Life Skills Session on “Critical Thinking”
As a part of 21st Century Life Skills Certificate Course, an online session on the topic “Critical Thinking” was conducted by the Life Skills Committee of the College for the First Year B.Com and BBA(Financial Services) students on 21st April 2022 from 10:00 to 11.00 a.m. The main objective of the session is to encourage the students to objectively think, analyse and evaluate an issue or an idea and make logical and rational decisions. The Resource Person for the session was Mr. Suhas M. Mallya, Executive Director at Emco Goa Private Limited.
At the beginning, Assistant Professor Racheal Goes welcomed the Resource Person and the participants. Ms. Snigdha Bhattacharjee, a student from FY BBA(FS) introduced the Resource Person. Mr. Suhas M. Mallya started the session with an overview on critical thinking and it’s importance in arriving at a meaningful and rational conclusion. Thereafter he elaborated on building blocks of critical thinking being analysis, interpreting, inferencing, self-regulation and forming an opinion and conclusion. He further discussed the results of the questionnaire that he had shared with the students before the session and provided a summary on how students logically answered the questions posed in the questionnaire. He shared a few examples on the critical thinking process involved in power of compounding, multiplier effect etc. He concluded the session by addressing the queries of the students.
66 students attended the session. The session ended at 11:00 a.m. with a Vote of Thanks delivered by Ms. Seeham Baig from FY BBA(FS). The session was compered and coordinated by Asst. Prof. Racheal Goes.