Phagu Chauhan felicitates 98 winners at the IndiaSkills Regional Competition – East held in Patna

New Delhi, 24 October (H.S): Governor of Bihar, Phagu Chauhan today felicitated the winners of IndiaSkills 2021 Regional Competition – East at Bapu Sabhaghar, Patna and awarded each of them a cash prize of Rs 21,000 along with a gold medal. The first runners up were given Rs 11,000 and a silver medal. 98 candidates from 8 States/Union territory were declared winners of IndiaSkills Regional Competition ? East. Odisha ranked first in both Gold and Silver medal tally of the Regional Competition.

Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal participated in the Eastern competition. The winners of Regionals will compete at the Nationals scheduled in December 2021, and the best will enter WorldSkills Competition to be held in Shanghai, China in October 2022.

The Regional (East) finale was also graced by Jibesh Kumar, Minister of Labour Resources & Information Technology Department, Government of Bihar; Nitin Navin, Minister of Road Construction Department, Government of Bihar; Atul Tiwari, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India; Vandana Kini, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, and Sushri Ranjita, Labour Commissioner, Government of Bihar. Jaikant Singh, Senior Head ? National Skill Development Corporation and TN Singh, Director, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna were present at the ceremony.

Phagu Chauhan expressed his happiness by seeing the enthusiasm and high spirit of the participants. He was a delighted to witness the skills showcased by the participants in the past three days. He said that IndiaSkills is not only a competition but a platform, which enables showing India’s capabilities to the world. He added that he is looking forward to the skills performance of the winners at the National Competition and WorldSkills as well. He congratulated all the participants and wish the winners luck for the National Competition.

Applauding the winners, achievements, Jibesh Kumar said that this Regional Competition will help select the best performers for national and international levels. He further said that the Regional Competition provides a platform to the youth for skilling, learning and gaining experience. With the strength and power of skilled youth in the country, we can become the ?Skill Capital of the World?, he added. The more we skill the youth, motivate them to adopt new skills, the more we will be able to expand India?s skill ecosystem.