Analysis of the Intricacies Involved in Imparting Soft Skills Training to Undergraduate Engineering Students in India

Authors:

Dr. Jyoti Sharma (Manav Rachna Internatinal University, Faridabad)

Keywords: soft skills, English language proficiency, employability, industry expectations, training methods and models, holistic strategy and training pla..

Abstract:

The growth of Technical Education has been unprecedented since the privatization of higher Education in India. Engineering colleges have mushroomed in every part of India right from the metros to the rural and semi urban areas. These colleges attract students who meet the required eligibility criteria for enrolling in an engineering college, but unfortunately are drastically deficient in soft skills and English language proficiency, which in turn makes many of these engineering graduates unemployable. My paper analyzes the various aspects of soft skills; training methods adopted by engineering Colleges in India and its role in employability. It also offers a holistic Strategy and model of imparting soft skills training in Engineering Colleges based on feed back from students and faculty members, study of models adopted across the world, study of Industry expectations and students’ requirement in India.

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