SEMINAR PRESENTATION BY ABHISEKH SAIKIA

Professional engineers certainly need effective and impressive communication skills. There is a growing expectation that universities should directly meet the needs of industry standards and deliver global engineers who are not only competent in technical skills but also in non-technical skills such as communication skills. A number of engineering colleges fail to address this need for the introduction of such courses. “Many engineering graduates in India are found to be unemployable due to their poor communication skills and lack of confidence. research papers that have recapped the importance of improving engineering graduates’ employability skills; however, the problem of poor communication skills grows unabated in India.”

One of the major reasons for the failure of engineering students in interview is lack of communicating effectively with their prospective employers. Many final year students are falling short of confidence to face their campus placements. Acumen in communication does not end with being selected for the job. Besides, his technical skills he requires excellence in interpersonal communication skill to deal with circadian activities. There is only twenty percent of actual engineering and eighty percent of writing and communication between co-workers and superiors. Employers are not simply looking for technical skills. The workplace requires people who are able to work cooperatively with others. Nowadays, the employers don’t look for engineering nerds who will spend all work time in the office with an engineering calculator. Even if you are the greatest engineer nobody will recognize you if you cannot explain your thoughts and ideas.

Therefore to build confidence in students and develop their communication skill , a series of seminars and presentation by the students are scheduled.

A presentation by Abhisekh Saikia, a 7th Sem student is a move in this direction to improve communication, hesitation, confidence and general proficiency.