NIFT Wins Two Silver Medals at WorldSkills Shanghai 2026

The correct answer is Shanghai, in China, which hosted the 48th edition of the WorldSkills Competition from 23 to 26 September 2026. The contest drew more than 1,400 young competitors from about 68 countries and regions who competed across 64 skills, and India took part with its largest contingent so far. Option A is wrong because Lyon in France hosted an earlier edition and not this one. Option C is wrong because Kazan in Russia also hosted a previous edition of the competition. Option D is wrong because New Delhi did not host the event; NIFT New Delhi only served as the training centre where the Indian competitor in Fashion Technology prepared for four months before travelling. Learn the edition number along with the host city, since the pairing is a common question.

The correct answer is tenth. India entered the competition with its largest-ever contingent, 70 competitors across 63 skills, and came away in tenth position with 6 silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence. Options A and B are wrong because India did not finish as high as fifth or eighth in this edition, and option D is wrong because the country placed better than thirteenth. The medal count is worth remembering separately from the rank: six silvers and twenty Medals for Excellence. Of those, students of the National Institute of Fashion Technology contributed two silver medals and one Medal for Excellence, won in Digital Interactive Media Design, Retail Sales and Fashion Technology respectively. Questions frequently pair the rank with the size of the contingent.

The correct answer is Retail Sales, in which Saniya Joshi of NIFT Panchkula won a silver medal. Option B is wrong because Fashion Technology was the skill of Vidhi Niravkumar Suthar, a Fashion Design graduate of NIFT Gandhinagar, who received a Medal for Excellence rather than a silver. Option C is wrong because Visual Merchandising was the skill in which Anuja Ajay Vare of NIFT Bengaluru represented India, and no medal came from that category. Option D is wrong because the silver in Digital Interactive Media Design was won by Kovid Ajay Gangrade of NIFT Mumbai. Retail Sales and Digital Interactive Media Design were among the newer and emerging skill categories highlighted at Shanghai, reflecting the growing place of digital platforms and customer experience in the fashion trade.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Textiles, which announced the achievement of the National Institute of Fashion Technology at the competition and which NIFT thanked along with its students, experts, trainers and officials. Option A is wrong because the education ministry looks after school and higher education in general and not this institute. Option C is wrong because, although the competition is about skills, NIFT is not placed under the skill development ministry. Option D is wrong because commerce and industry is not the parent ministry either. For the institute the contest offers exposure to global occupational standards, emerging technologies and industry expectations, and what it learns there is folded back into its own training methods, which is why the institute treats the outing as more than a medal count.