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| Thursday, March 06, 2008
Soft skills training for teachers
Of engineering colleges affiliated to Anna University–Tiruchi
TIRUCHI: Fifty faculty members of engineering colleges affiliated
to Anna University – Tiruchi (AU-T) will be attending
a soft skills training programme at Chennai this week-end.
The two-day free training programme to be conducted by eight
front-ranking IT companies including Cognizant Technology Solutions,
Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro, would be attended by about
250 teachers, mostly drawn from the English department and placement
divisions of four government technical universities.
The teachers would be split into groups and initiated into training
at eight company locations. This exercise is a joint initiative
of the Anna Universities and the Electronics Corporation of
Tamil Nadu. The faculty members are expected to transfer the
acquired skills to their respective institutions.
Akin to the soft skills training, a technical skills training
programme would be conducted for college teachers during this
month-end, informed V. Damodaran, Chairman, Department of Management
Studies and Director, Centre for University Industry Collaboration.
In addition to the study of English in the first year, the AU-T
has made ‘Technical Communication’ a core component
in the engineering and MCA syllabi during the fifth semester.
By virtue of compulsory study of the subject on technical writing
skills towards the latter part of their programme, the confidence
of the students would be higher by the time they completed their
studies, said Vice-Chancellor V. Ramachandran.
To improve the communication skills of students, the university
has also insisted that its affiliated colleges have language
laboratories.
The university had, earlier this year, conducted a campus placement
training that was attended by 140 pre-final year students drawn
from affiliated colleges. They could gauge industry requirements
by interacting with experts representing top-notch institutions
and industry.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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