Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nNearly 1,500 competitors from 60 countries will compete in\n56 skill competitions at this mega event in Kazan, Russia on August 22-27. The\n48-member Indian team will participate in 44 skills, including mobile robotics,\nprototype modelling, hairdressing, baking, confectionary & patisserie,\nwelding, brick laying, car painting, floristry, etc. Forty-four experts and 14\ninterpreters are also accompanying the participants to Kazan. In 2017, a\n28-strong contingent took part in the WorldSkills International at Abu Dhabi,\nwinning one silver, one bronze and nine Medallions of Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Addressing the candidates Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Minister\nfor Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said, \u201cMy heartiest congratulations\nto the 48 of you who have proven your mark at the national level. You all will\nnow represent the country at the world\u2019s biggest skill competition in Russia.\nMy advice to you is to compete in the true spirit of participation and make\nIndia proud on the global platform and at the same time learn from your\ninternational peers competing with you. You are the brand ambassadors of India\nand your victory will be an inspiration for every Indian youth who aspires to\nmake it big in their life. Participating at events of such scale adds to the\nlarger cause of skill development which is integral to Prime Minister, Shri\nNarendra Modi\u2019s vision of a Skilled India.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am happy to learn that we have six young girls also\nbearing the flag of the country at Kazan. I am positive you will inspire many\nmore and we will see increased female participation in the years to come. I\nalso hope with Team India\u2019s participation at WorldSkills, the event will gain\nthe same level of popularity in the country, as the Olympics and the Asian\nGames,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The desire to excel in the trades of their choice has played\na crucial part in the candidates realising their dream of performing at a\nglobal stage. Mohammed Rabith from Malappuram, Kerala is one such example of\ngrit and determination. The 22-year-old whose father works as a coolie and\nmother is a homemaker, aims to make his parents and his country proud by\nwinning the gold medal in Wall & Floor Tiling Skill at the WorldSkills.\nStories like Rabith are abound in the Indian team, where the spirit of youth is\nmotivated by aspiration and the desire to excel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Himanshu Vohra, a final-year civil engineering student from\nChitkara University in Punjab, is representing India in Plumbing and Heating\nTrade. Himanshu\u2019s passion and interest in plumbing has taken him to multiple\ncompetitions, including Global Skills Competition in Australia, before he found\nhimself as a contender for the WorldSkills in Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 75% participants come from tier II and tier III\ncities, with 25% from rural areas. Most belong to humble backgrounds, parents\nwork as farmers, coolie, daily wage laborers and security guards. Among\nstates\/UTs, Maharashtra tops the chart with seven contestants participating in\nthe competition, followed by five from Karnataka and four from Uttar Pradesh.\nOver 50,000 youth had registered for the IndiaSkills Competitions that was\norganized across several legs last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Participants spoke about their experiences at the send-off.\nPresent among the audience were proud parents who greeted them with loud cheers\nas the Minister felicitated all 48 contestants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 48 contestants have been shortlisted through a series of\ncontests conducted at district, state, regional and national levels over the\npast year. These candidates were provided extensive training in skills ranging\nfrom Wall and Floor Tiling, Brick Laying, Cabinet Making, Car Painting, CNC\nTurning, Hair Dressing, Welding, Restaurant Service, Beauty Therapy, Auto-body\nRepair to Mobile Robotics, Mechatronics, Prototype Modelling, Visual\nMerchandising, etc, by leading corporate entities with NSDC acting as a\nfacilitator and have been gained extensive support from Sector Skill Councils,\nIndustry and Corporates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Candidates have been exposed to international training with\nindustry support from over 100 companies. More than 100 companies have Renowned\nexperts such as Vinesh Johny – Chef\/Trainer, winner of Forbes 30-under-30;\nSamantha Kochhar, renowned beauty expert and director of Aroma Magic; JP\nShroff, Chairman of Kushal Credai; Seema Jhaveri, Director of IFD and Vaishali\nShah, Principal of LTA Beauty School came together to prepare the contestants\nfor the mega-event. Leading organisations such as Maruti, Mahindra, Toyota,\nDaikin, Saint Gobain, Tata Motors are among the 100+ partners which have\nextended support via infrastructure, equipment, expert trainers, facilities,\ntraining and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aimed at promoting world-class standards in technical\neducation and vocational training, NSDC, under the aegis for MSDE, is working\nto make skills aspirational and create a pathway for a career in vocational\ntrades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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