India creates history at World Skills event in Russia, bags 4 medals

Indian contingent won four medals and 15 medallions of excellence at the just concluded World Skills Kazan 2019, taking India to the 13 the position out of 63 countries that participated in the international skilling event.

“Blazing a trail of glory for India at the global stage, the 48-member Indian team returned with the best-ever finish at the WorldSkills International Competition 2019 in Kazan, Russia by winning 19 medals and medallions of excellence,” skills development ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.

Team India won a gold medal in water technology, a silver medal in web technologies and two bronze medals in jewellery and graphic designing.


“India finished 13th in the overall standings several notches up from the last time when it won 11 medals and finished in the 19 th position at Abu Dhabi in 2017,” it said.

S Aswatha Narayana from Odisha won a gold medal in water technology, Pranav Nutalapati from Karnataka won a silver medal in web technologies while Sanjoy Pramanik from West Bengal won the bronze medal in jewellery and Shweta Ratanpura from Maharashtra also won the bronze medal in graphic designing.

Shweta has also earned the distinction of being the only female candidate to win a medal for India at WorldSkills Kazan 2019, it said.