Capability Enhancement and Development Schemes
Soft Skills
Preamble
Soft skill training is one of the most important activity at SICSR, as Soft skills is important for the overall development of the students. The placement cell plans and conducts various sessions on personality development and soft skills for the students. It also helps in leadership, team building, decision-making, and problem solving.
Objectives
• To enrich the students soft skills
• To make students proactive in various areas
• To make students industry ready
Programmes Organized
Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), Pune is running various capability enhancement and development schemes for students. The list of the events related to soft skill development is given in the table below.
Outcome of the Training:
• Development of interpersonal skills
• Team building
• Skill Enhancement
List of Events
| Academic Year | Name of the capacity development and skills enhancement schemes | Name of the agencies/consultants involved |
| 2017-2018 | Career Counselling offered by the institution (Soft skill Training Session Conducted by the Institute) | Placement Cell SICSR |
| 2018-2019 | Career Counselling offered by the institution (Soft skill Training Session Conducted by the Institute) | Placement Cell SICSR |
| 2019-2020 | Soft skill Training Session Conducted by the Institute | Placement Cell SICSR |
| 2020-2021 | Corporate Readiness Programme | Placement Cell SICSR |
Details of Event
Resume Building Workshop 
by IEEE SICSR Pune Student Branch
IEEE SICSR Pune Student Branch organized a workshop on Resume Building on 21st February 2021.
This session helped students to:
1. Gain attention from the recruiter and stand out in the crowd
2. Highlight their accomplishments
3. Communicate their skills, experience, and qualifications
4. Get their first interview right
Communication Skills
Preamble
The placement cell plans and conducts various sessions on Communication Skill development, which includes verbal and non-verbal communication skills.
Objectives
• To enrich students writing ability and oral communication
• To conduct mock group discussion and personal interviews
• To encourage students to participate in various events
• To organize various events
List of Programmes Conducted on Communication Skills
| Academic Year | Name of the capacity development and skills enhancement schemes | Name of the agencies/consultants involved |
| 2015-2016 | Language Proficiency | SICSR |
| 2017-2018 | Career Counselling offered by the institution (Soft skill Training Session Conducted by the Institute) | Placement Cell SICSR |
| 2018-2019 | Career Counselling offered by the institution (Soft skill Training Session Conducted by the Institute) | Placement Cell SICSR |
| 2019-2020 | Soft skill Training Session Conducted by the Institute | Placement Cell SICSR |
| 2020-2021 | Corporate Readiness Programme | Placement Cell SICSR |
Outcome
• Development of communication skills in students
• Personality development of the students
Trends in Recent Technology
Technological development in students is very important, to make students industry-ready Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR) Pune is running various events as a part of trends in technological development.
Objectives
To enlighten the students with new technology which are in demand.
Activities
Various events are organized by Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies and Research (SICSR), Pune though it’s different committees
List of Programmes Conducted on Awareness of Trends in Technology
| Academic Year | Name of the capacity development and skills enhancement schemes | Name of the agencies/consultants involved |
| 2019-2020 | Awareness of trends in technology | Placement Cell SICSR |
| 2020-2021 | Awareness of trends in technology | Placement Cell SICSR |
Outcome
Students will be benefited with new technology learning which will help to solve real life complex problem with technology tools and practices.
Technical Events
GitHub Hands on Workshop
As part of our collaboration with GitHub and IncubateIND, a hands-on GitHub workshop and a two-day hackathon were organized from June 2, 2021 to June 4, 2021. The workshop was conducted by Mr. Kaushik Roy, Principal Architect, IncubateIND.
Placement Activities
We have developed a learning platform for the students for the following:
1. Aptitude Tests
2. Technical Tests
3. Group Discussions
4. Interview skills
5. Presentations Skills
6. Soft Skills
SICSR regularly conducts guest sessions on career counseling and soft skills by Industry experts. We also conduct guest sessions for the students by experts in startups to become entrepreneurs.
