 So, we all know that most of our students are technically good. They complete their degree, they complete a lot of certification courses and so on. So, they are good when it comes to the technical skills. But some students especially from what we see is tier 2, tier 3 towns, you know, when it comes to attending an interview or attending a group discussion, we see that some are commit, some do not know what to answer when let's say the interviewer is asking, what is your goal five years down the line or the interviewer is asking, what have you learned in your college that you will be able to apply in the job and so on. Simple questions but students who are not prepared may not be ready to answer properly. Similarly, how to prepare a resume, what you should highlight, what you can discard. For specific jobs, what all can you add? Again, these days all of us look for jobs in social media and so on. Where to go and look for jobs? All these things are very important for a student who is just in the job market. They are struggling to get a job. They do not know how to, you know, present themselves at the interview, what type of answers to give and so on. So we thought, okay, let us help out our students by giving soft skills training for NPTEL learners. So we again approached our CSR partners, company partners and some of them have been generous. They have donated some funds towards soft skills training. So because of this, based on this funding, we are now able to give this soft skills training free for local chapter students. So students who are from local chapter colleges, we are very happy to announce that this training comes free. Again, our target is not these colleges where soft skills training is already provided. There are many colleges who provide soft skills training in the last semester or the previous semester. So if students are already, you know, have access to such training, you can tell them not to attend this. This is for those colleges, perhaps government colleges, perhaps tier two, tier three colleges where you may not even be able to find people or experts who can give these sessions. So let me share my screen now. I hope voice is feeble. Okay, I hope you can hear now. I hope this session will be useful for all of you. This is going to be a very brief session. We just will explain the modalities. And after my colleague here, Ms. Geetha is also available. Ms. Geetha will be mishandling this in our office. So Ms. Geetha will be explaining the steps as to what a local chapter college should do, what type of training happens and, you know, you can go from there. From ASHA B, voice is not clear. I think now it is clear. I have pulled the microphone towards my mouth. So I hope it is clear now. Yeah, thanks. Thanks. Okay, so let me share my screen now and then we'll go through a simple PPT for you to understand. Okay, so let me share my screen now. I hope everybody can see the screen. Divya, can they, I mean, can they see the screen? Yes. Okay, so let's go to the first slide. Okay, this is an exclusive session for NPTEL Local Chapter SPOC. Thanks everybody for joining. Okay, so the slides that we are going to go through are which students can participate. Then we'll explain the process of the training, the types of training that we are offering and then what the trainees have to do to obtain a certificate and some statistics and some feedback. Okay, so these are the points that we are going to discuss. We don't want to take too much of your time. So we are going to go through it very quickly so that we can also take some questions at the end. So the objective of the training, as I told you, is to improve the employability skills of the student and also make them industry ready. As I told you, many students who are technically qualified or sometimes are not getting through the interviews because they are not, they did not have the background in their families or in the colleges to help them. So we thought, okay, why not step in and provide that help? Who can participate? Colleges that do not have facility for training and placement activities, especially female students who are in colleges, those type of colleges, colleges from rural India, tier 2, tier 3, etc. are preferred. But that doesn't mean that if a college applies, we are going to say no. We will see if we can schedule you also. So please write to us, not a problem. We will schedule you also. Training will be provided based on the availability of funds that I already told you. We are getting funds from our colleges, from our companies, from our industry partners. So training will be provided based on the funding that we get. So far, we have been given some funding that can go towards training the students. So we'll show you some numbers later. So there are several steps, process of training. The students have to register for the soft skills training through a Google form. So what we'll do is we will inform the SBOCs and the SBOCs in turn will inform the students and the students can fill the Google form. After that, we will do an employability assessment. We'll ask the students to submit a resume. And then once the experts have gone through the assessment as well as the resumes, we will invite the students for online interactive session. We will give them some tips, etc. And then online mock interviews will also be held. So these are the typical training that we give. So I think at this point, I will invite my colleague Geetha to explain the details a little bit more. Geetha ma'am, please go ahead. Thank you, ma'am. Hello, everyone. Now I'm going to explore the process of the soft skills training. So first step of this training is the SPOC has to fill the availability form. It's a Google form where the SPOC can log their schedule for their students. So here after once we receive the response from the SPOCs, then we will circulate the registration form. We will circulate the registration form. And again, it's a Google form. The student has to fill this Google form to confirm their participation. So after this registration process, then we will share the employability assessment link and the resume link with the candidates. So this employability assessment link, we will assess the verbal ability, then reasoning skills and aptitude skills of the candidates. So this employability assessment test, it's not like a qualifier, but just we want to know the levels of the candidate. And then the candidates has to fill the resume. Why are we collecting this resume? Actually, we have 70-plus industry partners. In Peter, we have 70-plus industry partners. So whenever we receive the job opportunity from our partners, we are sharing the opportunity with our candidates who shared their resume with us. So in Peter, actually, in Peter does not guarantee the job, but we are showing the path to the candidates. So once the resume part and the employability assessment test is over, then we move to the interactive session. So here in the interactive session, it covers various topics. So here the interactive session, we have two types of interactive sessions, one week interactive session, and then 15 days internship training. So in the one week interactive session, the duration of the session will be one and half hours per day, and the students will receive 10 hours training. It is now 15 days, two days alerted for each session, and the duration of the training is 20 hours. So always all the steps are same. They have to complete the registration, employability assessment test, resume submission, and mock interview. So here after the interactive session, the students will have a mock interview. It's a one-on-one interview. So here the trainer or the interviewer will assess the skill level of the candidates. And after the mock interview, the interviewer will provide some suggestion how to improve their skill. So this is the process we have in soft skills training. And the topics, and we talk about the topics, the first topic will cover is oral communication. So here we will cover all the aspects of communication. So how to participate in GD, how to give presentation, all these things will cover in the oral communication. And the next will be how to improve writing skills. So here in the writing skills, again, we will train the candidates to handle the business or work return communication. So here in this writing skills, it's all about how to write emails and email attributes. And then next will be our resume ability. So here in the resume building session, it covers how to chose the correct template, how to showcase the candidate's talent. It's a third topic in our session, soft skill session. And then fourth will be how to present oneself in an interview. So how to answer the question, how to face the interview. That's the training will be provided by the trainer. And the next session will be how to use social network in the context of job searching. So here in this session, it will tell you the guidelines to use the social network properly to get other job opportunities. And it will explain the benefits of having a good network. So after completing all these sessions, the candidates will have a doubt clearing session. So in the doubt clearing session, all the trainers will present. They will clarify the doubts on the previous session or any placement activities. So we have two kinds. So here after this doubt clearing session, the students will receive the mock interview. So next, I will explain now what's the eligibility criteria to get the certificate. So here the eligibility criteria is the students who secured minimum 80 percentage attendance for interactive session. And those who completed mock interview is eligible to get the certificate. Also, they have to complete their activities and assignments given by the trainer. Because each and every session, they will receive some activities and assignments from the trainers. So the candidates who satisfy all these criteria will get the certificate. So here you can see some statistics on this soft skills training. So as you can see, so far we completed, the 90 colleges completed the soft skills training. 2,500 plus candidates completed their employability assessment. And around 2,000 candidates participated in interactive sessions and HR mock interview completed by 1,200 candidates. And we are receiving good feedbacks for this soft skills training. So we received 4.9 points out of five for our interactive session. And then 4.8 out of five for HR mock interviews. So other than this, we received a lot of feedbacks from our learned trainers and from our Sparks. And keep on there saying they are getting some benefits. Like they can face the interview. And their confidence level is boosting up when they are facing the interview. These kind of feedbacks, good feedbacks we are receiving from the, constantly we are receiving from the learners. And Sparks also they are registering, they are recording their feedbacks. Like their students are able to clear the interviews. And this is useful for women candidates, particularly the rural women students. So with this, I completed my presentation. So thank you all for your patience. And if you have any queries, please put it in the chat, you can raise your hand. Thank you. Okay. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Gita ma'am. So I will stop sharing the screen now. I think this session, the limit is 100. I don't know why that is. Those who are trying to join, you can join the YouTube link also. Anyways, so I'm glad that 100 of you are here. So I can see that some questions in the chat window. So somebody was asking, when is the training session planned? The sessions are ongoing as we speak. So we need to communicate with our trainers ahead of time. So how we do is, we have a form in the local chapter page also. Our team can again send it to all the local chapter SPOCs. You can please pick and choose a date and a week for the training session. Right, Gita ma'am? Yes. So the college can choose the week. So it can be either a basic training of one week or an intense training of two weeks, 15 days. So the college can choose that. And then you can fill a Google form and let us know. And then our team will get in touch with you. And you can proceed with the training program. So what we also recommend is that the SPOCs attend the program along with the students. So that you will also know what training is being given to the students and how the training is happening and how interactive they are and so on. And we also do take attendance. And there is a minimum attendance applicable for students to get a certificate at the end of the session. So Ms. Vandana, you can send an email to local chapter ID. Training is for all students. So those who are seeking jobs. So it can be PG students, it can be UG students, it can be management students, preferably the last semester or the previous semester students. So that they have completed most of their studies and they are now starting to apply for jobs and so on. So the Google form we will be sharing with local chapter colleges as soon as the session is over. And we are recording this. We'll try to share it with you all. So as you can see, it's a very comprehensive training program. This is exclusively for local chapter SPOCs only. So we will communicate with the SPOC. The SPOCs can in turn communicate with the college management and the students and make sure that they are available during that time. It cannot be that you apply, you freeze a date. We also get our trainers ready, etc. And then by the way, we are students are having exams, etc. That cannot happen because we are blocking dates for your students. So you have to make sure that they are available and also make sure that the students do attend the sessions. This is going to be very useful for them. You can understand that we have hired trainers for this program exclusively. Can you arrange training session for our college only? Yes, this is applicable to students from your college only. This is not an in-person session. It is an online session. It's an online training program for students from local chapter colleges. So we will send a form to all SPOCs. You can start filling the form and blocking the dates. Minimum number of students per session is 20 or 25 students. So that is for one trainer, we have multiple trainers. So we can have simultaneous sessions even on the same day. So if the first slot is finished. So for example, 25 students, if there are two batches from a college, we can have multiple sessions conducted by two different trainers. That is not going to be a problem. So we will alert you when the slot is full and then you can book for the next slot. Local chapter, those who are not familiar, I am guessing these are students. Please talk to your college authorities. Any other questions, please? Will you send the list of students? Yes, definitely. We are going to work very closely with the SPOC. So you will know which students are registering, which students are attending and so on. The SPOC will also get an appreciation letter once the session is complete. So the students will get a certificate based on their attendance and participation and then the SPOC will get a certain appreciation letter from our side. What are the timings? What are the timings, Gita madam? Based on the availability of the students, we provide two slots. You can choose either morning slot. The morning slot will be 10 to 1130 session and evening slot will be 4 to 530 session. Thanks, ma'am. So can you do it for 45 students? See, the idea is we want to give them one-on-one training. So 45 is too much for a batch that is coming online. That is why we are reducing it to 20 to 25 students per batch. So the Google form will be shared again via email to all the SPOCs. Minimum maximum I have already mentioned now. The 20 to 25 is the number that we are looking per batch. Please don't worry about the batch size and so on. We are going to be doing this all year long. So even if you miss one batch, the students can apply in the next batch and so on. We will be working very, very closely with the SPOC. So do not worry about it. Keep writing to us and we will help you. Is there any option to select session from two? I didn't understand that question. Please explain further. What's the platform for training? It is going to be an online training. The students will be filling some forms. They will give them some basic assessments first and then they will come on G meet. So it's only 25 students and the trainers. So we'll be doing it through G meet. And the SPOC will definitely be attending the G meet along with the students. Yeah, there are two sessions morning and evening. That is because, you know, whenever students are available, they can join. Some in some colleges, they prefer the morning session. Some prefer the evening session. So you can decide which session you want to join. So we have been receiving a lot of, you know, good feedback from students as well as the SPOC's on how their confidence has gone up, how they are now able to face interviews with more confidence and they know how to answer whatever questions and so on. So we urge all the SPOC's to please talk to your college management and find which students need this help. Not all students may need the help. Only a few may need the help. So recommend such students only when we get the number of students, we can book slots. No, it's not like that. First, the students have to fill a Google form. Only then we can book our trainers. Okay, depending on the availability of students, only we will book the trainers. So the how it goes is you have the students have to fill a Google form that will be shared with the SPOC's. You circulate it among students. Students will fill the Google form and then we will check with the college and arrange morning or afternoon session. We will talk to the SPOC's. We will be writing, communicating with the SPOC's. We'll call you and we'll arrange this. So it will be from the basic level. It will be from the basic level. So if the students English is not correct, that will also be pointed out by the trainer. They will give them some tips on how to improve their English and so on. So do the student need to register with NPTEL course previously. So what we prefer is the student, if he or she has completed an NPTEL course, those students are preferred. So in the Google form, we'll be asking, have you completed an NPTEL course? And those students will be given preference. When we'll get the Google form after the session, we'll send an email with the Google form. See first and second year students, we are telling you not to because they are just beginners in the college, right? Let them focus on their studying now. Let them not worry about placement and so on. Now, I think it's ideal for third year and fourth year students to attend this session. So to contact, all the SPOCs, if you are an SPOC of a college, if you are a student, please contact your college. If you are a SPOC of the college, then we will be sending an email to the SPOC of the college. You will get the email, please check out for our email. The form will be sent to the SPOC. The students have to, the SPOC has to share it with the students. Diploma, three years, yes, second year students, that's fine. So the form will be sent to SPOCs. SPOCs can in turn share it with the students. I hope the session has been clear for all of you. So this will be very useful. We'll be doing multiple levels of training for them. It will be group training. There will be one-on-one training. There will be given homework. It is not like they just come and watch some online sessions and then get a certificate. It is not going to be like that. The students will be given some take-home assignments also. So they have to come back with the submissions and the trainers will go through that and then give the assessment. Finally, create the Google form. Yes, yes, madam. We have so far created, I mean trained some 2000 plus students. It is a very easy Google form they will understand. If you need any doubt, if you have any doubts, please write to us. We will help. There is no fees for this training. There is no fees for this software training. It is a free training for all students. This is exclusively for local chapter, SPOC and colleges. The training is free. We are not charging any fees for this training. So the PPT, there is nothing to share. It is just very basic. We are going to share an email with the Google form. You please circulate it amongst your students and then we will go with the slot booking. That is something we will communicate with the SPOCs. If there are any more doubts, please put it in the chat window. I haven't completed any individual course. Am I allowed to please fill the Google form? We will see based on availability. We will see. See, let the students first fill the form, the timing, etc. We will arrange. Okay, don't worry about it at all. Our first worry is for the students to fill the Google form. Let the students fill the Google form. We will send the Google form to the SPOCs. Hand it over to the students. Let them fill the form first. There is no fees. There is no fees for this session. There is no fee for this session. UG second and third year. If preferably, preferably, finally a student should apply. Reduce exam fees. No, this is not the place to ask for these things. We are talking about soft skills training. I am understanding that these are all students. Students, please ask your college authorities to contact us. PG first year. I think PG second year is better. Any other questions? G form for college. So we are going to send it through email. No, no. Circulate to all students. Let all students fill. Depending on the number of students who have filled, we will allocate slots. Don't worry about how many students are filling. First job for SPOC is to circulate it to students. Okay, circulate it to students. And we will see how we can allocate slots for each student. So PG second year is fine. PG second year is fine. No fees for this training. This is a service that we are doing from the NPTEL site. This is funded by our companies. So do not worry about the fees at all. There is no fees for the students. Okay, I think we have answered all the questions. First year PG is not we are not allowing. We are just saying that, you know, we prefer finally a student. So it's second year PG is better. How many days training? We already mentioned this. It can be a one week or a two week training. Passed out students. No, we are doing only for current students. So Shilpa ma'am, we will share the form again. Please check if it is the same form. I don't know which form you have filled. Okay. So those who do not have any questions, you can leave the session now. Thank you all for joining. If you have any more questions, you can send an email to local chapter mail ID. UG, finally a student is fine. Please ask them to fill. First year PG, if you don't have enough second year PG, please ask first year also to fill. We'll depending on the number of thoughts available, we will decide. Thank you for joining. If you don't have any more questions, you may leave the session. Thank you. Thank you all. Okay, studio team, you can stop the recording. Thank you so much. Thank you all for more questions. Please send an email. Shailaja madam, that is fine. Thank you. Third year students, that is fine. Thank you all. Thank you.