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Title of the Practice: LEAD Program

Objectives of the Practice:

LEAD is the structured and branded upskilling program with the objective of enhancing

employability and augmenting academic learning. The LEAD program is conceived as a bridge to
enable smooth transition from campus to corporate. LEAD is an acronym, which stands for ‘Learn,

Enable Advance and Develop’. This is a holistic skill development program, which promises to
offer the necessary skills to prepare our students to be globally relevant and develop future ready

skills in the market.

• Learn key skills that are relevant and current
• Enable student with tools and practices

• Advance our students career by building a culture of renewed vigor and innovation

• Develop our students holistically to suit their future roles and aspirations

The LEAD Program covers Six Competencies – Collaboration, Communication, Collection of
Information, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character building, further broken down into three

overarching skills

• Employability Skills
• 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%)

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