Bhubaneswar: S Aswatha Narayan made Odisha proud by winning first ever gold medal for India at WorldSkills competition held in Russia on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old Aswatha bagged the gold in water technology.

He was part of a jubilant team representing India at the 45th WorldSkills competition held in Russia.

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik praised Aswatha for making both state and the country proud by his performance.

Congratulate #SkilledInOdisha youth, Aswatha Narayan on winning India's first ever gold medal at @WorldSkills 2019 for showcasing stellar skill in water technology. #Odisha is proud of you. pic.twitter.com/j3youBgswe

— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) August 28, 2019

India created history at the world event by winning 4 medals, one gold, one silver and two bronze medals. It is assumed to be country's best performance since 2007.

While Aswatha clinched gold, Pranav Nutalapati won silver medal in web technologies, Sanjoy Pramanik from West Bengal and Shweta Ratanpura from Maharashtra both won bronze medals in Jewellery and graphic design technology respectively for the country at the event.

India is among 63 countries participating in the world's biggest international vocational skill competition, WorldSkills Kazan 2019.

The Skill India congratulated the team on its historic achievement at the wold event.

Taking to Twitter, it wrote:

Tonight Team India created history by winning 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medal at the Olympics of skills aka @WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, Russia. With the first ever GOLD MEDAL today India imprinted its presence on the global skills map. #AbSkillsKiBari pic.twitter.com/XEtruQv4Ni

— Skill India (@MSDESkillIndia) August 27, 2019