22^nd National Work-Skills Competition at FTI Bengaluru

CII organized 22^nd National Work Skills Competition (NWSC) in FTI Bengaluru from 24th-27th March 2010 in association with the DGET, Ministry of Labour and Employment. CII initiated national Work skills competition on the lines of the Skills Olympics organized by the industry in Europe. It was held for the first time in 1989 at the Advanced Training Institute, Dasnagar, Howrah. CII was the first one to recognize the importance of skilled workers and need to develop skilled labour pool in India thus it started this event.

NWSC this year saw participation from leading companies such as Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki, Hindalco, SAIL, Tata Steel, NTTF, ITC Ltd, Hero Honda Gurgaon, SRF Ltd, Caterpillar India, Nestle India, Godrej & Boyce to name a few.

The 2009 Regional Skills Competition was conducted from 07-09 December 2009 under the respective Regional Centers in Chandigarh, Bangalore, Kolkata and Pune. 381 competitors took part in the regional levels out of which 95 made it to the National Competitions in the age category of less than 22 years (Category 1) and above 22 years (Category –2) in the industrial skills like Electrician, Industrial Electronics, Fitter, Miller, Turner, Tool & Die Maker, Welder, Instrument Mechanic and COPA. 32 participants won first and second prizes in above-mentioned categories.

Participant Companies

Competition Categories	Category-1 (Up to 22 years)	Category-2 (Above 22 years)
COPA- Computer Operator and Personal Assistance.	1st Prize, Bhaji Shaik NTTF Training Centre, Chennai. 2nd Prize Sanu Kumar Tata Steel Ltd- SNTI.	1st Prize, Rajendra Kumar Verma, Bhilai Steel Plant, SAIL.
Electrician	1st Prize, Hemraj, Tata Steel Ltd- SNTI 2nd Prize, Sanjeet Singh, Tata Steel Ltd SNTI.	1st Prize, K Dhananjaya, ITC Filtrona Ltd. 2nd Prize, Satya Rao Bhilai Stel Plant –SAIL.
Fitter	1st Prize, Kailash Netawate, Bosch Ltd, Nashik. 2nd Prize, Amol Bhambar, Bosch Ltd, Nashik	1st Prize, Kalpande P S, Tata Motors Ltd, Pune. 2nd Prize, K Mohan, Schwing Stetter (India) Pvt Ltd.
Industrial Electronics	1st Prize, Gage Sachin Kailas, Siemens Ltd, Kalwa, Thane. 2nd Prize, Ramane A R, Tata Motors Ltd, Pune.	1st Prize, Nishi Kant Kumar, Tata Steel Ltd, SNTI. 2nd Prize, D Ritesh Kumar, Tata Steel Ltd, SNTI.
Miller (Machinists)	1st Prize, Gawande Vaibhav, Bosch Ltd, Nashik, 2nd Prize, Arun Johny NTTF, Training Centre, Bangalore.	1st Prize, Rajendra Pachapande, Godrej & Boyce Mfg Company. 2nd Prize, M Das TELCON, Jamshedpur.
Turner	1st Prize, Sachin Malviye, Bosch Ltd, Nashik 2nd Prize, Kulkarni S K, Tata Motors Ltd, Pune.	1st Prize, V Bandre, Hero Honda, Gurgaon. 2nd Prize, Soundararajan, Titan Industries Ltd.
Welder	1st Prize, Botre D S, Tata Motors Ltd, Pune. 2nd Prize, Indranath Haldar, GRSE Ltd.	1st Prize, Asit Kumar Das, GRSE Limited. 2nd Prize, Surinder Pal, Abhishek Indusrties Ltd, Ludhiana.
Instrument Mechanic		1st Prize, Sandeep Banerjee, ITC Ltd-PSPD (Tribeni Unit). 2nd Prize, Pawan Kumar SRF Ltd, Bhiwadi.
Tool and Die Maker		1st Prize, Sanjay Verma, Hero Honda, Gurgaon. 2nd Prize, S Vijaya Pandiyan, Brakes India Ltd.