Capacity development and skills enhancement

In capacity development and skill enhancement scheme the following activities are conducted:

1. Soft skills
2. Language and communication skills
3. Life Skills (yoga, physical fitness, health & hygiene)
4. Awareness of Trends in Technology

These activities are organized throughout the year.The brief description of the activities is given below:

1. Soft skills:

Every year two activities are conducted to enhance the different soft skills like personal interview, personality development, team building activity etc.
First activity is the mock GD and PI sessions organized by Placement cell of SIT for all the final year students who are eligible for placement.

Points Covered in Mock GD and PI:

Physical Appearance
Do’s and don’ts of GD and PI
Mock GD round
Mock PI round of 15 mins with each student

The second activity is Communication Skills lab sessions which is conducted for First year students of SIT wherein sessions on Soft Skills are also conducted. Points Covered:

Introduction to soft Skills
Hard skills vs soft Skills
Negotiation skills
Team building
Time management
Personality development
Telephone etiquettes
Interview skills
Interpersonal skills
Intercultural communication and etiquettes

2. Language and communication skills

Different activities were conducted to enhance the language and communication skills of the students.
First activity is weekly classes and lab sessions on communication skills conducted for all the first year students, in which different skills like resume writing, paragraph writing, business letters, presentation skills etc. are covered
Second is the weekly classes on Liberal Arts (German/ French) conducted for second year students. Students can choose one language of their choice out of German and French, in which students learn alphabets, phonetics, pronunciation, common vocabulary, short informal salutations, basic grammatical sentence structures etc. are covered

3. Life Skills (yoga, physical fitness, health & hygiene)

In order to spread awareness about healthy lifestyle, yoga session is arranged. The students learn yoga and its health benefits. In order to spread awareness regarding road safety and rules regarding driving, the Department of Civil Engineering, SIT organizes a road safety week. The students learn the importance of obeying traffic rules. To improve the physical fineness Zumba sessions are also conducted . It also promotes feelings of well-being and leaves you invigorated and energized.

Zumba

4. Awareness of Trends in Technology

In order to make the students aware of the latest trends and technology every department conducts guest lectures in each semester. An industry expert is invited for the conduct of guest lectures. They provide fresh approach to the topics, signify the relevance of the subject/topic from an industry perspective. The students are introduced to the current trends in the market.