World Youth Skills Day
Day - 15 July
Theme 2026 - "Skills for a Shared Future"
Observed since - 2015
World Youth Skills Day
Day - 15 July
Theme 2026 - "Skills for a Shared Future"
Observed since - 2015
Team India has won 5 medals (3 Gold, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze) at the Global Skills Challenge (GSC) Australia 2026.
The Gold medalists include Pavan Bhadravati Suresha (Karnataka) for Additive Manufacturing (3D printing), Mausam Kumar Giri (Bihar) for Cloud Computing, and Vishnupriya Sunil (Delhi) for Health and Social Care. Harsh Ramesh Pawar (Maharashtra) won the Silver medal in 3D Digital Game Art, and Muskan (Haryana) secured the Bronze medal in Painting and Decorating.
Union Minister Jayant Chaudhary has launched a campaign to establish the Skills Outcomes Fund (SOF) with an outlay of ₹530 crore. The SOF is designed as a scalable model for outcomes-based financing (OBF) to link vocational training with sustainable job placement.
It utilizes a blended finance model, combining resources from the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) with capital from private and philanthropic partners. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is the nodal implementing agency for the project.
The campaign builds on the success of the Skill Impact Bond launched in 2021, which trained over 34,000 youth (74% of whom were women) and achieved a 76% job placement rate with a 62% retention rate.