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Team Skill India wins silver, bronze, nine medallion of excellence at 44th World Skills competition

New Delhi, Oct 20 (UNI) Team Skill India has won one Silver (Mohit Dudeja), one bronze (Kiran Sudhakar) and nine medallion of excellence at the 44th World Skills competition concluded in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
This is India's best performance since it started participating at these competitions in 2007. The Indian team was competing with candidates from 59 other World Skills member countries.
According to a press release issued by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Mohit Dudeja won a silver for Patisserie and Confectionery whereas Kiran bagged a bronze for Prototype Modelling. Nine Medallions for Excellence were won in trades/skills like mechatronics, brick-laying, restaurant service, automobile technology, jewellery, graphic design technology, mobile robotics, beauty therapy and car painting.
With winners being presented medals at a glittering closing ceremony on the day of Deepawali, Indian participants and winners have truly made the Festival of Lights sparkle for the country! Mohit Dudeja also won the “Best of Nation” award for receiving the highest marks among the India Contingent.
WorldSkills India is an initiative of the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) under the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), which has been leading India's participation at WorldSkills International competitions since 2011. This was done to create an aspiration around the pursuit of skills training in our country and benchmark the skillsets of our youth against their counterparts in other parts of the world.
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