The presentation on Communication Skills was made on 2nd April 2010 at S.S. Engineering College, Bhavnagar.

1. Communication Skills for Engineers Dr. Dilip Barad Department of English Bhavnagar University 4/2/2011 1 S.S. Govt. Engineering College, Sidsar, Bhavnagar

2. Working with your partners, discuss… What do you mean by Communication? Brief History of Communication: Watch this Video. What do you mean by Communication Skill? Watch this video: Gas Commercial How far is this skill useful in professional life? What role does Language play in CS?(watch this video: Hu?) Are ‘Understanding’ and ‘Idea’ more important? Watch this video: 3 idiots: Virus, result, interview. Format of ‘Letter’ for professional purpose: Difference among Resume/C.V./BioData: ePortfolio – using SNS for brand building. 4/2/2011 2 Engineering College, Bhavnagar

3. Do you agree? Although everyone listens, speaks and writes every day, few people realize how important these communication skills are. Engineers in particular tend to emphasize technical and mathematical skills more than communication skills, not realizing that they cannot be fully effective in their jobs if they are poor listeners, speakers and writers. http://professionalpractice.asme.org/Communications/CommSkills/Introduction.cfm 4/2/2011 3 Engineering College, Bhavnagar

4. Do you agree? We all listen and react depending on what we value. We might be more concerned about relationships, or more about ideas or, more about results. We can more effectively communicate if we understand and relate to people from what they value. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FljoEitkIeM 4/2/2011 4 Engineering College, Bhavnagar

5. Thank You… You can catch me at… www.facebook.com/dilipbarad dilipbarad@gmail.com www.twitter.com/dilipbarad Chat- Gtalk: dilipbarad Yahoo Chat: d_barad Skype: dilip.barad Let us pray for India’s victory in today’s ICC World Cup Final between India and Sri Lanka: We hope the history will be re-written today – 1983 … 2011! 4/2/2011 Engineering College, Bhavnagar 5