Winning is a habit; so is excellence. I believe our
children have now formed the habit to excel, to compete with the best in
the world and win.” said Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik while
felicitating the winners of the India Skills Competition here on Saturday.
Odisha students have got as many as 59 medals at the India Skills
Competition 2021 which was held in New Delhi in January 2022.
Patnaik announced an increase in cash incentives under Biju Patnaik
Dakhyata Award for the winners at the World Skills Competition to be
held at Sanghai in China during October 2022.
He announced that from this edition onwards, the gold medal winner at
the World Skill Competitions (WSC) would get an award of Rs 1 crore,
silver medallist would get Rs 50 lakh and the bronze medallist would get
Rs 25 lakh.
He further stated that the institution which nurtures the gold medal
winner would get Rs 5 crore for setting up the Biju Patnaik Centre of
Excellence.
The Chief Minister said,“We have kept the goal of bringing two gold,
three silvers and four bronzes for the country from the youth of Odisha.’
Wishing the competitors at the WSC, Patnaik said, “From now onwards,
may all of you have ‘Shanghai on my mind, India in my heart’, as you
work towards making this dream a reality.”