Mangaluru: A five day certificate course in Soft Skills for professional competency was inaugurated here on July 16 at St Agnes college auditorium.

The workshop organised by the Department of Commerce in collaboration with iBrain (Intelligent Brain), Bengaluru, was inaugurated by St Agnes Institutions Joint Secretary and Local Manager Sr Dr Maria Roopa Ac.

While addressing the gathering she said that soft skills play a vital role in achieving professional success. They are a part of our personality and make who we are. “In this era, where relationships are getting complex, soft skills are essential. Scoring high marks is not the only criteria of personal life. These soft skills strengthen us from within and develop our overall personality”, she said and added that these days companies look for smart candidates who are all rounders. “These workshops on soft skills give a finishing touch to ones personality and boost the confidence of a student”, she said. She then asked all the students to make the best use of the workshop.

St Agnes College Principal Sr M Supriya AC presided over the programme and said that these five days are not for fun but are meant to be skill filled days. “This is an opportunity to discover our skills and use them at different places like in our classroom or home and workplace”, she said and asked all the participants to make use of this golden opportunity and wished them a fruitful session.

While resource person Govind Joshi  spoke about the need of women leaders in every field and the purpose of the workshop being to produce more confident women, Ronith Nanjappa spoke about the organization and said, “iBrain teaches you how to build your future and I hope this workshop will be useful to all the students to develop their skills”. Ajay Kumar another resource person from iBrain was also present during the inaugural.

Head of commerce department Devi Prabha welcomed all the dignitaries. Aishwarya rendered the vote of thanks.