Centre for Excellence and Personality Development Evaluation criteria PGDM, PGDM (Finance), PGDM (IB)- 2010-2012 batch

This has reference to the Centre for Excellence and Personality Development (CFEPD) Policy that was distributed to students and provides the evaluation criteria for the CFEPD courses. Development of Core Competencies The IFIM GET AHEAD ADVANTAGE is about helping a student to derive maximum advantage of his/her time at IFIM, in order to extend their experiences, develop skills, and explore new interests. Inspiring them in their personal, social and professional environments is the ideology behind this programme. In doing so, we renew their respect for themselves and for each other, and give them a new take on their values, beliefs and perception. Skills, such as communication, problem solving and teamwork, are considered critical to success in industry, yet they are often underemphasized in programmes. This is an assessment of the gap between the knowledge, skills and attitudes that the people in the institution currently possess and the knowledge, skills and attitudes that they require to meet the organizations objectives. Possession of proper attitudes is one of the most important attributes of a competent person. Without proper attitudes, the performance of a person gets adversely affected. Hence, systematic efforts will be made to develop attitudes during the training programmes. Objectives: 1. To encourage the all round development of students by focusing on soft skills 2. To make the students aware about the importance, the role and the content of soft skills through instruction, knowledge acquisition, demonstration, and practice 3. To develop and nurture the soft skills of the students through individual and group activities 4. To expose students to right attitudinal aspects and to build the same through activities The coverage of soft skills that help develop a student as a team member, leader, all round professional in the long run have been identified. The important core competencies to be developed are: VALUES AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT This workshop oriented programme focuses on identifying current skills, values and learning styles. It also aims at highlighting areas for future development. It also introduces the concepts of reflection and action planning as useful tools for personal development. The Centre for Excellence and personality Development (CFEPD)curriculum would include: 1.Communication skills Verbal/Non verbal and Written 2. Quantitative techniques and logical Reasoning 3. Data Interpretation, Creative thinking, problem solving and decision-making

4. Current Affairs and General Knowledge 5. Self management and Interpersonal Skills 6. Leadership 7. Emotional Intelligence 8. Etiquettes Duration of the Programmes Duration has been prescribed in hours in the curriculum of individual module, which are based on the content and requirements of the CFEPD Programme. Evaluation Pattern Active participation in activities, interest displayed by the students in acquiring the necessary attributes and skills, and the commitment shown by them to improve in terms of attitudes are the main criteria for evaluation. Regular assessment tests to be conducted with emphasis on a midterm and an end term examination in English Language (Communication) and Quantitatives and Logical Reasoning. The cumulative grades of the tests would be considered for promotion to the next academic term. The minimum pass mark is 60%. Any student failing to achieve the required pass marks would have to repeat the CFEPD skill training and achieve the needed pass score, 60% before appearing for the end term academic and CFEPD skill exams of the following term i.e student has to secure pass marks in the earlier term CFEPD skill examination before appearing in the following term academic and CFEPD skill examinations and so on for every term. The reexamination fee would be applicable for all reexaminations. In the other components of the CFEPD Skill training i.e. soft skills like personality development, Interpersonal skills, time management, etiquettes and others students would be assessed and grades assigned. The minimum grade for passing is grade C. Students failing to achieve the minimum grade would have to repeat the training by paying the reexamination fee and achieve the grade. The Institute reserves the right to make any changes in the course curriculum or evaluation pattern whenever it deems it necessary.