The objective of the Finishing School is to provide soft skills coaching by the industry leaders to students graduating from Engineering, Business Management and law institutions.
CII and IWN Finishing School at IEHE Campus ended on Monday. The workshops spread over 15 days, received participation of more than 100 students. All the participating students from various courses were awarded with certificates during the valedictory ceremony.
“There is a big difference between what we learn during our education and what we are expected to perform in the corporate world; Finishing school is our attempt to bridge the gap. Youngsters today are smarter than we ever were, we help them learn from our experiences so that they don’t make the mistakes we did.” said Dipa Prakash, Chairperson – Indian Women Network MP, Director – Omega Renk Bearings Pvt ltd, while congratulating the students on successfull completion of the finishing school.
During the programme, students attended workshops from renowned entrepreneurs of the city like Pradeep Karambelkar, Managing Director, Vision Advisory, Sneha Jain, Founder, Blue Caterpillar Market Research, Sachin Agarwal, Director KSAR Hospitality Pvt ltd, Roopak Khare, RJ, Radio Mirchi, Ravisha Merchant, Interior Design Consultant. Topics covered by them included Transmission from Academics to Business, Personal Grooming, Time Management & Goal Setting, Effective Communication, Corporate Culture & Organizational Behavior, Group Discussion Skills and Personal Interview Techniques.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has been working actively on Affirmative Action Agenda since 2006 and taking measures to encourage Affirmative Action for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes in corporate India, through varied successful models. Finishing school is one of them where the students receive soft skill training from industry leaders and members of CII, YI and IWN.