NOC | Soft Skill Development

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.

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.

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.

Teaching Assistant(s)

junmoni borgohain

P.hD

RASHMI RANJAN BEHERA

P.hD

PINAKI GAYEN

P.hD

Chirashree Srabani Rath

P.hD

Course Duration : Jan-Mar 2020

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Enrollment : 18-Nov-2019 to 03-Feb-2020

Exam registration : 16-Dec-2019 to 21-Feb-2020

Exam Date : 29-Mar-2020

Enrolled

19117

Registered

910

Certificate Eligible

477

Certified Category Count

Gold

Silver

Elite

183

Successfully completed

277

Participation

263

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold

Legend

AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed