Early Times Report
KATHUA, May 24: Government Degree Billawar organized online lecture session on "Importance of Soft Skills" on 22nd of May, 2024 under the patronage of the worthy Principal of GDC Billawar Prof. (Dr.) Alka Sharma The program commenced with the formal welcome note by Prof. Sunita Devi from Department of English. Dr. Manu Sharma, Head Department of English was the resource person who delivered an exhaustive lecture on the topic describing in detail the importance of soft skills.
She explicitly explained that 'Soft Skills' is a very popular term nowadays, used to indicate personal transversal competences such as social aptitudes, language and communication capability, friendliness and ability of working in team and other personality traits that characterize relationships between people. Soft Skills are traditionally considered complementary of Hard Skills (the technical and academic skills), which are the abilities to perform a certain type of task or activity. Soft Skills are strategic to be successful in personal and professional life then is essential for the students when they try to obtain any kind of job. Enterprises generally hire new employees, in particular recent graduates, taking more in consideration their Soft Skills than their Hard Skills. This happens also for technical professions, because the company, in order to be competitive, needs to create good and effective teams and a collaborative working atmosphere.
The online session was attended by more than 50 students along with the faculty members Prof. Kiran Kumari, Prof. Kanchan Mala, Prof. Sheetal, Lt. Akshey Sharma.
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