Post Show Report / DelhiWood 2019

Subtag: Skill India

FFSC competition winners demonstrated skills at DelhiWood

The World Skills Competition, also known as the Olympics for Skills whereby candidates from
across the globe get a platform to showcase their skills in different trades and compete at
the international level. The Furniture & Fittings Skills Council (FFSC) participated in the World
Skills 2017 edition of the competition which was held in Abu Dhabi during the month of
October 2017. FFSC participated in the skill trade of ‘Cabinet Making’ and it was a huge
learning curve for the team about the international level of skills.

FFSC now plans to participate in the next edition of the World Skills 2019 competition which
will be held in Kazan, Russia in the Month of August 2019. Joinery and Cabinet Making are
the two skill trades that have been selected by the council.

FFSC recently conducted the national level competitions (IndiaSkills 2018) for the skills
trades of Joinery and Cabinet Making respectively. Mr. Vikash Kumar Naga from Rajasthan
was the gold medalist in ‘Joinery’ at the IndiaSkills 2018 competition. Mr. Keshar Singh
Rajput from Rajasthan was the gold medalist in the ‘Cabinet Making’ trade at the IndiaSkills
2018 competition. The winners are now preparing to represent India in the World Skills 2019
competition which will be held at Kazan, Russia in August 2019.

During DelhiWood 2019 the two finalists implemented respective test projects in Cabinet
Making and Joinery spanning over 4 days of the exhibition. The test projects were of the
WorldSkills competition standard and the visitors got a glimpse of how the international
level competitions are conducted. FFSC took the support of its Industry and Academic
partners to arrange the skill demonstration. The support from all the Industry partners,
organizers, and government representatives made the demonstration sessions a success and
set an example towards promoting the importance of skill development among all
stakeholders.

The skills demonstration by the National Level winners generated good advocacy for our
WorldSkills participation and awareness for the ‘Skill India’ campaign among the
stakeholders. We hope to convert the interactions during DelhiWood 2019 into future
partnerships which will strengthen the industry support for the skilling ecosystem.
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The two finalists from FFSC’s IndiaSkills 2018 competition Mr. Vikash Kumar Naga
(Rajasthan) and Mr. Keshar Singh Rajput (Rajasthan) demonstrated test projects during
DelhiWood 2019. Both will be representing India at the World Skills 2019 to be held at
Kazan, Russia in August 2019.