A One Week Faculty Development Programme on "An Executive Coaching Workshop on Communication Skills" was organized by PEC University of Technology, Chandigarh under TEQIP - II and conducted by the team consisting of two members, Mr. Chand Narayan and Mr. Harish from HUM Consulting, Hyderabad (A.P.) from 4th August 2016 to 8th August 2016. The course was aimed to enhance the communication skills of faculty members to perform better in the field of technical communication to help the students perform better in job interviews.. It also aimed to familiarize the participants with the soft skills and taught how to involve the students in the teaching learning process.
The course was inaugurated by the Director, Prof. Dr. Manoj K. Arora who highlighted the importance of this course in general and communication skills in particular. Dr. Balwinder Singh, Coordinator, presented a formal vote of thanks.
The course comprised several sessions which covered group discussion, personal interview, presentation skills, body language, report writing etc. which were highly informative and acquainted the participants with vast knowledge and provided them a practical exposure by relating the concepts to the real life stories and the mock sessions. A great enthusiasm was observed from the participants' side in all the sessions.
The Valedictory session was ended with the excellent feedback about the course and the speakers. At the end, all the participants suggested to have such courses at regular intervals for the faculty members to update communication skills and for the students to prepare better for their job interviews and improve their personalities.