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IndiaSkills 2024: India’s Biggest Skill Competition to Commence in New Delhi

IndiaSkills 2024: India’s Biggest Skill Competition to Commence in New Delhi

  • The IndiaSkills Competition 2024 – the country’s biggest skill competition designed to demonstrate the highest standards of skilling is all set to commence on 15th May 2024.

Highlights

  • The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has organized an inauguration ceremony which will witness
    • the participation of over 900 students from more than 30 states and Union Territories and over 400 industry experts.
  • The four-day-long IndiaSkills will allow participants to showcase their diverse skills and talent on a national platform across 61 skills –
    • from traditional crafts to cutting-edge technologies.
    • While 47 skills competitions will be held onsite,
    • 14 will be held off site in Karnataka, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat keeping in mind the availability of best infrastructure.
    • The students will also participate in 9 exhibition skills such as Drone-Filmmaking, Textile-Weaving, Leather-Shoemaking, and prosthetics-makeup.
    • The students participating in the national-level competition have been trained in ITIs, NSTIs, Polytechnics, institutes of engineering, institutes of nursing, and institutes of biotechnology.
  • Winners of IndiaSkills, with the help of the best industry trainers, will get prepared for the WorldSkills Competition scheduled in Lyon, France in September 2024,
    • which will bring together 1,500 competitors from over 70 countries.
    • This year the participants will have the opportunity to earn credits within the National Credit Framework.
  • All skills showcased in both the WorldSkills and IndiaSkills Competitions are meticulously aligned with the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF),
    • The entire process of selection generates a spirit of competition among the participants
    • also plays a pivotal role in building aspirations for skill development and vocational training among the youth.
    • IndiaSkills is expected to not only create aspirations among the youth but also give India its real skill heroes who later serve as ambassadors for ‘New India’.

Prelims Takeaway:

  • Skill India
  • NSDC

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