Name: Vineet Raj Kapoor selected Expert Lead for IDT Skill Management Team for Worldskills France 2024
Start: 2024-09-10T00:00:00+05:30
End: 2024-09-15T23:59:59+05:30
Location: Worldskills Lyon France

January 2024

January 29 - January 31

India’s Top 100 AVGC Trailblazer list features Vineet Raj Kapoor Founder of SXILL and Chandigarh Design School

Lalit Chandigarh, India

India’s Top 100 AVGC Trailblazers list features Vineet Raj Kapoor Founder of SXILL and Chandigarh Design School

India’s Top 100 AVGC Trailblazer list features Vineet Raj Kapoor Founder of SXILL and Chandigarh Design School
Chandigarh, 15 March 2024 – Chandigarh Design School and SXILL Founder Featured in India’s Top 100 AVGC Trailblazers list is
India’s Top 100 AVGC Trailblazer list features Vineet Raj Kapoor Founder of SXILL and Chandigarh Design School
sued by GAFX, Bengaluru (Games, Animation and Visual Effects). an annual event in Karnataka, supported by the Government of Karnataka, aims to enrich the local artistic community. The event successfully conducted panel discussions, pitches to top studios, and live competitions, showcased in the GAFX 2022 Official Showreel. This list was showcased during the GAFX Event at Bengaluru. This is the first time someone from North India has been included in a Top 100 AVGC list. GAFX took place from 29-31 January 2024.

Vineet Raj Kapoor Founder of SXILL and Chandigarh Design School and has served the student community of North India for more than 28 years. Besides he leads the Indian AVGC Delegation to ACE Fair, South Korea every year. He is currently India’s IDT Expert for Worldskills besides mentoring 1000s of students to success in the fields of Animation, Graphics, UXUI Design and Gaming.

Applauding his achievement SXILL Founder Neelu Kapoor mentioned, “Vineet’s work for the Indian AVGC Industry is amazing. More than that 1000s of students have found success through his personal advice and guidance. He has also guided students at other leading colleges like BITS Pilani, Thapar University, DY Patil University, Kurukshetra University, PEC Chandigarh among others.”

“I am happy and humbled to be featured amongst the 100 Movers of Indian AVGC Industry by GAFX, Bengaluru. A big shoutout to GAFX for taking the pains to find out people who are trying to do something for the industry. This is the tip of the iceberg. I know there are a lot of people who are selfless changing Indian animation. I am humbled to find a place amongst the Top 100 people chosen by GAFX as the face of those countless who are doing their bit. I represent each young student, each young animator who is doing his/ her bit to be a part of the dream of AVGC becoming India's NEXT dream run!” said Vineet Raj Kapoor, when applauded on his achievement.

January 31 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Asifa International Animation Day celebrations at PGGC 46 in Chandigarh

Post Graduate Government College Sector 46, Chandigarh, Chandigarh

February 2024

February 1 @ 10:30 am - 1:30 pm

Asifa International Animation Day celebrations at PGGGC 42 in Chandigarh

Post Graduate Government College for Girls Sector 42, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

Chandigarh, 1 Feb 2024 – ASIFA presented the IAD Event at PPG College for Girls at Sec 42 on 1 Feb 2024, co-presented by ASIFA Evangelist Vineet Raj Kapoor, alongwith the leading UX Design Institute Chandigarh Design School, and leading Animation Institute SXILL, and supported by AnimationXpress, Workkonnects, MESC, ACE Fair, iXDA. ASIFA is an International Community of Animation, with a mission of creating awareness of Animation Careers amongst students.

ASIFA presented the IAD Event at PPG College for Girls at Sec 42 on 1 Feb 2024
ASIFA presented the IAD Event at PPG College for Girls at Sec 42 on 1 Feb 2024

PGGC 46 hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 31 Jan 2024. PGGCG 42 successfully hosted ASIFA International Animation Day at the campus on 1 Feb 2024.

The Speakers were Mangat Chauhan (Sr. Animation Supervisor Motu Patlu and Mentor SXILL) and Vineet Raj Kapoor (UX Design Mentor at Chandigarh Design School).

Neelu Kapoor, Founder SXILL graced the occasion with her presence.

Bikramjit Singh (Production Head, Virtualsoft) shared the History of ASIFA and it's mission. He commented on how ASIFA works hard to bring awareness about these careers across the world. ASIFA Chandigarh has been conducting various seminars across the city to do it's part.

Mangat Chauhan briefed the students about the entire animation pipeline and various career opportunities across the entire process of making animation movies.

Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder Chandigarh Design School, told the students about various Design Careers as well as how to make their own roadmaps to achieve success in those careers. He briefed the student on how decision making permeates all careers and would be a useful addition to any worthwhile career.

Thereafter the students asked about various careers in their mind right from mimicry to storywriting to animation to UX design and got clear roadmaps as well as advice to make a success of their dreams through examples behind the success stories of Steve Jobs, and other leaders.

February 6 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Asifa International Animation Day celebrations at MCM DAV in Chandigarh

MCM DAV College Sec 36, Chandigarh, CHANDIGARH, India

February 6 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Asifa International Animation Day celebrations at PGGCG 11 in Chandigarh

Post Graduate Government College for Girls Sector 42, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India

February 20

SAE Dubai signs MoU with SXILL and Chandigarh Design School

SAE Dubai, United Arab Emirates

SAE Dubai signs MoU with SXILL and Chandigarh Design School

Worldskills Industrial Design Expert Prof. Vineet Raj Kapoor on behalf of Chandigarh Design School and Indiaskills GDT Jury Expert Neelu Kapoor on behalf of SXILL signed an Memorandum of Unde

SAE Dubai signs MoU with SXILL and Chandigarh Design School

rstanding with SAE Dubai (a reputed University at Dubai) recently at SAE’s Dubai Campus World leading Design Institute SAE’s Dubai Campus has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Chandigarh Design School and SXILL.

While taking the Founders on a Tour of their beautiful campus located at Dubai Knowledge Park (near Palm Jumeirah) at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Mr. Jan Horn remarked that with this initiative SAE is happy to step forward in the field of Design Thinking and UX UI design with the expertise of Chandigarh Design School and SXILL in the field of Design to deliver courses at their Dubai and Abu Dhabi campuses.

Under the arrangement SXILL and Chandigarh Design School shall be delivering classes for students enrolled by SAE, Dubai, in the highly specialized field of Design Thinking. This would be a great step for India’s Design Community into International Education. Erstwhile, Indian Design community engaged foreign professors, or foreign degree tieups to send their students abroad or exchange students. It is rare for foreigners to look to India to study (except for 3rd world countries). With this step SXILL steps into the International education sector on a strong footing.

Vineet Raj is currently highly involved in the Design and Innovation space as India’s nominated Expert for Worldskills competition and nominated Lead Expert by Worldskills International, amongst other duties. Speaking on the occasion he shared, “It is my dream to see Indian Innovation take a central place in the scheme of things across the world. need to build a complete ecosystem of innovation, and see that these innovation see the light of the day based on their viability. More companies need to come forward and adopt these kids into their ecosystem and nurture them. I am sure, it would be a win-win situation for both. We are helping out our local industry improve their designs and have been contacted by many original equipment manufacturers for this. We are open to helping out our competitors and peers implement this methodology at their Universities and Institutions. Our students have worked at the Top in leading organizations including Ericson, Sony, Yatra.com, Gaana.com as well as Directed top animated shows like ‘Motu Patlu’ and even independent artists like Sukh-E the singer amongst others. Our alumnus own leading IT companies in the region like Intelligaia, Trabug, Creative Peppers etc.”

Prof. Vineet Raj Kapoor, SXILL was also invited by FICCI in 2022 to represent the Indian Angle to Dubai Expo for the Round Table on “Fostering Skilling ecosystem by exchange of Knowledge, service & resources” Media & Entertainment Skills Council, (MESC), one the pioneer council for skill training for M&E domain, hosted the Industry-Academia round table discussion in association with FICCI in Dubai. He also was the Invited as the International Key Speaker at World Design Organization backed event at Moscow, Russia on World Design Day on 29 June 2022 and Serious Play Conference at Toronto in Oct 2023. He also featured as a prescreening jury for Smart India Hackathon 2022 (India), Eurasian Future Skills Competition (Russia), and Khabarovsk International Competition (Khabarovsk), BRICS Future Skills Challenge (China) amongst others

Neelu Kapoor, the Founder of SXILL and herself a National Jury (Graphic Design) for NSDC backed Indiaskills said, “SXILL offer a unique ‘Design your own Curriculum’ option in line with the National Education Policy as well as a World Class Animation and Design Finishing School SXILUP for Animation and Design passouts from Colleges. In this endeavor SXILL is backed by top studios like Lakshya Digital, Digitoonz, Greengold (Chhota Bheem), Technicolor, and more. Our students consistently win International Awards like 11secondclub and GO48!”

April 2024

April 25 - April 26

Vineet Raj Kapoor, conferred Education Excellence in Higher Education Award

Lalit Chandigarh, India

PUNJAB KESRI, Vineet Raj Kapoor, conferred Education Excellence in Higher Education Award
SXILL Founder wins Education Excellence in Higher Education Award
Vineet Raj Kapoor, Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School was conferred with ‘Education Excellence in Higher Education’ Award by ObserveNow at the Education Leaders Conclave held on 25-26 April 2024.
Vineet Raj Kapoor conferred Education Excellence in Higher Education Award

Vineet Raj Kapoor (Indian IDT Expert Worldskills, and Founder SXILL) shared “This is a Special Addition to our growing shelf of Awards, as this is an acknowledgement of my efforts to innovate and evolve education and skilling. Earlier Awards were awarded to our Education and Training Institutes SXILL and Chandigarh Design School, which are an epitome of our work in the field of education. This Award recognizes my entire body of work in the field of education and skilling. It doesn’t stop here, as we would continue to change education everyday.” This was just another day for Vineet Raj Kapoor, current Indian Expert for Industrial Design Technology, is working on the strategy for India’s performance at Worldskills, Lyon, France in September, 2024.

ObserveNow Founder Tainya Tikoo Congratulated the Winners: “Our mission is to find out the people who are doing path-breaking work at the ground level. These are the real stars of Education. We strive to find out each such star and acknowledge their efforts. Congratulations!”

Vineet Raj Kapoor as Moderator for Panel Discussion

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL thanked “ObserveNow” for the Education Excellence in Higher Education Award for the value offered by SXILL and Chandigarh Design School in the field of Animation, and UXUI Design. Students totally love the flexibility of designing their own curriculum, Industry led Upskilling, anytime entry and exit with certification and other path-breaking features. Also, the many NSDC certification backed courses help students get the right recognition in the market. This is attracting students from diverse fields like Engineering, Fashion Design, Business Management, Psychology, Fine Arts, and Commerce. The excellent placement records give extreme confidence to the new entrant.

May 2024

May 16 - May 18

Chief Expert at Indiaskills Nationals, Yashobhoomi, New Delhi

Yashobhoomi, Dwarka, New Delhi , India

May 21

Vineet Raj Kapoor trains Thapar University Faculty in Design Thinking

Thapar University Patiala, Punjab, India

Chandigarh Design School trained a select group of Thapar University Faculty in Design Thinking and Innovation.
Vineet Raj Kapoor trains Thapar University Faculty in Design Thinking

Vineet Raj Kapoor (IDT Lead Expert Worldskills representing India, and Founder SXILL and Chandigarh Design School) shared “Training Faculty from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology also popularly known as Thapar University was a wonderful opportunity. The Faculty Development Program happened on 21 May 2024. We took care to equip them with enough examples and cases so as to be able to retain the information and put it in perspective since Design Thinking is a complex subject and is largely misrepresented. We trained them in various approaches to Design Thinking, and especially sensitized and trained them in the toughest field of empathetic thinking, since that is what most UX Designers in India lack. Being a practitioner and trainer of UX Design and Design Thinking since 2014, I feel responsible for the state of UIUX Design in India. Despite our best efforts, a large swathe of Industry as well as trainers are unaware of the possibilities of UX Design and think about it as a burden. We are doing our best to rectify the situation by giving great manpower to the starved Software Industry in India.” He quipped, “Don’t worry all this would be part of my upcoming book – SOLVXD: Think in Steps – that would be coming out soon.

Vineet Raj Kapoor trains Thapar University Faculty in Design Thinking

Neelu Kapoor (Indiaskills Graphic Design Technology Jury) and Founder SXILL mentioned, “This was the first time Chandigarh Design School tendered a Faculty Development Program at Thapar. Earlier we have done programs for Pune University, Chitkara University, GNDU, Panjab University among others. We are also doing international Programs in Design Thinking with leading institutions abroad. We are aware that training a faculty is much more important as it can directly impact the lives of 100s of students.”

September 2024

September 10 - September 15

Vineet Raj Kapoor selected Expert Lead for IDT Skill Management Team for Worldskills France 2024

Worldskills Lyon France Lyon, France

– Indian IDT Expert Vineet Raj Kapoor selected Expert Lead for Worldskills Skill Management Team

Indian IDT Expert Vineet Raj Kapoor selected Expert Lead for Worldskills Skill Management Team.

Chandigarh Design School Founder, and SXILL Cofounder Vineet Raj Kapoor is India’s Worldskills Expert for Industrial Design Technology. Vineet Raj Kapoor was selected as India’s Expert in 2022 and had selected and trained India’s Competitors for the Worldskills 2023. These competitors came from NID Ahmedabad, MIT Pune and other colleges of India.

He continues to help Indiaskills find India’s best design talents in IDT, by helping design and conduct tests as well as train students.

He has been selected to be a part of the Worlskills Skill Management Team for IDT. The Skill Management Team is formed of select experts from different nations, and they collaborate to work towards having a successful Worldskills competition. They are involved in various aspect of the conduction of the Skill Competition. The current Skill Management Team in Worldskills IDT consists of Experts from China, Taiwan, Korea and India.

Applauding his achievement SXILL Founder Neelu Kapoor mentioned, “Vineet’s zeal to work with students is unbeatable. He is able to get to their level and simplify things. The candidates trained by him performed exceptionally well in Indian and International Competitions. I am confident that he would help India finish on the podium at Worldskills 2024 at France.”

“Whether I work with my own students or the top students of India nominated by the government, my training methodology remains the same. Help students understand how they are going to be judged and they develop them to maximize they response to each aspect of every criterion of judgement. There is no space to lose even a single point in international competition, since they are about the process, and the students who stick to the basics emerge at the top.” Said Vineet Raj Kapoor, when asked about the competition preparation. “Right now we are busy with scouting the best talent of India.”

WorldSkills Lyon 2024 is set to take place 10-15 September 2024, following the postponement of the 46th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. France won the bid to host the 47th WorldSkills Competition at WorldSkills General Assembly 2019 in Kazan, Russia.
It is the second time for France and Lyon to be the host in the history of the international championship. The 33rd WorldSkills Competition previously took place in 1995 at EUREXPO Lyon, the same venue that will now host WorldSkills Lyon 2024.
WorldSkills Competition Lyon 2024 is a strong commitment to youth and their future which generates unprecedented international mobilization around skills, competences and excellence.
Despite the one-year postponement of the competition due to the pandemic, the plan to host the global competition remains the same: to inspire young people in skills, promote skills and change the perception on vocational education and training.
WorldSkills Lyon 2024 is also a national project centered around the regions, in particular the Metropolis of Lyon. It will be THE springboard and catalyst to develop and promote professional training adapted to current and future needs in terms of employment.
The competition and Team WorldSkills France, which both are a result of the mobilization of regions and the commitment of partners to WorldSkills France, are the first vectors of inspiration for young people and a tangible proof for the next generations of the relevance of skills and competences in a career and personal life with high potential.