‘Virtual communication helps corporate houses reduce cost’

Rourkela: With introduction of virtual communication for different requirements, corporate houses have minimized their cost, said Prof. J Chakraborty of IIT-Kharagpur.

Speaking at a national-level seminar on ‘Virtual Communication- An emerging trend and its Impact on pedagogy’ held at Padmanava College of Engineering (PCE), here yesterday, the professor of IIT-Kharagpur also observed that with different modes of communication, the target of achieving maximum output by minimizing the cost has leveraged profit earning sectors.

Virtual meetings, webinars, e-discussions, video conferencing, etc. are some of the regular events in the corporate houses. Academia and educational institutions too rely much on virtual communication in the present milieu, Chakraborty added.

Dwelling upon the topic, Chakraborty stated that virtual communication denotes the process of communication on the virtual plane. In the modern age, it encompasses a broad spectrum of concepts, technologies and practices that are central to our daily lives.

Technological dynamism has brought revolutionary change in pedagogy. Proliferation of technical tools and media like social networking sites, personal e-accounts, webcam, internet telephony, voice mail, etc. have inevitably transmogrified lifestyle of common people, he said and added that with technological boom, the mode of communication has been revolutionized these days. People communicate with their friends or co-workers in another country or continent through different virtual media.

Prof. H S Chandalia, Head, Department of English, Central University of Haryana, also a renowned poet, said that virtual communication facilitates the ability to know and understand how to access and share information electronically. He added that it is a portal through which a world of limitless learning opportunities co-exists. The mode of exploiting technologies, such as e-mail and collaboration tools, influences the quality of the work people do and can determine their ability to function as a high producing, high performing workforce, he observed.

In the seminar comprising five sessions, participants and delegates from different colleges of the country deliberated on the topic. Participants from Jammu & Kashmir, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh also presented their papers in this seminar through Webinar to live audience here at the Institute. Principal of PCE B K Panigrahi gave the welcome address. Assistant Professor Sanchita Choudhury, Department-in-charge of Humanities and convener of this seminar, and other officials were present.