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• Aptitude Skills

• Soft Skills

The Actual Practice:

Structure of LEAD:

The LEAD program is designed to enhance and upskill the students of CMS Business School on
a) Aptitude tests, b) Soft skills and c) Employability skills. It is a structured 65-hours program

spanning across 3 semesters.

1. Scheduling of contact hours: The training and contact hours have been woven into

the regular academic time-table.

2. Evaluation and categorization: Students are assessed on each of these skill sets,
based on which a combined Employability Readiness (ER) score is generated.

The ER score is applied for categorizing students into 3 groups.

• Category A (Employability Readiness score: > 80%)
• Category B (Employability Readiness score: >50% and < 80%)

• Not-Eligible (Employability Readiness score: < 50%).

• Students in category A are incentivized by providing an opportunity to appear for two
final placement Offers.

Outcome:
• Aptitude test scores have witnessed an improvement of approximately 20% as

compared to last year.

• Students have provided feedback on improved confidence levels for facing Group
Discussions and Interviews.

• A case in point: Khimji Ramdas (the Oman based Retail group) conducted aptitude tests

at various b-school campuses and shortlisted 43 candidates across the country, of
which 17 (40%) students are from Postgraduate Department of Management. The

students’ clearing the aptitude tests provided specific feedback about LEAD sessions

which helped them improve their scores.

TITLE OF THE PRACTICE: COURSE PLANNING MEET (CPM)

Objective of the Practice:

• To make course planning and delivery effective to improve student results and attainment
of learning outcomes

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