Workshops on soft skills & career making held at CUJ

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Oct 18: Two workshops on soft skills and career making, one each for the students of MBA Human Resource Management & Organizational Behaviour, and MBA Tourism & Travel Management, concluded at the Central University Jammu.
Speaking in the valedictory function, the Vice Chancellor of CUJ, Prof  Devanand said that employability skills were the fundamentals skills that were a pre-requisite of any professional program in a University/higher education system. It imparts proficiency in knowledge domain where as skills like Effective Communication, Business Etiquettes, Presentation Skills are critical for seeking employment, he added and maintained that at Central University of Jammu, there has been a lot of emphasis on developing these critical life-skills among students.
The workshop for MBA TTM students, “Fundamental Career Workshop” was facilitated by Manjot K S Gill, Chief Business Officer, Mind Bridge Asia. The workshop focused on employability skills of the young professionals. It revolved around effective presentation before an employer and by creating a powerful CV. The students greatly benefited from the workshop.
The workshop for the MBA HRM & OB students, “Effective Communication and Presentation Techniques“ was conducted by  Bhattacharya, Consultant and Practicing CA, and a product of IIM, Kolkata. This workshop outlined the fundamentals of Effective Communication, nuances of the area, how to handle conflicts, how to manage presentations, and essentially business etiquettes in a cross- cultural context.
The function was attended by the Deans of different schools, Heads of the Departments and officers of the University including Registrar, Jit Singh.
Earlier, Prof Deepak Raj Gupta, Dean School of Business Studies, CUJ welcomed the guests. Dr Amit Gangotia presented the formal vote of thanks.  Anjali Pathania conducted the programme.