LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13 : 2 February 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

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A Study on Effectiveness of Teachers Imparting Communication Skills to Students of Engineering Colleges

Dr. Harish Shukla

Abstract

In the Indian context, an engineering students’ success in the on-campus as well as in the off-campus is based on their demonstration of communication skills. According to NASCOM former President, Karnik only 25% of technical graduates are suitable for employment in the organisation in India because they lack abilities to speak or write well in English. Most students are not ‘industry ready’ (Infosys 2008). It is very essential for the engineering students who want to join the industry that they enrich their communication skills and soft skills and develop an ability to learn on their own and learn to work in a team.

Oral presentations are an integral part of an engineer’s career. He has to take part in meeting, seminar, and conferences. As an effective public speaker, he can not only enhance his own reputation but also the reputation of the organisation where he works.(Bhatia and Sheikh, 2001)

In the era of globalisation, we can not meet the international standards without ensuring quality teaching to the students in the institutes particularly technical institutes. Since technical education plays a very crucial role in the overall development of a nation, the researcher got inspired to choose the topic for study related to engineering institutes. The present status of higher education in India is a matter of discussion. It still needs a lot of improvement. The quality of higher education depends primarily on quality manpower in these colleges particularly teachers who teach and make students practice communication skills. There are large numbers of engineering colleges in Indore. The topic has been taken for the research purpose because a little work has been done. The results of the present study can be helpful directly or indirectly to the persons and bodies concerned. Top management of these colleges can ensure better facilities to improve communication skills of students of their colleges. Results can also be helpful to revise curriculum by the universities and also they can be helpful for teachers to know the feedback of their performance.

Review of Related Literature

Albert P’Rayan and Ramakrishna T. Shetty (2008) worked to measure the communication apprehension of 120 students at Jeppiar Engineering College and also speaking tests were administered to the same students to assess their public speaking skills. The results revealed that majority of the students have high communication apprehension and around 60% students lack communication skills.

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Dr. Harish Shukla
Professor & Head, MBA, Shri Vaishnav Institute of Tech. & Sc.
Gram Baroli, Post Alwasa
Indore-Sanwer Road
Indore 453331
Madhya Pradesh, India
harishsvits@yahoo.co.uk
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