Hyderabad: Meher Rishika Nori from the city has secured an opportunity to represent India in the IT Software Solution for Business at the World Skills 2017, which is also popularly known as 'Skill Olympics.'

Among 300 participants from Pan-India, Rishika has been selected after she stood as a winner in national level IT Software Solutions for Business. Meher is the only girl to qualify for the Skill Olympics from the Pan-India. She will participate in the competition organized in Abu Dhabi from October 14 to 19. More than 1,200 competitors from 70 plus countries will compete across 50 skills at the competition.

The worldwide competition is led by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) from India, which is preparing a team to participate in the competition since 2011 under World Skills India. It has selected a team of 28 competitors, who will compete in 26 skills ranging from car painting, brick laying, hair styling, beauty therapy, proto-type modeling, auto body repair, visual merchandizing, mobile robotics, CNC Turing, welding are among others.

Congratulating the winners, the MD and CEO of NSDC Manish Kumar said, "On behalf of NSDC, we would like to congratulate Meher for being selected as one of the finalists to represent India at the Word Skills competition. Our competitors are great ambassadors for skills in India and will motivate many in the society to hone a skill and contribute positively towards nation building."

The competitors, who are participating in the world wide competition, have been selected through a series of competitions organized by NSDC at regional and national levels from the last two years.