WorldSkills India, an initiative of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), has finalised the names of Indian contestants for 13 of the 22 disciplines in which the country would compete at the next WorldSkills International competition to be held in the German city of Leipzig in July.
WorldSkills India is the official body representing the country at the WorldSkills Leipzig event which is slated to be held from the 2nd to the 7th of July, 2013.
Candidate selection for the skills of Beauty Therapy, Electronics, Fashion Technology, Graphic Design, Hair Dressing, IT Network Administration, Jewellery, Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD), Mechatronics, Mobile Robotics, Restaurant Service, Web Design, and Welding was completed by WorldSkills India on March 9.
WorldSkills India had organized a 3-day skill competition in these categories at Pune’s Balewadi Stadium from March 7 to 9 to decide the India representation at WorldSkills Leipzig. The Pune event was witnessed by the Adviser to the Prime Minister in the National Council of Skill Development, Mr S Ramadorai, NSDC Chairman M V Subbiah, and NSDC CEO & MD Dilip Chenoy, besides a host of industry captains.
Among all, it has been decided that Sonal Chauhan would represent India in the Hair Dressing category at the WorldSkills Leipzig competition. Riddhi Anand and Ravina Bhatti would be doing the same in the Restaurant Service and Beauty Therapy disciplines respectively at WorldSkills Leipzig.
