A webinar session on ‘Corporate Etiquettes’ was conducted at School of Business, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra. The insightful and inspiring session was conducted by Ms. Vineeta Koul Lalohotra, Pragmatic Career Solutions, Pune who is also alumnus of School of Business. The session shed light on the basic etiquettes which are considered to be followed by individuals’ as part of the corporate fair practices. Elaborating the concept of etiquettes with the help of examples, Ms. Lalohotra emphasized that how understanding of basic professional etiquettes can make someone successful in corporate. In her session, Ms. Lalohotra mentioned about the various types of protocols including email etiquette, meeting and greeting etiquette, telephone etiquette, business etiquette and workplace etiquette. In view of the ‘new normal’ emerged due to COVID-19, Ms. Koul especially emphasized on the relevance and importance of work from home etiquettes. She reminded the management students to not let the distractions get in the way just because they are working from home. In her interaction she also provided the tips to the management students for being on time in all walks of life. She told them to keep themselves prepared for any kind of unexpected things and asked them to bear in mind that getting a second a chance is only a probability which may or may not come. She motivated the students to keep their learning curve on up side always. Ms. Vineeta Koul Lalohotra, entire session was informative and interactive and students appreciated the session very much. Different queries raised by the students were handled effectively. Head, School of Business, Dr. Saurabh mentioned that such type of sessions are very relevant to sensitize these young people regarding the role and relevance of their attire, language, communication, conduct etc. in their progression and consequently in organization’s progression. Dr. Jyoti Sharma, Associate Professor, School of Business and Moderator of the session also accentuated the importance of preparation to overcome any kind of hurdles in different aspects of life. While expressing gratitude, Dr. Sharma underlined that training provided to Ms. Vineeta Koul Lalohotra at School of Business, SMVDU has made her successful in business world as she is growing horizontally and vertically on the professional front.
