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Such initiatives also help The team participated in 44 skills Indian Team Creates History At Worldskills us benchmark our skills to international including mobile robotics, prototype standards and will improve the overall modelling, hairdressing, baking, quality of vocational training in India. It is a confectionary & patisserie, welding, brick Event In Russia, Wins 4 Medals proud feeling to witness the passion, effort laying, car painting and floristry. and dedication with which these young Most of these competitors, whose Team India members also won 15 medals competitors prepared and excelled at the average age is 22, come from very humble of excellence in various skill competitions WorldSkills. I congratulate each one of them backgrounds from tier 2 or tier 3 cities for their journey so far and wish them the in India. About 35 per cent of team very best for all their future endeavours. I members' parents are either employed in believe they will inspire future competitors the agriculture sector or are working as and all those who aspire to excel in their daily wage earners. The team India includes careers through vocational training.” participants from all over the country, The Indian team the sixth-largest including 6 from the North-Eastern region. contingent at the WorldSkills stole hearts Forty-four skill experts and 14 with a performance that brought alive the interpreters for various Indian languages rich diversity and beauty of the vast country. also accompanied the participants in Kazan An estimated about 2.5 lakh people had to support them at the event. attended the opening ceremony at Kazan The selection of Team India for Faruk Ahmed of Bakery and Saurabh Baghel of Patisserie & Confectionery Honoured With Medallion Arena where the youth from 63 nations had WorldSkills 2019 began in January For Excellence showcased their cultures. 2018, with the roll-out of a scheme on Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister, IndiaSkills Competitions. More than 22 jubilant Indian team created history at India, with a strong 48-member Russian Federation had thrown open the six- states collaborated and organised close to the 45th WorldSkills competition held in contingent, was among 63 countries day event on August 22 that saw more than 500 district and state-level competitions Kazan (Russia), winning one gold, one participating in the world's biggest 1,300 competitors from around the globe between March and April 2018. The winners Asilver and two bronze medals in the country's international vocational skill competition, competing across 56 skills and trades. at these events competed at four regional best performance since it first participated at the WorldSkills Kazan 2019. Contestants from India who represented competitions organised at Jaipur, Lucknow, event in 2007. Apart from the above-mentioned Following the historic win of Team India the country at the global stage made it at Bangalore and Bhubaneswar. winners, Team India members also won 15 at World Skills Competition, the Ministry WorldSkills Kazan 2019 The winners from the medals of excellence at the event in various skill of Skill Development And Entrepreneurship after a gruelling selection regional competitions competitions and secured 13th spot amongst 63 (MDSE) congratulated all the winners and procedure where they further competed at the participating countries. participants who brought laurels to the went through a series National Competition In 2017, the Indian team had won one country, via a tweet. The MSDE said that of skill competitions organised from 2nd to 6th silver, one bronze and nine medallions of India’s stellar performance at the World conducted at different October 2018 at Aerocity excellence. The winners were announced at Skills Competition 2019 has imprinted the levels in India. Grounds in Delhi. a glittering ceremony at the 45th WorldSkills country’s presence on the global skills map. competition here in the capital of Tatarstan. Skill Development & Entrepreneurship The medal winners included: S Aswatha Narayana, 25, won the Minister Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, who gold medal in water technology. Pranav had said that he expected team India to Name Age Medal Category Nutalapati, 17, won silver medal in web occupy a slot in the top 10, was extremely technologies, WorldSkill organisers said. happy with the team's performance. S Aswatha Narayana 25 Gold Medal Water Technology Sanjoy Pramanik, 21, from West Bengal and Dr. Pandey, added, “Through Pranav Nutalapati 17 Silver Medal Web Technologies Shweta Ratanpura, 22 from Maharastra both WorldSkills Competition, we aim to provide Sanjoy Pramanik 21 Bronze Medal Jewellery Design won bronze medals in Jewellery and graphic opportunities to the youth in our country to design technology respectively, they said. compete with, and learn from, their peers Shweta Ratanpura 22 Bronze Medal Graphic Design 4 5 September 2019 September 2019 COVER STORY of Rs 199 is more affordable and looked as friendlier by the guests than Rs 200. Likewise,