World Skills State level winners were felicitated in a function organised at Center for Research and Industrial Staff Performance (CRISP) on Tuesday at Bhopal. CRISP was the nodal agency for organising the competition in Madhya Pradesh. Deepak Joshi, Minister of State, Technical Education and Skill Development, Hemant Deshmukh, Chairman, Madhya Pradesh State Skill Development and Employment Generation Board (MPSSDEGB), GN Agarwal, Addl Chief Executive Officer MPSSDEGB, Anand Singh, Principal Institute of Hotel Management, Bhopal, and Ashish Malhotra, from National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) New Delhi were especially present on the occasion.
Mukesh Sharma, Chief Executive Officer of CRISP informed that, in total 1029 candidates participated at Zonal level competitions organized at Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Ujjain and Sagar. Zonal level competitions were organized from April 24 to 26. 61 candidates qualified to compete at State level competition and have shown their skills in the competitions organized in Bhopal from May 4 to 8, 2018.
Finally 27 selected candidates will now compete at Regional level competitions scheduled to be organized from May 24 to 26, in Jaipur. Successful candidates at Regional level competition will participate at National level competitions, and candidates further qualifying will compete in WorldSkills Competition scheduled to be held at Kazan in Russia in 2019.
Competition in Madhya Pradesh was organized in 15 trades including, Welding, Electrician, Electronics. Fashion Designing, Automobile, Carpentry, Graphic Designing, etc.
Chief Guest of the function Deepak Joshi felicitated the successful candidates by providing them with the certificates and trophies. Guest of Honor Hemant Deshmukh motivated the candidates through his speech for performing well at Regional & National level competitions. At the end, GN Agarwal proposed the vote of thanks, and has appreciated the efforts made by participants and the organizers for organizing the event in Madhya Pradesh.