Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 10: Weeklong workshop by The Business School of Jammu University to enhance the professional competencies of MBA students, concluded today.
The workshop included nine sessions, which were conducted by various industry experts, leading academicians and motivational speakers within and outside the university, namely Priyanker, HDFC bank; Gautam, Chamber of Commerce and Industries; Swati Basotra, Talkeasytakeeasy; Geetika Kohli, Thinksta; Prof Vishav Raksha, University of Jammu; Maansi Rattan, MG Design School; Akash Bali, Amazon India; Jasleen Kaur, Branding Elves; Aman Talla, Talla Jewellers and Satish Koul, Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
In the valedictory function, Satish Kaul, Resident Director at Emcure Pharmaceutical Ltd was the chief guest. The certificates were distributed to the participants and organisers of the workshop.
Satish Kaul, in his address, expressed the need for the students to enhance soft skills besides academic knowledge. He motivated the students to be disciplined, ethical and work hard to achieve success in life. He emphasized upon the need for such programs in The Business School.
Prof Sameer Gupta, Director TBS, while talking on the occasion, gave special remarks about the workshop. He emphasized upon the need for such workshops for the MBA students that are under immense academic and competitive pressure.
Prof Alka Sharma appraised the gathering that such workshops give an edge to the students in their employability profile. Further, Prof Vinay Chauhan stressed upon the need of increase industrial linkages to transmit the knowledge and skills between the linked firms and upgrade the curriculum design of the department with the inputs from the industry.
During the program, the students also shared their feedback and suggested that more such programs should be organized. The session was attended by faculty members and students of The Business School. The event was coordinated by faculty coordinators namely Dr Rachna Mahajan and Dr Farah Choudhary along with student coordinators of MBA-1st semester of The Business School.