Priyadarshini Skill and Personality Development Programme Centre for SC/ST Students (SPDP)


About AICTE SPDP Scheme :

Dr. A. B. Jirapure,
Coordinator, SPDP Centre ,
Cell: 9420397582
Email: ashish.jirapure@pcenagpur.edu.in

About the Priyadarshini Skill and Personality Development Programme Centre for SC/ST Students (SPDP):

The Institute has setup Priyadarshini Skill and Personality Development Programme Centre (SPDP) as a central facility for the benefit of SC/ST students of the Institution. The Priyadarshini Skill and Personality Development Programme Centre is sponsored by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) under the scheme AICTE Quality Improvement Scheme (AQIS) for the year 2019-2020. The centre will conduct various skill and personality development training programs, guest lectures, workshops and seminars on soft skill and English to reorient and empower SC/ST students in the institute in the light of emerging employment opportunities at all levels.

Objectives of SPDP Centre:

  • To empower the Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) students by providing special skill trainings apart from regular study.
  • To enhance the skills of students with the help of modules on communication, personality development and proficiency in English language.
  • Boost the confidence and skill of the students and encourage students to speak English with fluency and accuracy as well as develop the four skills of reading, writing, listening and speaking of English
  • Provide better career opportunities so that their employability in the industry will be increases.
  • Helps to develop an impressive personality of the students.
  • To Ensures continuous improvement and growth of students and helps them to better management of problems in the life
  • To builds balance in life and ensures excellence in one’s field

Focused areas of SPDP centre:

  • Communication skill is very much necessary to convey the ideas and exchange the information and it will be achieved by organizing various orientation programmes.
  • Problem solving skills is needed to deal with process of finding solutions to complex challenges. Problem solving skills will be improved by conducting lecture hours and online mode training.
  • Teamwork is essential to develop interpersonal skills and leadership qualities in students and it will be achieved by organizing project competitions and team activities.
  • Creativity is the use of imagination and ideas to create something new. Creativity helps students to come up with newer ideas. Creativity skill will be improved by developing various conceptual models in different disciplines.
  • Provide training on latest programming languages with hands on sessions.

Benefits to the students from the SPDP Centre:
  • Students of SC / ST sector will have increased employment opportunities.
  • Improve knowledge and communication skill of the students.
  • Students will get strong academic knowledge on their discipline to compete with the industry trends.
  • Obtain proficiency (written and spoken) in English language.
  • Improve communication skills and focus on personality development.
  • Obtain proficiency in programming languages.
  • Strengthen the aptitude and problem solving skills.
  • Students will be able to attend any competitive exam with high level of confidence.

 

Activities under the SPDP centre:

The Following activities will be organized by centre:

  • Organize Orientation programmes to enhance proficiency in English language, improve communication skills, both written and verbal and focus on personality development.
  • Organize lectures by inviting eminent personalities and academics, at regular intervals to update the knowledge of the students.
  • Organize open houses/ personality development workshops / competitions among students, to test the degree of their learning,
  • The centre will develop a feed-back mechanism to assess the importance of the programme. The feed-back will be obtained after each programme from each of the SC/ST students. If needed, the centre can update its curriculum of these programmes to satisfy the need of industry.

 

 

Expected Outcome of the SPDP Centre:

After successful completion of various modules designed at the Skill and Personality Development Programme Centre following are the expected outcomes from the students of Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST) category :

    • Enhancement of Spoken English skills of students
    • Practicing English using everyday scenarios by students
    • Increasing  vocabulary of students
    • Speaking English with correct pronunciation
    • Improvement in   functional grammar skills of students  in writing and speaking English
    • Improvement  the confidence level of the students
    • Increased sense of self worth.
    • Increased flexibility and adaptability to change in the different situations.
    • Improvement in  professional skills, employability, self-discipline, talent and potential
    • Increased happiness and positive attitudes towards  active life

    Program Evaluation Committee (PEC):

    Sr. No

    Name of Committee member

    Designation

    Role

    1

    Dr. S. A. Dhale

    Principal , PCE

    Chairperson

    2

    Dr. A. B. Jirapure

    Principle Investigator , SPDP

    Member Secretary

    3

    Dr. K. B. Porate

    Professor & Head Electronics & Power

    Member

    4

    Dr. S. S. Shriramwar

    Professor & Head Industrial IoT

    Member

    5

    Dr. V. K. Taksande

    Associate Professor and Head Electronics & Telecommunication Engg

    Member

    6

    Dr. Dora Thompson

    Associate Professor, Humanities Department

    Member

    7

    Dr. Manish Tongo

    Associate Professor, Humanities Department

    Subject Expert

    8

    Dr. G. K.  Awari

    Representative from Government Institute (Head, Automobile Engg, Government Polytechnic ,Nagpur)

    Member
    Activity Organized under SPDP Center for Session 2021-2022
    a) Soft Skill Course Module:

    S.No

    Date

    Name of Event

    Topic Covered

    Name & Address of Speaker

    1

    19/02/2022

    Seminar

    Introduction to Communication & Verbal Communication

    Dr. Roman Janbandhu, 
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    2

    19/02/2022

    Seminar

    Non verbal communication

    Mr. Rakesh Palkhe,
    Ownprep, Nagpur

    3

    26/02/2022

    Seminar

    Objectives, Forms & Functions of Technical Communication

    Dr. Roman Janbandhu, 
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    4

    26/02/2022

    Seminar

    Ways to_ be Happy Always

    Dr.(Mrs.) M. I . Ahmed,    
    Sr Lecturer, Govt. Poly, Nagpur

    5

    05/03/2022

    Seminar

    Group Discussion & Personal Interview

    Mr. Bhushan Supare
    APS Micro-tech, Nagpur

    6

    05/03/2022

    Seminar

    Interpersonal Skills & Motivational Talk

    Dr. A. B. Jirapure
    Associate Dean, PCE

    7

    07/03/2022

    One Week Workshop
    Day-1

    Positive Attitude

    Dr. S. A. Dhale
    Principal, PCE

    8

    07/03/2022

    Campus to Corporate

    Mr. A. L. Motghae
    TPO, PCE

    9

    08/03/2022

    One Week Workshop
    Day-2

    Interview Techniques

    Dr.(Mrs.) Bhumika Agrawal
    HoD, Humanity Dep. PCE

    10

    08/03/2022

    Self Motivations

    Dr. A. B. Jirapure
    Associate Dean, PCE

    11

    09/03/2022

    One Week Workshop
    Day-3

    Time Management

    Dr. V. M. Nanoti
    Director Engg, LTJSS

    12

    09/03/2022

    Idea to Prototype

    Dr.(Mrs.) S. N. Rao
    Dean Academics, PCE

    13

    10/03/2022

    One Week Workshop
    Day-4

    Lead the Interviewer

    Mr. Ashish Diwan
    Own-prep,Nagpur

    14

    10/03/2022

    Perception Matters

    Dr. V. K. Taksande
    Dean Student Affair , PCE

    15

    11/03/2022

    One Week Workshop
    Day-5

    Maintaining the Brand Value of Corporate through Quality Communication

    Dr. M. A. Tongo
    Associate. Dean NIRF,PCE

    16

    11/03/2022

    Converting Challenges into Opportunities

    Dr. G. M. Asutkar
    Vice Principal, PCE

    17

    12/03/2022

    One Week Workshop
    Day-6

    Learning to speak English- some myth busting & practical tips

    Dr. Prashant Dubey
    Soft skill & Spoken English Trainer, Jabalpur

    18

    12/03/2022

    Presentation Skills

    Dr. R. L. Himte
    HoD Mechanical,Rungta College of Engineering, Bhilai

    19

    12/03/2022

    How to Crack Campus Placement

    Mr. Rahul Arya
    Global Intelligence Software Ltd Nagpur

    20

    12/03/2022

    Talent Management System

    Dr. G. K. Awari
    HoD, Automobile Dept
    Govt. Polytechnic, Nagpur

    21

    26/03/2022

    Webinar

    Is Ownership Important for Students Life

    Dr. B .Ramesh
    Professional  soft skill Trainer Bangluru

    b) English Course Module:

    S.No

    Date

    Name of Event

    Topic Covered

    Name & Address of Resource Person

    1

    22/01/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Uses of Tenses

    Dr. Roman Janbandhu, 
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    2

    29/01/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Use of do, does ,did, not + Exercise on Vocabulary

    Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Thompson,
    Associate professor, PCE

    3

    29/01/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Patterns of to be ,have, there , it + Exercise on Vocabulary

    Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Thompson,
    Associate professor, PCE

    4

    31/01/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Use of Modal Auxiliary Verbs + Exercise on Vocabulary

    Dr. Roman Janbandhu, 
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    5

    31/01/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Use of Modal Auxiliary Verbs + Exercise on Vocabulary

    Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Thompson,
    Associate professor, PCE

    6

    05/02/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Practice of Tenses, Patterns & Modal Auxiliary using translation method

    Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Thompson,
    Associate professor, PCE

    7

    05/02/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Practice of Tenses, Patterns & Modal Auxiliary using translation method

    Dr. Roman Janbandhu, 
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    8

    12/02/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Practice of Tenses, Patterns & Modal Auxiliary using Translation method & Making Sentences using this Topic

    Ms. Shakuntala Yadav,    
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    9

    12/02/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Practice of Tenses, Patterns & Modal Auxiliary using Translation method & Making Sentences using this Topic

    Ms. Shakuntala Yadav,    
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    10

    19/02/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Grammar: Verb, Agreement, Problematic Verb Pattern

    Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Thompson
    Associate professor, PCE

    11

    26/02/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Prepositional Errors & Question Tag

    Ms. Shakuntala Yadav,   
     Assistant Professor, PCE

    12

    05/03/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Tenses & Application of Tenses in Sentence Construction

    Dr. (Mrs.) Dora Thompson
    Associate professor, PCE

    13

    26/03/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Practice of Tenses using Translation Method & Exercise on Vocabulary

    Ms. Shakuntala Yadav,    
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    14

    26/03/2022

    Guest Lecture

    Practice of Tenses using Translation Method & Exercise on Vocabulary

    Ms. Shakuntala Yadav,    
    Assistant Professor, PCE

    Glimpses of the Event Organized (Session 2021-22):