A Study of Soft Skills Training Programs in B Schools of Delhi NCR

Abstract

Skills essential for employability are both technical skills and non-technical skills. The technical skills are the hard skills that an individual can gain through the academic learning experience. The non-technical skills are also referred to as the soft skills or the employability skills essential in the 21st century for employability. This research is an attempt to research on the growing importance of essential soft skills and the importance that soft skill have today in the institutions and the industry. There is an employability gap that exists from the skills that a fresh management recruit possess to a corporate expectation. This employability gap is studied in B schools in Delhi/NCR and the measures that are undertaken by the institutes to bridge the employability gap are studied .There are additional measures and recommendations that are discussed in the research to bridge the employability gap with an innovative pedagogy. An innovative pedagogy for soft skill training which is also an experiential form of learning to impart soft skills has been researched and analyzed in the study. The research has been segregated into the following sections. newline