To give a fillip to the skill development of youth in State, Bihar Skill Development Mission (BSDM) in partnership with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is scheduled to organise a three-day Skill Competition at Patna beginning April 20 named as India Skills — Bihar 2018.
The event will focus on the traditional Bihar finesse such as madhubani painting, tikuli art, stone pottery etc alongside newer technical skills like CNC milling, welding, fashion technology, culinary skills, mobile robotics and others.
The winner of this competition has to undergo a further two-tier competition, before being adjudged as the India Skills Champion and will get the opportunity to represent India at the World Skills Competition also considered as Olympic of Skills to be held in Kazan, Russia in 2019.
Minister, labour Department Vijay Kumar Sinha said Bihar Government has been constantly working to provide more and more opportunities to youths of Bihar who will get an opportunity to represent India at international forum.
The event would be a panorama, comprising of skill competition spread over 27 skill categories, panel discussion and exhibition of product and art forms. It will be inaugurated by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar while Governor Satya Pal Malik will grace the results and valedictorian function to be held on Sunday.
Explaining the importance of the India Skills — Bihar 2018, Dia Kumar Singh, principal secretary, labour Resources cum CEO, BSDM, said: “Skill development is the need of the hour. The demands from the industry have undergone a sea change. To make our youths competitive in the new world, we need to acquaint them with the latest developments and also prepare them to face competition at the global level. Events like India Skills Bihar gives us an opportunity to do exactly that. We hope that it is beneficial to the overall development of the participants involved and also to the partners involved.”
World Skills Competition, also known as Olympic of Skills, is organised by World Skills International (WSI), once in two years in one of its member countries. Currently about 71 member countries compete in 52 trades across six sectors. The last competition was held in Abudhabi in 2017, where the Indian team won one silver, one bronze and nine medallions of excellence.