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Empowering Graduatesto Secure Employment

Prospectus

A sister organization of Vidya Poshak, Dharwad

Pragati Poshak

GRADUATE FINISHING SCHOOL

Voices of Media

An Answer to Unemployment…

Graduate Finishing School (GFS),

is a unique social initiative training

program to empower the

unemployed graduates (like B.A.,

B.Sc., B. Com., BBA, BCA etc.) and

post graduates. During the three

months' training program, students

are trained in areas like English

Language, Communication Skills,

Basic Computer Knowledge,

Analytical Skills, Personality

Development and other skills and

competencies required for job

market with a focus on service

sector.

On successful completion of the

training, Graduate Finishing School

assists students with placements in

the reputed companies.

Receiving certificate of Appreciation for excellent performance in the company by S.D. Shibulal, Former CEO, Infosys

Empowering Graduates to Secure Employment

Pre-placement orientation by First American India, Bangalore during the campus interview

‘Smiling Faces’ - Students after getting job offer

Graduate Finishing School

Unique Features of Graduate Finishing School

Day begins in GFS with preparation for assembly

Ÿ Training non - technical graduates such as B.Com, B.A., B.Sc, BBA, BCA etc. and postgraduates.

Ÿ Meritorious graduates from economically challenged families can avail merit scholarship to undergo the training. A few seats are admitted under self financed (payment ) seat quota.

Ÿ Rigorous training of 10 hours is planned to bring significant change in each student's lifestyle and thinking.

Ÿ One mentor for every 10 students in a batch to ensure individual attention.

Ÿ Interactive and valuable workshops on industry and life skills.

Ÿ One Computer with high speed internet for every student and Computer lab open for 12 hours a day.

Ÿ Daily four hours of class room sessions and remaining six hours are focused on student activities and practical learning to ensure students to inherit concepts of the theory sessions.

Ÿ Well established library with variety of books, news papers, magazines, CDs etc.

Objective of Graduate Finishing SchoolObjective of Graduate Finishing SchoolObjective of Graduate Finishing School

To provide effective training to To provide effective training to

graduates to secure graduates to secure

employment and make them a employment and make them a

contributory force in the contributory force in the

society and for nation building.society and for nation building.

To provide effective training to

graduates to secure

employment and make them a

contributory force in the

society and for nation building.

Ÿ Tasty food is provided during the training programme at subsidized rates.

Ÿ Use full Study Kit comprises of study materials, notebooks, executive file & pan card.

Batches of Graduate Finishing School

Lab session to enhance computer competencyLab session to enhance computer competencyLab session to enhance computer competency

Ÿ· Study Materials and books: Dictionary, Analytical skills and Xerox materials.

Ÿ· One computer for every student and computer lab open for 12 hours a day.

Ÿ· Training Hall with LCD, speakers, video recorder.

Batch I - May 25 Batch II - June 10 Batch III - July 1

Batch IV - August 10 Batch V - October 10 Batch VI - Jan. 16

Ÿ· Multiple group discussion rooms.

Ÿ· Stationary materials and bulletin boards for student use.

Ÿ· Well maintained Library with a variety of books and CDs.

Ÿ· Daily newspapers and Weekly magazines.

Resources Provided for Students in the Campus

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Eligibility—· The graduates of 2015 and 2016 in

streams like B.A., B.Com., BBA, B.Sc., B.Sc. (Agriculture), BCA. and Post graduates including MBA with a minimum of 50% aggregate.

—· Th be e age of the student should less than 24 years. The dent should not stuhave any ademic breaks during his / acher education.

—· Th stu e family income of the dent has to be less than . 60,000/- per Rsannum. (This is ascertained by visiting the houses of students) This is not a pplicable to the seats under payment quota.

Ÿ· Computers with broadband internet.

Ÿ· Television with English cable TV channels.

Ÿ· Movie club to watch and analyze artistic, rare & motivational movies and CDs

Ÿ Study Kit

Career/Industry Exposure to different industries Job Profile ClarityOpportunities Industrial visits interaction with industry experts

Interview Skills Interview techniques and Mock Interviews resume preparation Tips to sell yourself

Work Place Etiquettes Dress Code Handling telephone calls

Team building skills Leadership Skills Effective team work

Life Skills Management of emotions Hard work Creativity Inter-Personal Skills

Organizing skills Time Management, Information gathering, multi - tasking

Presentation Skills Voice Modulation Professional Presentation - prepare Speaking with confidence Using and present power point confident body language presentation, Public Speaking

Overview of Curriculum

A. Functional English

TOPICS SUB TOPICS

Written Presentation of ideas in written Resume Writing form; Business Letter writing Report Writing

Listening Listening to Leading English Audio CDs of eminent speakers of TV channels English and their comprehension.

Reading Reading story books, news papers Comprehension of passages for and magazines and their competitive exams comprehension

B. Basic Computer Training

TOPICS SUB TOPICS

Basic Computer Operation of computer, creating and saving files and folders, etc.Skills MS Office - MS Word, Power Point, Excel, etc. Typing speed with 35 wpm at 100% accuracy.

Internet Internet research skills, browsing etc.

E-mail E-mail Etiquettes Attach files; CC, BCC, email list; Creating and managing Forward, archive, delete Open / email account download attachments

C. Personality Development

TOPICS SUB TOPICS

Self - Development Positive Attitude, Confidence Motivation, Adaptability building, Independent thinking Honesty and Integrity


Spoken Fluency Development Accent Improvement Conversational English Grammar

D. Analytical Skills

Analytical Skills Prepare students to pass Problem solving and decision competitive exams / aptitude making, case studies tests of companies. Verbal and Graphs and Data Analysis, Non Verbal Reasoning, Puzzles to Enhance IQ level Basic Arithmetic

E. Core competency Enhancement

Basics of Accounts Principles, Entry systems, balance sheet, journal Entry, Bank reconciliation statement etc.

Income tax TDS, Slab rates, various sections of IT Sct, Calculation of Tax

Business Process Introduction to the Industry and Necessary qualificationsOutsourcing for the candidates

Insurance Types of insurance, terminologies used in the industry, job market scenario

Sales and Marketing Career in Sales and marketing and necessary qualifications for the candidates

Types of investment Share market terminology, Trading, Mutual Funds, Post Office, Bank, insurance and other forms.

A Day atGRADUATE FINISHING SCHOOL

Timing Activity

8:30am to 10:30am Tracker Assignments like Reading News Paper, Watching TV News, Extempore Speech and other assignments

10:30am to 1:30pm Theory Classes on Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Analytical Skills and other Life Skills

1:30pm to 2:00pm Assembly - Sharing the tracker information

2.00pm to 2:45pm Lunch Break

2:45pm to 4:15pm Students will be divided into different groups and "Skill Based Learning" activities will be conducted by the trainer for every group

4:15pm to 4:30pm Tea Break

4:30pm to 7:30pm Practising Computer Skills in the Lab

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Employers' Opinions

We have been seeing the performance of GFS students for the past 6 years. They are very hardworking and consistent training brings the students nearer to the level of expectation of the corporate world

- S. ManikandanVice-President-HR

JP Morgan

The quality of students at GFS is much better then the college graduates which makes us to recruit them at regular interval

- Sujatha A.

Senior Executive - HR, First America (India)

Total No of students trained & Placed 2500+

Type of Jobs Accounting, BPO, Manufacturing, Sales, Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail etc.

Our students are working at Infosys, Wipro, IBM, Hinduja Global Solutions, Deutsche Bank,Oracle, JP Morgan Chase, Mphasis, OPI, Omega Health Care, Igate, TCS, Fidelity, Northern Trust, HDFC Bank, First American, India Infoline, Serco, Xchanging, HP and many more.

Highest and Average salary ` 20,000/-p.m. and ` 12,500/- p.m.

Placement Assistance is provided at the end of the training. Till date more than 2500 students have been working in the reputed companies.

Achievements of Previous Batches

Placement Details


Photo

Students of GFS with trainers after getting the offer letter of JP MorganStudents of GFS with trainers after getting the offer letter of JP MorganStudents of GFS with trainers after getting the offer letter of JP Morgan

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Training TeamG. Anand Rao, Managing Director,

Graduate Finishing School, has four

masters degrees in English, Kannada,

Political Science, Public Administration

and M.Phil in English. He is a Gold

medalist and Rank holder in English

with 18 years of teaching experience in

English. He is taking care of

administration of GFS project.

Pragati Poshak

GRADUATE FINISHING SCHOOL

Vandana Kelageri, Center Head ,

Graduate Finishing School, Dharwad is

a post graduate in English and M.Phil

with 15 years of teaching experience at

different 'A' grade colleges. Her

modules include Structural English,

Communicative Competence,

Language Games etc. She is taking

care of academics of the schools.


Madhav Yadwad is a graduate in

Science, and he has 16 years

experience teaching Computers in

various institutions like Aptech. He is a

computer trainer and placement officer.

He also takes sessions of analytical

skills.

Training by First Source, Hubli during Industry visitTraining by First Source, Hubli during Industry visitTraining by First Source, Hubli during Industry visit

Mr. Deep Joshi, Magsaysay awardee interacting with students


Kshama Nadgir is a graduate in

Computer Applications and She is

working as a trainer.

Arala Murnal is a graduate in

Engineering and she trains Arithmetic and

Analytical skills.

Priyanka Gunaga is an MBA graduate

and she is a facilitating the training as

trainer.

Sushma H is a Post graduate in

Computer Applications and works as

Trainer for Analytical Skills.

Visiting Resource persons

Prof. R.N.Tikot, Founder Member and

Mentor, Vidya Poshak, has PG Degree in

statistics and a PG Diploma in Computer

Applications. He has 28 years of teaching

experience in Statistics in well known KLE

Educational group.

N. Venkatesan is CEO of Vidya Poshak.

After completing M.C.A., he worked in

different multinational companies like

Wipro, Standard chartered Bank and IBM

for 11 years. He is a founder member of

Dr. Akkihal of USA conducting session on Modern Economics

activities.

Sanjay Vaidya - Finance Lead, Sankalpa

Semi conductors, Hubli.

Prof. C.S. Hasabi - Principal, KLEs’ Arts

and Commerce Women’s College,

Gadag.

Sandhya Kulkarni - Prof. of English,

Mrutyunjay college, Dharwad.

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Friends of Children, Pune. With his pure

passion towards student community, he

left such multi national companies and

joined Vidya Poshak.

Mahantesh Kuri - A specialist trainer in

Commerce and Capital Market.

Girish Nagnur - Vidya Poshak, Dwd,

Capt. C.S. Anand - Coach Life Skills.

Vineeta Kulkarni has MBA and P.G.

Diploma in Yoga Studies with ample work

experience in USA and India. She is a

multi faceted personality with exceptional

skills in language and yoga training. She

conducts interesting sessions of student

Students involved in team building activityStudents involved in team building activityStudents involved in team building activityIce breaking session on the first day of trainingIce breaking session on the first day of trainingIce breaking session on the first day of training

In addition to these, there is a

galaxy of visiting experts with

academic & industry background

Students enrolling for entrance test

1. The written test (consisting of

Objective English, Mental Ability and

English Essay) is followed by

personal interview.

2. Income assessment (Not applicable to

payment seat quota) of the qualified

students in the personal interview will

be conducted.

3. The students who qualify in the

personal interview round are eligible

to take admission.

The Written test is of 45 minutes which is

classified into two parts:

Part A consists of 25 one mark questions on Comprehension of Passage, Grammar, Vocabulary, Punctuation, Basic Arithmetic, Verbal and Non verbal

reasoning and questions on latest current affairs of state, national, international and sports topics.

Topics and No. of Questions

Ÿ Comprehension of Passage / grammar / vocabulary etc 10 questions.

Ÿ sic Arithmatic / verbal and nBa no verbal Reasoning -10 estions.qu

Ÿ urrent Affairs - 5 questionsC

Part in B consists of Essay writing En like My glish on the simple topics Favourite Film, My Favourite TV Program, Importance of Festivals etc.

The students need to score cut off marks in Part A and need to get 'A' or 'B' grade in the essay to be able to qualify for the next round of personal interview.

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COURSE FEEThe total cost to the course is ` 27,000/- in which a merit scholarship of

*` 6,000/- is available

*Easy Instalments are available


DETAILS OF ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

The result of the written test will be declared one and half hours after the written examination.

Personal Interview

In personal interview, student's ability to understand English language, his readiness to attempt to answer in English, confidence, attitude etc are evaluated.

Ÿ· The date of result of the entrance examination will be announced on the day of the examination.

Ÿ· The qualified students will get letter of intent to take admission on or before the specified date.

Ÿ· The qualified students can take admission on the spot at Entrance Test venue on the payment of ` 1,000/-

*Condition Apply

Pragati PoshakGRADUATE�FINISHING�SCHOOL

GFS Students after getting offer letter from Wipro

GFS Students working at HP Campus

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Ordinarily, nothing upsets the equilibrium of the Pandit. But the loss of the necklace which his wife had borrowed from a neighbour, and the fact that he had to replace it worried him. He spent all his time in devising ways and means to repay the debt. Six months later he gave his wife a gold necklace. It was exactly what she had yearned for. “There is no need to repay it”, she said. The Pundit was surprised. She explained, “The necklace was not stolen. That was the only way I could think of making you get me one”.

1. The Pundit was almost never upset as he

a) Had the courage to face a problem b) had a balanced attitude

c) was indifferent to ordinary incidents. d) always succeeded in finding a solution to his problem.

2. What worried the Pundit most was that

a) his wife had lost the necklace b) he had to replace the necklace

c) his wife was so foolish and careless d) the necklace was very expensive.

3. The Pundit struggled for six months so that

Model question Paper Instructions: Part A – English, Mental Ability, Current Affairs (Each question – 1 mark)

Part B – Essay in English (to be written on the back of the last page – max. 1 page)

Part A- Section I - Test of English Language 1X10= 10 marks

Directions for Questions 1 to 5: Read the following passage and answer the questions given below:

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Students with staff during Graduation Day

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a) he could present the necklace to his wife b) he could lend the necklace to others.

c)his wife could replace the lost necklace d) his wife could satisfy her desire to own a necklace

4. The reason why the Pundit's wife refused to return the necklace was that

a) she had always wanted one like it b) the real owner did not expect it back

c) she had not lost any necklace d)she was tempted to keep this one for her self

5. The Pundit's wife had told him a lie in order to

a) trick him into satisfy her yearning b) punish him for refusing to get her what she desired

c)make him repay a debt d)force him to work hard to earn more and more

6. Fill in the blank with article: -------------Gold is a precious metal

a) an b) a c) the d) no article

7. Identify the correct sentence: a) What is the time by your watch ? b) What is the time in your watch ?

c) What is the time on your watch ? d) What is the time at your watch ?

a) a is correct b) b is correct c) c is correct d) d is correct

Directions for Questions 8 and 9: Find out the synonyms of the following words

8. Effigy

a) dummy b) exit c) proxy d) boldness

9. Vindictive

a) strategic b) bigoted c) revengeful d) harmful

10. The television with 100 channels ----------available for Rs. 10000.


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a) are b) is c) had d) none of these

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Section II - Analytical skills Total Marks: 1X10= 10

Directions for questions 11 and 12: Read the following information and answer the questions

Radha is younger to Sunita but elder to Rita. Rita is elder than Geeta. Sham is older to Rita but younger to Radha.

11. Who is the youngest of all?

a) Geeta b) Sham c) Radha d) sunita

12. Who is the oldest of all?

a) Sham b) Sunita c) Radha d) Geeta

13.Office: Manager : Museum: __________

a) animals b) curator c) security guard d) ticket

14. If room is called bed, bed is called window, window is called flower, flower is called cooler, then on what does a man sleep?

a) cooler b) bed c) window d) flower

15. How many 2s are there which are followed by 3 and preceded by 1?

1,2,3,3,2,1,1,2,3,2,1,2,1,2,1,1,2,3,3,2,1,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,3,3,2,1

a) 6 b) 7 c) 8 d) 9


Staff and students discussing during lunch timeStaff and students discussing during lunch timeStaff and students discussing during lunch time

Staff involved in mock interview session Staff involved in mock interview session Staff involved in mock interview session

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16. Which is the ratio equal to 20:12 ?

a) 5:3 b) 8:6 c) 3:5 d) 3:8

17. Divide Rs. 2400 in the ratio of 1:2:3

a) 400, 800, 1200 b) 1000,800,600 c) 600, 1000, 800 d) none of these

18. The average score of A, B, C, D, and E subjects is 46. If the average of A, B, C, D is 45, then what is the marks scored in E subject ?

a) 54 b) 48 c) 52 d) 50

19. What is the simple interest for Rs. 3000 for 6 years at 6% of interest per annum ?

a) 1080 b) 700 c) 150 d) 3250

20. If the serial numbers of tickets sold are from 127 to 182, totally what is the number of tickets which are sold ?

a) 56 b) 55 c) 52 d) 35

Section III- Current Affairs 1X5= 5 Marksth21. Who is the president of 88 Kannada Sahitya Sammelana held at Madikeri ?

a) Chandrashekha Kambar b) Na. D’Souza

c) Ko. Channabasappa d) Dr. S.L. Bhairappa

22. What is the full form of GDP ?

a) Gross Domestic Product b) Gross Debt Product c)Government Domestic Policy

d) Government Deficit Plan

23. Which sports does Saina Nehawal belong to ?

a) Badminton b) Woman Cricket c) Woman Hockey d) Tennis

24. Where will be next T20 world cup held ?

a) Bangla Desh b) Srilanka c) Pakistan d) England

25. In computer terminology, how many bits is equal to one byte ?

a) 8 b) 4 c) 2 d) 1024


ANSWER KEY

1. b 2. b 3. c 4. c 5. a 6. d 7. a 8. a 9. c

10. b 11. a 12. b 13. b 14 c. 15. a 16. a 17. a 18. d

19. a 20. b 21. b 22. a 23. a 24. a 25. a

A Day at GFS - Pictorial View


TV News analysisfor presentation

Delicious lunchwith staff

Mentoring by trainer

Interactiveclass room

session

Students preparing for

assembly

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(Bring this application form to the Entrance examination)

APPLICATION FORM

Name : ____________________________________ Date of Birth : ______________

Phone Number With STD Code: _____________________________ Cell No: _____________________

E-mail ID : _____________________________________

Residential Address : ________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________At Post: _________________________

Taluk ____________________ Dist: ___________________________ Pin:

(Indicate any landmark like building, temple, shop etc near your house): _______________________

College Name and Address : _________________________________________________________________

I am interested to appear for the entrance exam and interview. If I am selected, I will join this 3 Months course

Place: Date: Signature of the Student

Note: Please bring one set xerox copy of SSLC, PUC and Degree (All Semesters) Marks Cards to the test centre.

Name of the student: Test centre

Date and Time of the Examination:

Authorised Signatory

TO BE FILLED BY GRADUATE FINISHING SCHOOL OFFICE

Paste your

recent photo

How did you come to know about Graduate Finishing School ? (please (P) tick)

By GFS Presentation in the College By Senior GFS friends Mention his/her name ________________

By Friends By News Paper By College notice board / Professors By Volunteers

Any others please specify_______________________________________________________________

I would like to take admission for GFS on the spot at entrance test Before VI Sem Exam

After VI Sem Exam After Degree Results

ACADEMIC DETAILS SSLC PUC Name of the Degree: _____________

Medium of Instruction

Year of Passing

Percentage

Family Annual Income Father's Occupation

Total members in Family Mother's Occupation

Qualification / occupation of brother & sister

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