After giving tough competition to their counterparts at regional contest organised in Bhubaneswar, five talented youths qualified for national round. These skilled youths with specialisations in different trades will represent Jharkhand in the upcoming national level contest of World Skill Summit. Jharkhand Skill Development Mission Society (JSDMS) released the list of young achievers on Monday. The national level contest will be organized at New Delhi in mid October.
David John Nag, Mohammad Michael Ansari, Sajjad Ansari, Prakash Sharma and Aditya Singh qualified for the national round of the Mega Skill Contest bringing laurel to the State. According to JSDMS, Nag will showcase his skills in MSME Tool Room while Sajjad and Michael Ansari will give tough competitions to the challengers in the ‘Auto Body Repair’ category. Sharma and Singh are gearing up for taking ‘Car Painting’ and ‘IT Network System’ competitions respectively. All the selected young achievers are undergoing training with the partnered companies of JSDMS to polish their skills for the ultimate battle of skills.
As many as 300 selected youths had participated in the Eastern Zone - regional level contest from five States – Odisha, Bihar, Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya. From Jharkhand, over 24 youths having specializations in different sectors got the chance to rub their shoulders at the regional competition.
According to the JSDMS officials, the winner of regional contest will be given a cheque of Rs. 51,000 on the behalf of the JSDMS. Also, the winner will be given a cheque of Rs. 21,000 from National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). Similarly, the second runner-up will get Rs. 21,000 from JSDMS while NSDC will give a cheque of Rs. 16,000.
JSDMS 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. The district and State level contest organised by JSDMS in April 2018 was held in 12 trades. Regional competition was held in 15 trades. 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.