Press Note
‘WorldSkills India’ under the aegis of NSDC holds regional competition in
Mobile Robotics for WorldSkills Competition 2015 in Brazil
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‘WorldSkills India’ is an initiative of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)
It is the official body representing the country at the next WorldSkills International
Competition, 2015 to be held at Sao Paulo, Brazil
NSDC has been spearheading India’s participation in various skills at WorldSkills
International Competitions since 2011
The WorldSkills International Competition is the biggest skill competition and is held
in different member countries once every 2 years
4th April, 2014; New Delhi: WorldSkills India under the aegis of National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC), today held the regional (North India) level competition in the ‘Mobile
Robotics’ category at Maharaja Agrasen College, Delhi. NSDC in partnership with MIT
Academy of Engineering, Festo and Nex-robotics is spearheading the selection of candidates
in this category, who will represent India at the next WorldSkills International Competition,
in Sao Paulo, Brazil from 11th – 16th August, 2015.
Commenting on the competition, Mr. Dilip Chenoy, Managing Director and CEO, National
Skill Development (NSDC) said “The WorldSkills competitions provide a fantastic opportunity
to benchmark skills within a country, against the rest of the world. At all levels competitors
are benchmarked against their peers – locally, nationally and internationally. The primary
aim of the competitions is to elevate the level of skills in young people and demonstrate
that careers based on the vocational education are viable first choice career options.
WorldSkills competitors also act as wonderful ambassadors for their respective trades, their
employers and their countries.”
“Moreover, with the rapid advancement in technology taking place in our country, robotics
industry is expected to grow at a rate twice the global average. Hence, competition such as
these will only encourage the youth of our country to come forward and showcase their
skills to the world in this domain”, he further added.
The candidates will be shortlisted vide a three tier selection process spread across the
country, viz., regional, national and final selections. The shortlisted candidates at the
national selections will be extensively trained on the Robotino Mobile Robot from Festo and
one team shall be finally selected 3 to 4 months prior to the WorldSkills International
Competition 2015, on the guidelines of declared test project.
NSDC will be organizing similar competitions for 27 skills across the country, which will lead
to a National Competition in July-August, 2014 and Final Selection in April, 2015.
About National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC):
National Skill Development Corporation, which is formed under the Ministry of Finance, is a
one of its kind public private partnership with 51 per cent equity held by private sector and
the balance 49 per cent by the Union Government. Formed in 2010, NSDC is a professionally
run not-for-profit company that includes 29 Sector Skill Councils and 129 training partners
with over 2500+ training centres spread across 352 districts in the country. NSDC is
mandated to skill 150 million Indians by 2022.
For more information on the National Skill Certification and NSDC kindly visit our website,
and Facebook page:
www.nsdcindia.org
https://www.facebook.com/NSDCIndiaOfficial
You can also check out the latest news on NSDC on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/user/NSDCIndiaOfficial
About WorldSkills International (WSI):
WorldSkills International (WSI) is a not-for-profit association set up in 1950 to promote
Vocational Education and Training (VET) in countries across the globe. It aims to spread
awareness about the essential contribution of skills and high standards of competence, to
the achievement of economic success and individual fulfillment, through the organisation of
the biennial WorldSkills International.
WorldSkills International is the largest skill competition in the world. It is held once every
two years in one of the WSI member countries. More than 1000 contestants below the age
of 23, compete for gold, silver and bronze medals, in over 46 skills. The competition is held
over a span of four days.
About WorldSkills India:
WorldSkills India is an initiative of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), which
has been leading India's participation at WorldSkills International competitions since 2011.
WorldSkills India organized its first ever National Competition in Balewadi Stadium Pune,
from 7th – 9th April, 2013, where 24 candidates were selected in 22 skills. These candidates
went through a rigorous training program for months before the WorldSkills competition at
Leipzig Germany, in July 2013. Three Indian candidates won medallion of excellence at the
competition – which are Bhabesh Jana for Business and Jewellery Designing, Arun Raj
Balasubramanium for Graphic Design Technology and Sarthak Jain for IT Software Solutions.
They were also felicitated by the Honourable Finance Minister, Shri P. Chidambaram on 16th
August at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
The key objectives of WorldSkills India are • Promulgate skill development and up skilling across nation and in the society and motivate
the youth to pursue vocational education
• Facilitate advance learning in various skills and creating an industry ready reserve of skilled
workforce
• Organize local, regional, national and international skills competitions and also host
international competitions by garnering the required support through corporate partners
• Partner Industry by contributing to productivity improvements raising the standard of
work skills locally, nationally and globally
• Establish a long-term association with the WorldSkills International (WSI) secretariat
alongside the Government of India, State Governments and registered vocational skills
training and awarding bodies
Role of NSDC • Spearhead India's participation at The WorldSkills competition
• Establish linkages with various stakeholders of the industry to promote the association
•Provide support and synergy to the efforts of WorldSkills India through its Skills
Development initiatives
• Provide administrative and technical support to the participants and experts for the
WorldSkills
Competition 2015 at Sao Paulo, Brazil
For Further information please contact:
Niren Yadav: +91 8800447367
niren.yadav@ogilvy.com
Ogilvy Public Relations, Gurgaon
Saurabh Bahl: +91-8800154625
Saurabh.bahl@ogilvy.com
Ogilvy Public Relations, Gurgaon
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