Tamil Nadu Skill Summit
The World Skills Competition, a flagship event of the World Skills International, organized every two years, is the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in the world that truly reflects global industry. Founded in 1950, World Skills is the global hub for skills excellence and development. World Skills brings youth, industries, and educators together to give youth the chance to compete, experience, and learn how to become the best in their skill of choice. It has 75 Member countries all working with youth, educators, governments, and industries to help prepare the workforce and talent of today for the jobs of the future.

The next edition of World Skills is scheduled to be held at Shanghai, China in September 2021 with the participation from over 60 World Skills member countries. In 2019 edition of World Skills held at Kazan, Russia , three students from Tamil Nadu  represented India.
INDIA SKILLS – 2020
India Skills competition is the biggest skill competition in India held once in 2 years exhibiting extraordinary skill talent with the support of State Government and industries . Skill competitions are held at District, State and Regional levels prior to the National level.  The winners of India Skills will represent the country at World Skills.
TN SKILLS 2020
In June 2018 the first State level Skill competition was conducted after which 16 candidates represented Tamil Nadu in the Regional skill competition held at Bengaluru. Nine candidates participated in the National Level Skill Competition ( India Skills 2018). The winners of the National Level Competition undergo specialized skill training which is fully funded by Government of India to represent India at the World Skill Competition.

In order to enable the candidates from TN to compete in India Skills 2020, District level skill competitions were conducted from 23.01.2020 to 31.01.2020 under the chairmanship of District Collectors in 32 districts. Tamil Nadu witnessed the highest number of participation in the country with 6273 participants competing in the following 47 different skills.

S.No

Name of the Skills

S.No

Name of the Skills

1

Auto Body Repair

24

IT Software Solution for Business

2

Automobile Technology

25

Jewellery

3

Bakery

26

Landscape Gardening

4

Beauty Therapy

27

Mechanical Engineering Design – CAD

5

Bricklaying

28

Mechatronics

6

Car Painting

29

Mobile Robotics

7

Carpentry

30

Painting and Decorating

8

Cloud Computing

31

Patisserie and confectionary

9

CNC Milling

32

Plastering and Drywall System

10

CNC Turning

33

Plastic Die Engineering

11

Concrete Construction Work

34

Plumbing and Heating

12

Cooking

35

Print Media Technology

13

Cyber Security

36

Proto Type Modeling

14

Electrical Installations

37

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

15

Electronics

38

Restaurant Service

16

Fashion Technology

39

Wall and Floor Tiling

17

Floristry

40

Water Technology

18

Graphic Design Technology

41

Web Technology

19

Health & Social Care

42

Welding

20

Hotel Reception

43

3D Digital Game Arts

21

Industrial Control

44

Cabinet Making

22

Information network cabling

45

Hair Dressing

23

IT Network System Administration

46

Joinery

 

 

47

Visual Merchandising

Around 380 candidates will now compete at the state level in the above skills.