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