A guest talk was organised for the students of the Department of Secretarial Practice, St Agnes College (Autonomous), Mangaluru on 27 February 2023 on the topic ‘Soft Skills-a Competitive weapon.’

Mrs Vidya Bhat, Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Besant Women’s College, Mangalore was the resource Person for the day. She began her talk by differentiating between the hard skill and soft skill and later highlighting the importance of soft skills in everyday life, to have a healthy life. Her session was full of activities and was interactive where students learnt the skills of time management, team work, concentration and communication. With multiple activities she made the session very interesting and forced them to think out of the box, make one self unique and raise their confidence level.

Students of the Department took charge of the programme – Ms Shalwin and group for the prayer, Ms Suhani to welcome, Ms Alima Baji to thank and Ms Rahiza to compere the event. 41 of the students participated and benefitted from the talk.