Having crossed two difficult rounds — district and State level contests, 36 skilled youths with specialisations in different trades will represent Jharkhand in the regional level contest of World Skill Summit. Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society (JSDMS) released the list of successful candidates on Monday.
These successful talented youths will represent Jharkhand at the regional level contest to be organised in Odisha in May 2018. JSDMS, the nodal organisation had invited applications from eligible candidates in March 2018 to select the most suitable candidates for the upcoming International Mega Skill contest to be organised at Kazan, Russia in 2019.
Meanwhile, the young achievers in Skill Development sector who are gearing up to compete with some of the best talents at the regional level with an aim of taking Jharkhand’s name ahead will be felicitated by Chief Minister Raghubar Das on May 11.
During the grand ceremony, the winners of each trade will be handed over the cheque of Rs 25,000 while the runner-ups will be given Rs 11,000. JSDMS is leaving no stone unturned to polish the skills of the selected candidates. The organization has collaborated with some of the best companies to hone the skills of the selected candidates.
Corporate biggies like TATA Steel, VlCC — New Delhi, Radisson Blu, Government Tool Room, Bhartiya Skill Development University, JBM Group and Schneider Electric will train the youths. For bakery and restaurant service, Radisson Blu will train the selected participants. Similarly, for manufacturing TATA Steel will impart training among the selected candidates. VlCC — one of the leading beauty salon has given its consent to train the selected candidates under beauty therapy categorization.
Also, JSDMS has collaborated with Government Tool Room including Bhartiya Skill Development, Bengaluru for CNC Turning, CNC Milling and CAD. For Electrical installation and welding training – Schneider Electric, Bengaluru and JBM Group, Faridabad respectively will train the candidates making them familiar with all technical know-how.
The district and State level contest organised by JSDMS in April 2018 was held in 12 trades. The organisation had selected as many as 14 trades for the district and State level competitions. The contestants were given opportunities to showcase their skills in bakery, cooking, beauty therapy, fashion technology, electrical installation, restaurant service, welding, CNC Turning, CNC Milling, Automobile Technicians, Autobody Repair, Car Painting, Plastic Die Engineer, Mechanical Engineering CAD.
“JSDMS is attempting hard to ensure that some of the best talents get the opportunity to represent Jharkhand at the international forum. Since 2007, Indian representative is participating in the World Skill Summit. To ensure the participation of the candidates from Jharkhand different learning and skilling techniques is being adopted to enhance the skills of the candidates,” said CEO of JSDMS, Amar Jha.