Picturesque opening saga at World-Skills Kazan 2019
It’s about the world’s biggest international vocational skills competition, World-Skills Kazan 2019 that is undergoing with a grand opening ceremony at Kazan, Russia.As many as 48-member Indian team, splendid in colourful outfit, entertained spectators present at the venue of this event as they walked through the parade along with 62 other participating countries from the rest of the world.
|| Anjan K Samal
- Hon’ble Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship ,Mahendra Nath Pandey inaugurated the India Pavilion at this auspicious international competition
- During the One School-One Country program; that aims at encouraging school going children to join hands with hands for the awareness of this skill programs
- ‘Future Skills’ category introduced first time at the Competition to focus on digital economy for the future course of world economy
As many as 2.5 lakh people attended the opening ceremony at Kazan Arena across the globe, where youth from 63 nations gave a variety display of various cultures. The 48-member Indian team — the sixth largest contingent at the WorldSkills — stole hearts with a performance that brought alive the rich diversity and beauty of the vast country. Mr. Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister, Russian Federation opened the six-day event that will see more than 1,300 competitors from around the globe competing across 56 skills and trades.
All thw Contestants from India who are representing the country at the global stage have made it at WorldSkills Kaza 2019 after a gruelling selection procedure where went through a series of skill competitions conducted at different levels in India. An initiative of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the aegis of Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), WorldSkills India is integral to the vision of building a Skilled India, exposing young talent to the best-in-class technology, techniques and skills amongst different trades.
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon’ble Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship who is leading the Indian contingent, also inaugurated the India Pavilion at the Kazan Expo competition area. The Pavilion adorns myriad hues of India’s culture, traditions, diversity and skills. Dr. Pandey’s is at Kazan to motivate the participants and is aimed at building G2G and B2B relationships. During his visit, Dr. Pandey will address delegates from Industry on the subject ‘Skilling for future with Scale, Speed and Standards: India Experience’. He is also scheduled to meet representatives of key industry players such as DMG MORI, CISCO, Siemens, Lincoln Electric to name a few, to explore ways of knowledge exchange and global mobility of Indian workforce with multinational corporations.
As the competition begins on August 23, the Indian Team will participate in 44 skills namely mobile robotics, prototype modelling, hairdressing, baking, confectionery & patisserie, welding, brick laying, car painting, florist, etc. Forty-four skill experts and 14 interpreters for various Indian languages have also accompanied the participants in Kazan to support them at the event.
At the time of inaugurating the India Pavilion at World-Skills, Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Honb’le Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, said, “With the Government taking a number of initiatives to boost technical training and vocational skills, India has climbed the skills ladder, and this year we have a 48-member team up from 28 the last time. I am confident of a good show from the team. In the future, we will also bid for hosting the WorldSkills. The Ministry of Skill Development and other government departments are directing all their efforts at tap the talent of India’s youth by empowering them to become job-givers and not job-seekers alone. We have provided training support 12.6 lakh people and we aim to double this number in the near future with support from other ministries.”
One School One Nation
Before the opening ceremony, the competing teams came together to present their national cultures under the One School-One Country initiative. The initiative aims to promote cultural exchange between the participating countries and to raise the profile of skills and different career pathways. Participants visited a Russian School, Gynasium # 96, where they interacted with Russian school students and also participated in cultural programs.
Future Skills Introduced
Experts and thought-leaders to interact on an array of topics on future of skills to maximize economic and social impact. Two new initiatives — WorldSkills Juniors and ‘Future Skills — are also being introduced in this edition. WorldSkills Junior aims at inspiring schoolchildren aged 14-16 years to join vocational and skill training and participate alongside the national teams. The focus of ‘Future Skills’ is to lay emphasis on relevant fields of activity in the era of high-tech production and digital economy for the future course of Global economy.
