Anand, Purnima <br/><br/>
Impact of online induction training on performance of graduate employees in ONGC during Covid-19  

 - Indian Journal of Training and Development   
 - 52(2), Apr-Jun, 2022: p.30-44 
<br/><br/> Induction is the process for welcoming newly recruited employees and supporting them to adjust to their new roles and working environments. This research work evaluates the impact of online induction training in the performance of graduate trainees of ONGC in year 2020- 21. Graduate trainees of ONGC are recruited through competitive exams, campus placement and were used to be physically trained for 25 weeks about oil industry and practices being followed in ONGC. When the pandemic was declared in 2022, the induction training in online mode was initiated by ONGC Academy in June 2020.Till date, more than 900 graduate trainees have been trained through online mode. Through this study an assessment was made of how far ONGC Academy was successful in helping these graduate employees in improving their performance after attending online induction training, to evaluate whether the impact of online induction training programme conducted by ONGC Academy during year 2020-21 was significant or not. Moreover, to assess the take away of a newly inducted graduate employee from induction training during pandemic times. Research problem was designed then data was collected from graduate trainees through Google forms in the form of primary data. Secondary data was collected through various web pages and ONGC website, previous study done by the researchers on the topic, newsletters, and company manuals. To conduct this study, the investigator collected responses of graduate employees for a questionnaire which was floated through Google forms for new graduated employees posted at different locations who have received online induction training of ONGC academy during year 2020-21. The data so collected was analysed and interpreted through various tools and techniques such as graphs, pie charts, statistical analysis through Microsoft excel and IBM SPSS. The research work has revealed that the induction training can be split in two modes both online and offline for better results and smooth running.-Reproduced <br/><br/>https://www.istd.in/files/journals/IJTD-2022-April-June.pdf<br/>