been added for survey)
Exam score
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