Exceptional Personality Development programmes at JIMS VK To suit the needs of a changing society, personality development and life skills modules are gaining importance. The concern of any parent today is how to make their children realise their dreams in life. The race for a good education starts the day the child turns two years and does not end till the child enters the college. With the Indian economy becoming global year after year, the competition to secure a seat in the best schools has become even more severe. With parents attaching more and more importance to quality education and with the middle class boom, investment on a good college is becoming a popular decision. What used to be merely chalk and talk classrooms are becoming an interesting environment for students to learn with fun and frolic. However, one very critical area is still not receiving the attention it deserves. This is the Personality Development for our youth. With intensive competition for admission to management,medical and engineering colleges, the focus in higher classes is shifting to markscoring and not developing the personality. One important thing the parents should not forget is the need for an all round development of personality of their wards. In fact, after the school final, no one is going ask for the mark sheet. After the college education, success depends on the quality of personality and not the degree or certificate. An impressive personality not only helps you in your career, it brings you many friends, social contacts and acceptance everywhere. It is a misconception that a great personality is a genetic feature. It can be cultivated and polished through consistent hard work and proper grooming. Apart from looks, an attractive personality consists of many traits such as confidence, courage, ability to control adverse situations, leadership, initiative, public speaking skills and persistence. You get more success in life once you overcome these barriers you are facing since your childhood. Keeping in view the need of the hour,apart from the normal classes in line with the syllabus of GGS Indraprastha University,New Delhi we at JIMS, also conduct programmes for all 1st/2nd as well as 3rd Year students to enhance and develop their personality. We have expert Trainers and Faculty members who work hard to undertake the task of polishing our students’personality and develop their confidence. They are trained to help them get rid of stammering, not being able to express themselves, shyness and lack of confidence while facing people. It includes everything, which might be blocking their success. We also groom our students for soft-skills, persuasion and negotiation, interview skills and presentation. We help in overcoming their phobias in terms of interaction with the world. We instill the kind of confidence in their personality, which other colleges could never have done. During the special classes for personality development and communication skills ,we monitor the students’ performance and improvement on an individual basis. In order to achieve extraordinary results, we run counseling sessions too.