Dr. Syed Ghufran Hashmi recently delivered a session on Introduction of Phonetics and its Importance in Competitive Era” under the University Extension Programme at the Department of English, Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind Haryana.  The talk was based on the importance of Phonetics in the contemporary competitive era. The session discussed the approach that has been adopted by many researchers working in the domain of Phonetics during the last couple of decades.