Topic

Academic Leadership and 21 Century challenges

Presenter: Dr. Raavee TripathiPSIT,Kanpur

raaveet@gmail.com

Outline of Presentation

gExpectation of 21 century

gPresentation over credentials

gLeadership quality and team spirit

gInnovation and creativity

Concerns

g LSRW and reality of curriculum

g Struggle for Soft Skills

g Team spirit

Process

g Trend of Presentation and Promotion

g Enhancing team building and collaborative environment

g Teaching gap and leadership quality

g Innovation network and envision strategy

Identifying Problem

g Taught 42 batches of various trades

g Rate of placement was 5%in 2009

g Technical knowledge over soft skills

g Through PDP % grew till 34% in 2011

g And this year it was 98%

Observation

g Struggle in sharing and initiating

g Stage fear is the only fear they have

g Fear of criticism

Unique implementable strategies to address the concern

g Importance of effective communication

g Role of presentation strategy

g Kinesics, Proxemics and Chronomics

g Presentation matters

Tangible and qualitative benefits of implementing the mentioned strategies

g Activities targeting students participation

g Assignments and role plays to build up team spirit

g GD, JAM, Individual speaking, Sharing moments

g Practice through mock interviews

Summary

It is said, ‘Rome was not built in a day’. So, to frame our students according to the expectation of 21 century we need to train them since very beginning to make them stand firm in this cut throat competitive market of skills.