I write to commend the A Foundation and its leader Prof. Abid Ali Khan for putting Soft Skills training on the map of Orissa. What we often do not realize is that, soft skills enable the hard skills to deliver the full impact and benefits. While our education system does a reasonably good job in providing academic and intellectual content, very few build soft skills including the best of Business Schools.

It is heartening that Prof. Abid Ali Khan has noticed this gap and is trying to provide soft skills even to school children. Soft skills are honed over a lifetime and it is appropriate that one starts early. It is also most laudable that a single individual like Prof Khan is evangelizing this campaign and proposes to give a large part of his training earnings to charity. I wish Prof Khan and “A Foundation” all success in this noble endeavor.