Chandigarh : In Haryana, soft skill training would be imparted to students studying in the final year in government, society or aided polytechnic and engineering colleges of the state for the overall personality development and enhancing employability of students.
Additional Chief Secretary Technical Education, Jyoti Arora informed this after signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Department of Technical Education, Haryana and Naandi Foundation which is a CSR Initiative of Mahindra Group.
Arora said that this customized programme for students covering aspects of aptitude, behaviour and career skills is first of its kind in northern India and will enhance employability, overall placement ratio and average salary of passing out students as department has also taken new initiatives on induction, curriculum change, mentoring and regular Industry Institute Interactions.
Director, Technical Education, A. Sreenivas said that the Department is presently having 37 government, society and aided polytechnics and four State Engineering Colleges other than self financing polytechnic and engineering colleges which are running different diploma and degree programs.
During various interactions with the industries, it was observed that for enhancing employability and to provide better placements to students in Global Industries and MNCs, there is a dire need of professional assistance, guidance and mentoring by the experts in this area for improvement in their soft skills in communication, body language, group discussions, interview preparation, quality tools etc which will provide a competitive edge to the passing out students and will make them more employable, he said.
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