As good English is the most vital prerequisite of an accomplished English-language editor, our program focuses on not just editing but various subtle, yet essential, aspects of the English language. At the end of this program you will have a first class introduction to editing and have also learnt some quick and important concepts. The program is conceptualized, developed, and run by experienced professionals in the field of editing. Our trainers have trained more than 100 editors and have conducted many editing programs in the past.

Length: 2-days
Delivery format: Instructor Led
Price: Rs.5,000 per person
Location: Mumbai
Who should attend: Individuals from any background who have good language skills and want to learn about a career in editing; writers who want to learn how to self-edit their work and editors who wish to hone/refresh their editing skills.
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

This intensive program will equip you with the skills you need to become a successful professional editor.

Length: 3 weeks
Delivery format: Online with tutor support
Price: Rs.5,000
Location: Mumbai
Frequency: Once a quarter (Dates shall be announced shortly)
Who should attend: Those who would like to become professional editors.
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

English for HR Professionals is an online course designed to enhance the impact and effectiveness of your written and oral communication. A Human Resource professional is the face of an organization He or she is the first person that an applicant interacts with and he or she the person responsible for communicating with the employees on behalf of the organization.

Any HR professional will know that the e-mail you write to an applicant is different from the one that you write to an employee. In an interview, you should make the candidate talk, but in an appraisal form, you should extract only the information you want to know. How does one accomplish this?

By using language to their advantage, HR professionals can successfully complete these tasks. This is why English for HR Professionals is divided into the following 7 task-specific units:

1. Communicating with Employees
2. Writing Job Advertisements
3. Corresponding with Applicants
4. Interviewing Applicants
5. Discussing Compensation
6. Drafting Policies and Procedures
7. Designing a Performance Appraisal Plan

The course includes scenario-based practice tests that help learners practice their skills

Duration: 2 Weeks
Delivery format: Online with tutor support
Price: Rs. 4,500 per person
Who should attend: HR professionals and management students specializing in HR
Certification: To obtain a certificate of merit, learners should take the online test and submit written assignments, which will be graded by tutors.

To know more, see the demo. The demo begins with a scenario and has 4 main screens—an introduction screen, teaching screen, practice test and unit test.

(This demo requires a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 and headphones/speakers)

The course seeks to facilitate peer-to-peer communication among researchers both through the printed word and verbal presentations. Publishing the results of research in international peer-reviewed journals and presenting such results at conferences are the two main channels scientists often use, and the course is designed around the two.

At the end of the 2-day instructor-led programme, participants will be able to:

Length: 2-days
Delivery format: Instructor led
Price: Rs. 4,500 per person
Location: Across India
Who should attend: Researchers with at least a couple of published papers; those involved in publishing activities of the institute (newsletters, annual reports, package of practices, etc.); and those involved in organizing conferences and publishing the proceedings of those conferences; researchers with teaching responsibilities.
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

About the Trainer
The course is led by Mr. Yateendra Joshi. He has been active in science publishing for nearly 20 years, a career switch he made after working as an agricultural scientist for a decade. Yateendra chaired the session on quality of editing and on charts and graphs at the conferences of EASE, the European Association of Science Editors; was an invited Editorial Fellow at the World Resources Institute, Washington, DC; and worked for a year as Senior Editor at ICRISAT, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, in Hyderabad. However, he worked the longest—15-odd years—at TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) in New Delhi. As part of his responsibilities, he developed a quality control system for TERI's project reports and conceptualized, developed, and ran for 4 years a one-semester course on communication skills for postgraduate students of the TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi. While at TERI, he wrote "Communicating in Style," published by TERI in 2003, a book that has been favorably reviewed in a dozen international periodicals.

Yateendra also taught a one-semester course on communication skills at the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, and a 5-day condensed course on the same topic at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, in 2006. In February 2007, he conducted a 2-day programme on communication skills at the National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi.

Targeted mainly at individuals from financial institutions and KPOs, this course covers the various aspects involved in writing financial reports. With the help of real examples from market reports, this course will teach you how to avoid common mistakes that impair the clarity of your writing. It will also show you how to use language effectively to communicate your uncertainty as well as your conviction in relation to products and funds.

After going through this programme, the participants will not only get a broad overview of the process of report writing but also become conversant with the nitty-gritty of crafting effective sentences, preparing informative tables, and presenting charts that convey trends at a glance.

We have adopted a hands-on approach for teaching this course. At the end of each module, participants will analyze the module’s relevance in relation to earlier reports and understand how the techniques explained to them would have contributed to concrete improvements. Each module will be supplemented with appropriate practice exercises.

Overall, the teaching methodology will involve lectures, demonstration, discussion, participation, and practice.

Length: 2-days
Delivery format: Instructor-led (Open as well as In-house program)
Price: Rs. 6,000 per person
Location: Across India
Who should attend: Research Analysts (financial institutions and KPOs)
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Anyone looking to launch or advance a career in engineering will discover that success requires more than technological expertise. To be a successful engineer or technician, you need to be able to communicate effectively. In this course, you will acquire the language skills necessary to create reports and presentations, share your ideas with a non-technical audience, and communicate with international clients. As a result, your enhanced language skills will help you move from being a good engineer to a great engineer.

Length: 4 hours
Delivery format: Online with tutor support
Price: Rs. 4,500 per person
Who should attend: For students and fresh engineers who want to improve their English and communicate better with their peers and clients.
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

As a customer service professional, you understand good English–you have a good vocabulary and a feel for the language. What you need is to be able to manipulate words and sentences at a higher level. Whether you work in financial services, insurance sales, or customer service, you need to use writing to keep your customers satisfied. In this course, you will learn to structure your sentences so that they have the maximum impact. You will learn to use words that do not offend or seem rude to your clients. Finally, you will learn how to go beyond presenting facts–you will learn to use your writing to persuade customers to use your service or buy your product.

Length: 4 hours
Delivery format: Online tutor support
Price: Rs.4,500 per person
Who should attend: Customer Service and Sales Professionals
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

In today’s fast-paced world, business professionals in every industry must have the ability to share information quickly and clearly. No one has time to read an unnecessarily long e-mail, attend an elongated presentation, or interpret an incoherent report. To make sure that others give your work the attention it deserves, you need to communicate it crisply and understandably. In our course, you will learn how to include the right amount of information neither too much nor too little. You will learn to keep sentences simple and use unambiguous words. You will also learn how to structure information to make it easier for people to read it. By the end of the course, communicating with colleagues will be much easier and more enjoyable.

Length: 4 hours
Delivery format: Online tutor support
Price: Rs.4,500 per person
Who should attend: Business Managers
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Creating a short yet purposeful presentation is no easy task! Building a successful presentation requires you to pay attention to many fine details such as capturing the attention, presenting information in a logical order, making optimum use of slide space, and, of course, keeping the content short and simple. Irrespective of the content of your presentation, whether it is sales targets or company vision, there are some principles that are equally applicable to every presentation. This course will help you understand and apply those principles by teaching you the essentials of preparing presentations.

Length: 3 hours
Delivery format: Online tutor support
Price: Rs.3,500
Who should attend: All Working Professionals
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Why do some presentations leave a more lasting impression than others? Why do some trainers seem more impressive than others? Creating an impact on your audience is not just about delivering the right information; it is about delivering the right information in the right manner!

Through various business scenarios, such as training workshops, meetings, and negotiations, this course will teach you techniques to gain your confidence, handle difficult situations, and curtail unnecessary digression. This course will give you an opportunity to master essential verbal and non-verbal skills needed in face-to-face interactions. It is ideal for trainers, consultants, and professionals who want create maximum impact on their with minimum effort.

Length: 3 hours
Delivery format: Online tutor support
Price: Rs. 3,500
Who should attend: Trainers and Consultants
Certification: Upon successful completion of the program, participants will receive a certificate of completion.