# Body Language: Key to Professional Success

- Institution: IIT Roorkee
- Department: Humanities and Social Sciences
- Teacher: Prof. Rashmi Gaur
- Level: Undergraduate
- Language: English
- Subjects: Society and politics
- Source: [NPTEL](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109107154)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA](https://nptel.ac.in/faq) (Non-commercial use only.)
- Syllabus: [at the source](https://nptel.ac.in/courses/109107154)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Body language plays a vital role in all formal contexts. The expanding trend of articulating views through vibrant participation in group discussions, power point presentations, team based tasks, brain storming and interviews, has made a good command over Body Language a mandatory skill. Whereas technical literacy is essential, it is a confident command over body language which gives an edge in today competitive arena. In all professional interactions, your body language is the only window to your attitudes and feelings; and therefore it is always as important as your answers. 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.

Intended audience: Any Interested Learners

## Lectures

1. [Defining Body Language, Scope and Relevance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/011e4439ebba) (YouTube)
2. [Defining Proxemics, Four Zones](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/e3cee39bca24) (YouTube)
3. [Proxemics: Behavioral Connotations](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/2f36c0cc52be) (YouTube)
4. [Oculesics I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/f3476a36ad69) (YouTube)
5. [Oculesics II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/34e8ae29976f) (YouTube)
6. [Haptics - I](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/6780eeebfc12) (YouTube)
7. [Haptics - II](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/c1f0c13080b2) (YouTube)
8. [Kinesics: Types & Contexts](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/129539e3c8e1) (YouTube)
9. [Facial Expressions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/ab8524a7d052) (YouTube)
10. [Macro and Micro Facial Expressions](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/8518bf5e0914) (YouTube)
11. [Mouth and Smiles](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/1a543f9b18a0) (YouTube)
12. [Cultural Differences in Smiles; Head Nods](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/a9bca2805b2f) (YouTube)
13. [Hand Movements](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/fe9585f97412) (YouTube)
14. [Understanding Finger Movements](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/19e32445be41) (YouTube)
15. [Movements of Feet and Legs](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/a16f01c383c7) (YouTube)
16. [Paralanguage](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/c829177ecd77) (YouTube)
17. [Chronemics](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/ba5ded87ba21) (YouTube)
18. [Chromatics, Olfactics & Physical Appearance](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/124d83cb8aeb) (YouTube)
19. [Digital Body Language](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/0fca7f5c453e) (YouTube)
20. [Gustorics and Silence](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/nptel/109107154/e38614cc3d13) (YouTube)