Soft Skills Developement Through Humaniites And Social Sciences Curriculum

The purpose of Humanities and Social Sciences department in any technical institution is to develop an all round personality of young engineers. An engineer without human values and social awareness may prove disastrous to any society. This is the high time to realize the need for developing specific courses that help in the all growth of the personality of the students and train them about the requirements at their workplace. Having an overview about soft skills, we can revert to the discussion that to meet the global challenges, hard core technical qualifications are not enough, but fulfillment of eligibility of having soft skills have become mandatory which is a pathway to develop an individual’s personality that fits him or her best to the job. Soft skills are not a fad at all. Our education system and mindset have been oriented towards technical knowledge and expertise and the focus so far has been on qualifications that boast of specialization in various fields like engineering, software, architecture and so on. The institutions have focused on mapping the hard skills of students and how these skills can fuel the entrepreneurial venture. But very less initiative has been taken to inculcate communication skills and various business ethics within students so as to compete at global platform. Students coming from various rural and cultural backgrounds face complexities in varied forms to function globally as they lack excellent communication and presentation skills, and are unable to exhibit their ideas, thoughts, and talents in full colours, resulting failure of entrepreneurial ventures. Thus, developing soft skills (leadership, decision making, conflict resolution, and presentation skills) throug