Maharashtra State Skill Competition – 2024 recently concluded. It was a proud moment for U Takke’s Institute of Hair & Skin as their students clinched the first two positions in the competition. Vidhi Arya from Professional Beauty India got in touch with the Education Head of U Takke’s Institute of Hair & Skin, Atharva Takke, to understand what goes into the preparations and what lies ahead.
As the Maharashtra State Skill Competition Finals 2024 recently took place, Yash Chavan and Kasak Gajbhiye from U Takke’s Institute of Hair & Skin won the gold and silver, respectively. Atharva Takke takes us through the preparations that led to the win with flying colours.
Preparations For Maharashtra State Skill Competition
India Skills takes place once in two years and the age criteria is up to 21 years. Any student that enrols with us at the age of 16-18, we start training them for these competitions. This competition is based on commercial work but requires an extra edge. Accordingly, we train our students as per the hairdressing that’s relevant for the salons. But, we put in an extra effort to bring an edgy factor to their work.
We meticulously train the students who come in young for competitions. Thereby, allowing them to take part in various competitions, several times.
On the Stage
We prepare the students for every challenge that can come their way. Participants get specific modules, a mystery box, or a mood board at the competition as a reference. They have to recreate or come up with an image per what they get.
What we do is we set the basic foundation right, and thereon, they can use this knowledge to create a variety of styles.
What Winning Maharashtra State Skill Competition Means
This win means a lot to us because we have been participating in India Skills since 2017 -18. Fortunately, we have always had our participants in the nationals.
Two participants are selected for pre-nationals but only one goes ahead to the nationals – the gold medalist. Yash Chavan from our academy will be representing us at the Nationals. When it comes to India Skills, more than the academy, it’s India that is going to be represented in the future. We are preparing Yash for his journey ahead and we, as an academy, have been just a medium for him.
Future Steps
The target is clear: we need the gold for India. That’s the only future that I see here.
Other than that, as far as skilling and training are considered, I am hoping to have a skill centre, hopefully in Maharashtra and if that can be done with the government, that would be great. It can be a centre wherein we have training for all the different skills.