by Amrita Priya | Dec 20, 2025
(December 20, 2025) When Ashish Kumar Verma joined Microsoft this November as a software engineer at its Hyderabad IDC, the 19-year-old entered the company as one of the youngest to be hired this year. His professional path would have blended naturally into the steady...
by Amrita Priya | Jan 19, 2023
(January 19, 2023) “It’s a proud moment when you hold India’s flag and represent your country on a global platform,” says Praveen Kumar Giri, the B Tech student who bagged the silver in the water technology category at the WorldSkills Competition 2022. Praveen first...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 27, 2022
(December 27, 2022) “Every time I think about it, it feels unbelievable,” says Nandita Saxena, the young confectioner who bagged the silver in the patisserie and confectionery category at the WorldSkills Competition 2022. The youngster, who first learned about the...
by Amrita Priya | Dec 17, 2022
(December 17, 2022) In 2022, India outdid itself in the WorldSkills Competition, moving two places up the ranking table, from 13 in 2019 to 11 in 2022. With the government putting skill development in primary focus, the country has earned two silvers, three bronzes...
