The newly appointed Vice President of World Society of Victimology addressed the press here in Kathmandu

 

Kathmandu, June 26, 2022: In a riveting press briefing, India’s renowned behavioural scientist Prof. of Eminence (Dr.) Sanjeev P. Sahni emphasized on “maximizing potential through behavioural competencies and performance enhancement among students” at Marriott Kathmandu, here on Sunday.

Elaborating on enhancing various social, emotional, and cognitive abilities among students through competency mapping techniques, Dr. Sahni demonstrated how academic performance, emotional satiation and career success is a function of their behavioural stimuli.

“It is important to understand the relative strengths and weaknesses of the students and based on those identify key competencies that need to be worked upon. It is all about identifying skills and strengths of students in areas like teamwork, leadership and decision making and then build a corrective mechanism based on that,” said Dr. Sahni who was recently also elected as the Vice President of the World Society of Victimology (WSV).

In recent years, researchers and behavioural scientists like Dr. Sahni himself have laid huge focus on identifying competencies as a key element for measuring performance of students. He asserted on using techniques like audio-visual infotainment, subliminal training, meditation, speed-reading, and memory games to improve the academic and social performance of students.

“There is a need for widening transdisciplinary approach in social-cognitive psychology studies in a bid to assess, evaluate and then find remedies and solutions to the laxities of the student community,” Dr. Sahni who also heads Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS)−India’s premier value-based institute− told reporters here.

Behaviour competencies in one of the excellent life skills which aid in building an interpersonal relation within professionals as well as within peer group. The competency of a person is always judged on a parameter of its critical and creative communication skill. When we talk about maximising human potential through behaviour competencies, we are talking about education and its purpose, the purpose is to educate our children not only the information and abilities necessary to conduct elegantly and appropriately, but also to act in accordance with those skills. To put it another way, education should not end at the level of judgement but rather go on to the area of actual conduct. 

There is certain parameter which enhances behaviour competencies, maximises human potential and upgrades performances among students. Parameters such as moral and social knowledge, common manners, social norms, rules and regulations, the behavioural approach towards the organisation. Social skills such as the ability to use verbal and nonverbal strategies to perform socially and morally. Skills to perform efficiently in orally, verbally in day-to-day life which are acceptable normative behaviour while interacting with others. Humanity, humbleness, intelligence courage conscience and autonomy, respect, responsibility, naturalness, loyalty, assertiveness, and perseverance are also the qualities which aid in student positive psychology, positive attributes and promote overall potential upgradation in one’s characteristic. 

The approach to processing information and making a behavioural decision is also an important component in judgement and decision and promote overall welfare of the student.  

1. Interpreting the stimulus and identifying the problem is a filter to analyse the problem and accordingly finding a solution to it by moral judgement and decision.  
2. Making a plan of action to approach a problem and find a solution adequately. Formulating an ideal plan of moral action, social norms, and moral judgement to evaluate a situation and make a decision accordingly.  
3. Alternative way of evaluation and making decision by seeing other probabilities which is influenced by other factors such as the immediate feeling, the nature of the action and one’s social and moral value.  
4. Output process and taking actions is affected by a set of effectors such as logical sequence, interpreting the stimulus, formulating and accepting the course of action, making alternative decision, the emotional state of a person is also a major element in decision making. 

 Behavioural competencies have a major role to play when it comes to the education of the child and bringing visible difference in overall growth and acceleration of their academic progress. Stepping up in academics and building up leadership qualities with wise acumen by equipping them in handling any situation which come up as challenge and require a thought process that requires, analytical skill, critical thinking and rational ability that can encompass knowledge, skills, attitudes, and actions that distinguish excellent performers in every field of life  

The understanding of the importance of formation of behaviour competency is crucial because, it helps in overall development of a student and aid in positive youth development. Behaviour competency becomes a part of a student’s personality and aid in accessing better opportunities in every arena of life, which eventually result in positive rewards that further encourages student work for achieving more excellence in life.  

It is pertinent to mention that Dr. Sahni has trained over 200,000 students school principals, teachers, senior government officials, industry professionals in more than 50 countries in areas of competency mapping, business communications, decision making, stress management, performance enhancement, emotional intelligence, and best teaching practices. He has published more than 40 research articles in international and national indexed journals and has 19 books to his credit.