IndiaSkills

IndiaSkills

IndiaSkills, the country’s biggest skill competition, is designed to demonstrate the highest standards of skilling and offers a platform to young people to showcase their talent at national and international levels. IndiaSkills Competition is held every two years with the support of state governments and industry.

Vision and Mission:

Provide a platform where emerging professionals can display their workplace skills with utmost perfection and make India proud
Facilitate cooperation among governments, industry and academia
Create nationwide awareness, ownership and participation across various skills
Help the Indian youth attain world-class standards of competence, excellence and productivity

IndiaSkills Competition 2025–26

The IndiaSkills National Competition 2025–26 was held from 29 March to 2 April 2026 at India Expo Mart, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The competition brought together over 650 top-performing competitors from across 36 States and Union Territories, competing in 63 skill categories. Winners of the competition earned the opportunity to represent India at the WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 competition.

Skills managed by ESSCI in IndiaSkills/WorldSkills 2026

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Electronics

Variety is the key to a successful career in electronics. Technicians and engineers are needed to operate specialist equipment in workplaces that ...

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Electrical Installation

Designing and installing electrical systems in all types of commercial, residential, and industrial projects, while carrying out maintenance and repairs safely and quickly.

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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

The refrigeration and air conditioning engineer is responsible for the design, installation, maintenance, and repair of both systems.

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Autonomous Mobile Robotics

Robots play an increasing role in our lives and places of work in areas as diverse as manufacturing, agriculture, aerospace, mining, and medicine.

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Mechatronics

Mechatronics includes mechanics, pneumatics, electronically controlled systems, programming, and robotics and systems development.

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Intelligent Security Technology

Covers the design, installation, configuration, commissioning, integration, testing, and maintenance of intelligent security systems

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Optoelectronic Technology

Focuses on the assembly, calibration, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance of optoelectronic devices and systems involving optics, lasers, fibre optics, imaging systems, sensors, and electronic control technologies.

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Unmanned Aerial Systems

Involves the design, assembly, programming, configuration, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including autonomous flight, mission planning, sensor integration, ROS 2

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For any query related to IndiaSkills/WorldSkills competition, please contact on worldskillsindia@essc-india.org

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Variety is the key to a successful career in electronics. Technicians and engineers are needed to operate specialist equipment in workplaces that will range from aerospace and the armed forces to the entertainment industry, robotics, education, health, and telecommunications. Technicians and engineers will need to understand detailed specifications and international quality standards and keep abreast of the latest developments in technology.

The Skill Set tested in this skill competition and their relative importance in the competition are as follows.

S. No.	Section	Relative importance in %
1	Work organization and management	5
2	Communication and interpersonal skills	5
3	Hardware design and development	20
4	Assembly, modification, and repair	25
5	Fault finding	5
6	Embedded systems programming	25
7	Measurement, documentation, and reporting	15

For detailed description of each section can be found in the following link of WorldSkills Occupational Standard document. https://worldskillsindia.co.in/file/Technical_Description_WS2025_new26_9_25/Electronics_WSC202 6_TD.pdf

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Designing and installing electrical systems in all types of commercial, residential, and industrial projects, while carrying out maintenance and repairs safely and quickly. Electricians are needed wherever there is electricity. They can expect to work in homes, offices, factories, and even farms, carrying out maintenance and repairs, and sometimes designing and installing new systems. Given the risks associated with electricity, offering a safe and reliable service to customers is paramount. Electricians need to have an intimate knowledge of the latest safety standards and work to a strict code of safety conduct.

The Skill Set tested in this skill competition and their relative importance in the competition are as follows.

S. No.	Section	Relative importance in %
1	Work organization and management	5
2	Communication and interpersonal skills	5
3	Problem solving, innovation, and creativity	5
4	Planning and design	10
5	Installation	35
6	Testing, reporting, and commissioning	25
7	Maintenance, fault finding, and repair	15

For detailed description of each section can be found in the following link of WorldSkills Occupational Standard document. https://worldskillsindia.co.in/file/Technical_Description_WS2025_new26_9_25/Electrical_Installatio ns-WSC2026_TD.pdf

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The refrigeration and air conditioning engineer is responsible for the design, installation, maintenance, and repair of both systems. Their work involves domestic and commercial settings, as well as including the construction and transportation sectors, for example in ships and trucks. Finding solutions to issues involving climate and the environment are the biggest issues for engineers in the refrigeration and air conditioning industry

The Skill Set tested in this skill competition and their relative importance in the competition are as follows.

S. No.	Section	Relative importance in %
1	Work organization and management	10
2	Communication and interpersonal skills	5
3	Design refrigeration and air conditioning systems	10
4	Installation and maintenance of refrigeration and air-conditioning	30
5	Commission refrigeration and air conditioning systems	25
6	Fault finding refrigeration and air conditioning systems	30

For detailed description of each section can be found in the following link of WorldSkills Occupational Standard document. https://worldskillsindia.co.in/file/Technical_Description_WS2025_new26_9_25/Refrigeratio n_and_Air_Conditioning_WSC2026_TD.pdf

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Robots play an increasing role in our lives and places of work in areas as diverse as manufacturing, agriculture, aerospace, mining, and medicine. Mobile robots begin with a design and then a prototype which must be programmed and tested to make sure it offers a high and consistent level of performance. The mobile robotics engineer must be familiar with logic, microprocessors, and computer programming and prepare specifications for the robot's capabilities as they relate to the work environment. They are also responsible for cost efficient design, cost-price calculations, and quality control.

The Skill Set tested in this skill competition and their relative importance in the competition are as follows.

S. No.	Section	Relative importance in %
1	Work organization and management	10
2	Communication and interpersonal skills	10
3	Design	10
4	Prototyping	10
5	Navigation and localization	8
6	Vision	8
7	Robot environment interaction	8
8	Testing and fault finding	8
9	Performance Review and Commissioning	28

For detailed description of each section can be found in the following link of Technical Description document https://worldskillsindia.co.in/file/Technical_Description_WS2025_new26_9_25/Autonomou s_Mobile_WSC2026_TD.pdf

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Mechatronics includes mechanics, pneumatics, electronically controlled systems, programming, and robotics and systems development. It is the job of the mechatronics technician to combine these areas to design, build, maintain, and repair automated equipment, and programme equipment control systems. As well as factory assembly lines, mechatronics is used in everything from bottling machines to supermarket cash till and belt assemblies.

The Skill Set tested in this skill competition and their relative importance in the competition are as follows.

S. No.	Section	Relative importance in %
1	Work organization and management	10
2	Communication and interpersonal skills	10
3	Developing mechatronics systems	15
4	Using industrial controllers	20
5	Software programming	20
6	Circuit schematics	10
7	Analysis, commissioning, and maintenance	15

For detailed description of each section can be found in the following link of WorldSkills Occupational Standard document. https://worldskillsindia.co.in/file/Technical_Description_WS2025_new26_9_25/Mechatronics_WSC 2026_TD.pdf

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Covers the design, installation, configuration, commissioning, integration, testing, and maintenance of intelligent security systems, including video surveillance, access control, intrusion detection, networking, and integrated security solutions.

The Skill Set tested in this skill competition and their relative importance in the competition are as follows.

S. No.	Section	Relative importance in %
1	Work organization and management	5
2	Communication and interpersonal skills	5
3	Project initiation and holistic planning	5
4	Planning and design of security systems	20
5	Installation and implementation of security systems	10
6	Debugging and optimization of security systems	30
7	Application of artificial intelligence and digital technologies	10
8	Maintenance and repair	15

For detailed description of each section can be found in the following link of Technical Description document: https://worldskillsindia.co.in/file/Skill-ISC-2025/IntelligentSecurityTechnology_WSC2026_TD.pdf

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Focuses on the assembly, calibration, testing, troubleshooting, and maintenance of optoelectronic devices and systems involving optics, lasers, fibre optics, imaging systems, sensors, and electronic control technologies.

The Skill Set tested in this skill competition and their relative importance in the competition are as follows.

S. No.	Section	Relative importance in %
1	Work organization and management	10
2	Communication and interpersonal skills	5
3	Design and manufacturing of optoelectronic applications	20
4	Installation and implementation of optoelectronic applications	35
5	Maintenance of optoelectronic applications systems	15
6	Optimization of optoelectronic applications	15

For detailed description of each section can be found in the following link of WorldSkills Occupational Standard document. https://worldskillsindia.co.in/file/Technical_Description_WS2025_new26_9_25/Optoelectronic_Technology_WSC2026_TD.pdf

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Involves the design, assembly, programming, configuration, operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), including autonomous flight, mission planning, sensor integration, ROS 2, MAVROS, and flight control systems.

The Skill Set tested in this skill competition and their relative importance in the competition are as follows.

S. No.	Section	Relative importance in %
1	Work organization and management	8
2	Communication and interpersonal skills	8
3	Assemble/repair, and maintain an unmanned aerial system (UAS/RPAS)	12
4	Setup, program, and operate the UAS	12
5	Manual flight demonstration and emergency procedures	16
6	Autonomous flight planning and demonstration	20
7	UAS Advanced piloting and embedded vision	24

For detailed description of each section can be found in the following link of WorldSkills Occupational Standard document. https://worldskillsindia.co.in/file/Skill-ISC-2025/UnmannedAerialSystems_WSC2026_TD.pdf

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