Key Skills: Language training, HRD, Soft Skills for Personal and Professional effectiveness
Language Competency: English and Tamil
Competency and skills: In designing training materials, conducting training, training for trainers, helping potential trainers to develop their own training materials and work sheets.
Areas of training: Communication, Leadership, Soft skills, Attitude shifting and value clarification, English language LSRW skills, Employability Skills
Profile Summary
Academic experience:
1976-1981: Asst. Professor in English at Loyola College (Temporary Position)
1981-2008: Asst. Prof/Prof. in English at Loyola College( Permanent position)
Had served as member, Board of studies academic council, examination board, syllabus committees etc. and had designed curriculum and syllabus for new courses
Administrative experience ( all at Loyola College, Chennai)
1996-1999: Dean Of Students
1999-2002: Director, Training and Placement
2003-2008: HOD Dept of English
2004-2007: Higher Education Commission Member for the Tamilnadu Jesuit Colleges
2008-2011: Dean, Foundation Studies (dealing with Values, Attitudes, Coping Strategies and analysis of contemporary Issues)
Industry Exposure:
2011 June to May 2013
Director-HRD (Personnel and Administration)
Rapidcare IT Services, Chennai
Training and Development:
Topics: English Language, Communication, Teacher Development, HRD, Soft skills
2002-2008: For School teachers throughout India-outsourced by Ratnasagar Publications New Delhi.
1995-2013: College teachers, Youth Leaders, Trainers, School teachers, NGOs, Students, Lower level and middle level corporate managers ( independently and outsourced by College for Leadership and HRD, Mangalore and Stride corporate training company, Chennai)
2011: Twice served a resource person for Judges at National Judicial Academy, Bhopal in Communication and Language skills for Judgement writing organized by National Judicial Excellence Enhancement Programme [JEEP] Bhopal- 8 May, 2011 and 12 September, 2011
Authored and coauthored:
English language books, Value clarification books, Training modules, Worksheets, HRD materials, Corporate training materials. I have designed a Soft skills programme in 3 modules with 32 units for about 100 sessions of 90 minutes each( 70 theory+ 30 practical) with a brand name PEP ( Performance Enhancement Programme)
Soft skills Redesigned for every one
Founder Director of STEP-UP (Soft skills To Enhance Performance Utilising Potential) Training Initiatives; consists of eminent Trainers and Educators.
Other details:
Has travelled widely-India and Abroad (personal, training, conferences)
Was nominated for Social scientist award given by Tamilnadu Science and Technology dept. for innovation in Value orientation in Education( was not selected)
Education
Undergraduate: B.A(English) from Madras University in 1971
Postgraduate: M.A(English) from Madras University in 1973
Phil(Literature) from Madras University in 1986
Master Facilitator in HRD
Contact:
Residence
GM.James
S-2 TWINKLE TERRACE
AH 248, SHANTHI COLONY FIRST STREET
ANNANAGAR-CHENNAI
600040
TEL: 04426218190
Mob: 09840340932
geemjames@gmail.com
Office
11 Lavanya vilas,
Raghavaiah Road,
TNagar Chennai 17.
Mobile: 09840340932
Landline: 044-42333318
stepuptraining2020@gmail.com
c c.geemjames@gmail.com
www. stepuptraininginitiative.com