Soft Skills Training For Students of Higher Education: Some Initial Observations

Mr. Joseph V. Philip; Mr. V. Kannappa Setty; Dr. R. Parthasarathy; Dr. Dorothy P. Rekha

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| Published: September 25, 2015

Soft Skills Training For Students of Higher Education: Some Initial Observations

Mr. Joseph V. Philip

PhD Scholar, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore Google Scholar More about the auther

, Mr. V. Kannappa Setty

PhD Scholar, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. R. Parthasarathy

Senior Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore Google Scholar More about the auther

, Dr. Dorothy P. Rekha

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.014/20150204

DOI: 10.25215/0204.014

ABSTRACT

Recently the authors were assigned to train higher education students (the second year master‘s and PhD scholars) with soft skills at the Department of Social Work at the Kuvempu University, Shimoga. The department wanted to enhance the students‘ preparedness into being competent professionals through social skills training as soft skills can enhance their technical expertise.

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Soft Skills Training, Higher Education

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How to cite this article: J Philip, V Setty, R Parthasarathy, D Rekha. (2015). Soft Skills Training For Students of Higher Education: Some Initial Observations. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 2 (4), DOI: 10.25215/0204.014, DIP: 18.01.014/20150204