Dr. K V M Achuta Ramaiah - Campus Recruitment Training, Interview and GD skills, Soft Skills Training with 30 yrs of Experience

Brief Overview
Over 30 years of varied experience that includes 17 years in academics and 13 years in industry which involved Teaching; Headed Career Guidance and Training Department, CRT Training, Soft skills Teaching, Counselling & Mentoring. During the stint in the industry worked in different roles viz. Consultant, Project Scientist, Project Lead., and Manager; presently working as Soft Skills Faculty and Career Counselling Coach in VNRVJIET in Mentoring, Training & Placement Department, Hyderabad.

Academic and Corporate Credentials
 Online/digital presence: YouTube channel dr achut kala
 M.Sc. (Psychology) in 2013 from Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, A.P
 BEST TEACHER award recipient in AY 2018-19 in LBR College of Engg. Vijayawada.
 Ph.D. (Geology), Osmania University, Hyderabad, in 1994
 M.Sc (Geology), Osmania University, Hyderabad, in 1988
 Organized and facilitated many Campus Recruitment Training (CRT) programs
 Completed SOFT SKILLS TRAINER course by BIPD (British Institute of Personality Development), Hyderabad.
 Worked as Soft Skills Guest Faculty for ANDHRA PRADESH PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL and BIPD and helped them in courses viz. Communication, Personality Development, Team Building, Group Dynamics etc.

Roles & Responsibilities in the present position at VNR VJIET
 Organizing workshops for pre-final year and final year students on Profile building
 Understanding job market situation, building career strategy
 Strategies to be followed while participating in JAM, GD and Interviews
 Conducting a Training program titled Employability Enhancement Skills (EES) sponsored by Competency Development Cell (CDC), VNRVJIET, being imparted to B.Tech 6th Sem and 7th Sem students
 Identifying slow learners among UNPLACED STUDENTS and conducting GD sessions and Mock Interview sessions to make them competitive
 Conducting counselling sessions for those students who need hand holding
 Mentoring sessions for those students who set specific goals for themselves viz. IAS, Jobs in blue-chip companies etc.
 Conducting orientation sessions and special training sessions before bulk hiring campus drives for final year students
 Conducting orientation sessions for English faculty for conducting GD and Mock Interview sessions
 Conducting Personality Development workshops for students and faculty

Overview of Courses / Workshops handled

 Designed and delivered the courses (KLU)–
Essentials of Employability Skills – I & Essentials of Employability Skills – II (2 credits) for B.Tech III year I Sem and II Sem respectively (for AY 2011-12 & 2012-13) in collaboration with Campus Connect.
Professional Communication Skills (3 credits) for B.Tech III year I Sem (for AY 2013-14) in collaboration with Campus Connect
Advanced Employability Skills, Professional Skills & Industrial and Organizational Skills (3 credits each) – three electives for B.Tech III year II Sem (for AY 2013-14) which include key skills that are needed respectively with a flavour of the course titles.
Helped in designing courses for MCA, MBA, BBA, BHM, B.COM related to Communication & Soft Skills in collaboration with those Depts. in K L University, Vijayawada.

 Titles of some of the Teacher Training Workshops conducted within KLU as well as a Resource Person in other Institutions –
- Essential Skills for Teachers
- Blooms Taxonomy in Technical Education
- Learning Styles and Teaching Styles
- Soft Skills for Teachers
- Curriculum Design and Delivery (1-day workshop)
- Teaching Ethics in Engineering Education
- Active Learning Methods in Engineering Education

 Titles of some Workshops conducted as a Resource Person for students within KLU as well as other Institutions –
- Impression Management in recruitment process (MIC college of Technology, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh., for Final year students of B.Tech, M.Tech & MCA)
- Soft Skills in the recruitment process (Maris Stella College for Women, Vijayawada for PG final year students)
- Soft Skills orientation program (for MBA I year students – KLU)
- Learning & Attitude for Engg. Students (Orientation Program for I B.Tech students of KLU)

Expertise in Soft Skills and Campus Recruitment Training /
 Designed and delivered the following modules for classroom training and CRT programs:

- Communication Cycle
- Non-verbal Communication
- Types of job interview questions & and handling difficult questions
- Transactional Analysis
- Persuasion & Negotiation Skills
- Assertive Skills
- Listening Skills
- Impression Management in the
- interview process
- Grooming
- Time Management - Personality Development and life skills
- Overcoming fear, Self Confidence and Self-talk
- Attitude Development
- Presentation Skills
- Group Discussion Skills
- Handling objections and being assertive in the GDs
- SWOT and its importance in the interview process
- Creativity and Innovation in the interview process


 Conducted various soft skills workshops.
 Participated in Certificate courses and training Programs on- Quality management as a part of ISO, Project Management, Effective Teaching, Soft skills in Corporate Management, Leadership Enablement Program, Attitude for Leaders, Effective Product Selling, Effective Product Presentation, Concept selling etc.
 Worked in different roles and capacities in the IT and non-IT industries viz. Team Leader, Manager, Consultant, Faculty, Domain Expert etc.



Work Experience

VNR VJIET, Hyderabad July 2021 onwards
Presently working in VNR VJIET, Nizampet, Hyderabad, in Mentoring, Training & Placement Dept, as Soft Skills Faculty

Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering June’14 to July’21
Worked as Professor & HOD, in Centre for Career Guidance & Training, Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering, Mylavaram, Krishna Dt., A.P.
JOB ROLE
Teaching soft skills to B.Tech, MBA & MCA students, CRT Training – Personal interviews, Group Discussions, Orientation Programs, Leading the department faculty towards achieving placements for the college, counselling students for higher studies, emotional problems etc.
K L University Jul’2009 to Mar’2014
Worked as Associate Professor (Soft skills) & Head- Department of Communication & Soft Skills, K L University, Guntur, A.P

Sree Nidhi Institute of Science & Technology Sep’2008 to Jul’2009
Worked as Assistant Professor (Soft skills) in SNIST, Hyderabad.

GeoMap Systems (P) Ltd Nov’2007 to Sep,2008
Worked as Business Development Manager in GeoMap Systems (P) Ltd, Punjagutta, Hyderabad.

Consultant Oct’02 to Nov’07
Worked as a freelance Consultant in the areas – Sales & Marketing training, Worked as a visiting Faculty for M.Tech (Remote Sensing and GIS) and taught Fundamentals of Earth Sciences in Centre for Remote Sensing, JNTU (Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University), Masab Tank, Hyderabad).

RMSI Pvt Ltd Dec’2000 to Oct’02
Team Lead
Worked as Sr. Engineer-GIS in RMSI Pvt. Ltd (Risk Management Software India Pvt Ltd)., Hyderabad, is a Multinational ISO 9001, 2000 company with its head office in Delhi in India and the global head office in USA.

Sathya Technology Services Pvt Limited July’2000 to Dec’2000
Worked as Scientist (RS/GIS) in Sathya Technology Services Private Ltd., Hyderabad.

SVS Aero Geo Labs Dec’99 to June’2000
Worked in SVS Aero Geo Labs, Hyderabad, as Project Scientist.
Centre for Remote Sensing, JNTU July’98 to Nov’99
Worked in Centre for Remote Sensing, JNTU, Masab Tank, Hyderabad, as Project
Scientist.
Bhagavathi Ana Labs Ltd Dec’94 to June’98
Project Lead: Worked in Bhagavathi Ana Labs Ltd., Hyderabad (is a leading Environmental and Engineering Consultancy in A.P.) as a Project Leader