Mohd Aasif | Clarion India
NEW DELHI – The University Placement Cell (UPC) of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) will organise a week-long “Online Summer School on Job Readiness” during July 16-24 to prepare students for job opportunities in the shrinking employment market due to COVID-19.
The programme will be inaugurated online on July 16 at 3 pm on Google meet, said Ahmad Azeem, media coordinator of the University, in a statement released to the media.
Anees Khan, Global Business Head, WIPRO Ltd., United Kingdom (UK) will be the Chief Guest in the inaugural session. He will deliver the inaugural address on “Future skills required in the changing scenario of the Global Economy”. Prof. Najma Akhtar, Vice-Chancellor, JMI will preside over the session.
The JMI administration believes that the summer school will ‘enhance’ employability skills of the university students. It will cover important topics related to the job-readiness i.e. Self-analysis, Personality Development, Communication & Presentation skills, Group Discussions, Goal setting, Team Work, Resume writing in effective manner, Cracking Interviews.
“The programme will help students to enhance overall employability skills which are much needed in the current scenario. Resource persons will be from corporate organizations and academia. All participants will be given e-certificates after the completion of the programme”, reads the statement.
Besides Anees Khan and Najma Akhtar, other speakers of the programme include Zuhaib T. Khan, CEO, Apeejay Stya & Svran Group, Divesh Dhawan, Global CP-Business Lead, Diageo and Sherfur Rehman, Regional Sourcing Manager- Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Nestle among others.
Jamia is also celebrating its 100th year of establishment and has recently placed in the list of top 10 universities of the country announced by MHRD’s NIRF. As per the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, JMI maintains its position and is placed among top 751-800 universities across the globe.
Since its inception, the placement cell of the university has been consistently striving towards the career enhancement of the students.