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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%)

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

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