• Pranoti Kalamkar
• Dr. VH Asudani
• Dr. Monika R. Seth

No one would deny ever increasing significance of soft skills in professional world. Those who master these skills have better chances to find jobs in corporate world. Many trainers and motivators have started conducting workshop and seminars to orient young people in soft skills. These trainers very often project that the entire concept of soft skills has evolved in the waste in postindustrial era. The truth however is far from it. There were important figures in India who emphasized the value of soft skills in their writings. The most prominent among these people is Chanakya who was advisor to the king Chandragupta Maurya. Chanakya neeti documents many soft skills that were not only useful in the ancient times but they continued to be relevant even today. The present paper traces the development of soft skills in the book Chanakya neeti. The paper also highlights the contribution of ancient India in this field.

Ancient India, soft skills, corporate world, Chanakya neeti, communication skills.

"CONTRIBUTION OF CHANAKYA TO SOFT SKILL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.i87-i90, July-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307813.pdf

"CONTRIBUTION OF CHANAKYA TO SOFT SKILL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no. ppi87-i90, July-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307813.pdf