The society with positive values made the world a better place to live. This also include the engineers at the workplace. Studies have shown that engineering students are less empathetic and prone to be dishonest academically, with the current curriculum design fixing this issue only introducing the students with few humanities and social sciences courses. This study investigated the adoption of student centered learning methods to nurture positive values among the 2nd year chemical engineering students, enrolled in a cooperative based group environment. The meta-reflection of the students highlighted that there were a lot of positive values emerged after one semester activities completed among the students. The students learnt about being assertive, respecting each other's opinion, perseverance and grit, as well as empathy. © 2017 IEEE.