IIT Roorkee - Body language-key to professional success

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Overview

Taught by Professor Rashmi Gaur, one of the pioneers in the field of Media, Digital Humanities and Professional Communication.

Duration	4 weeks
Mode of learning	Online
Credential	Certificate

Body language-key to professional success
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NPTEL
Highlights

Earn a Certificate of completion

Body language-key to professional success
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NPTEL
Course details

Skills you will learn

Communication skills Body Language

More about this course

The aim of this course is to impart sensitivity and precision to students understanding of body language so that in professional settings they can regulate their body language can successfully learn to control their hesitation, anxiety and nervousness to come across as a more confident individual in all formal assessment situations

Body language-key to professional success
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Curriculum

UNIT 1

Defining Body Language, Scope and Relevance

Defining Proxemics, Four Zones

Proxemics: Behavioral Connotations

Oculesics I

Oculesics II

UNIT 2

Haptics -I

Haptics - II

Kinesics: Types & Contexts

Facial Expressions

Macro and Micro Facial Expressions

UNIT 3

Mouth and Smiles

Cultural Differences in Smiles; Head Nods

Hand Movements

Understanding Finger Movements

Movements of Feet and Legs

UNIT 4

Paralanguage

Chronemics

Chromatics, Olfactics & Physical Appearance

Digital Body Language

Gustorics and Silence

Body language-key to professional success
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Faculty details

Rashmi Gaur

Professor Rashmi Gaur teaches courses of Communication, Culture, Gender Studies and Media (Film and Literature) at IIT Roorkee. In her career, spanning three decades, she has guided about 12 Ph.D. theses, published four books, more than ninety research papers in national and international journals, besides participating in many conferences in India and abroad