{"id":10338,"date":"2026-09-01T23:51:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/?p=10338"},"modified":"2026-09-01T23:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:21:19","slug":"19th-cii-national-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internshala.com\/competitions\/19th-cii-national-competitiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"19th CII National Competitiveness &amp; Cluster Summit Competitions 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udccc<strong>About the Event<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 19th CII National Competitiveness &amp; Cluster Summit 2026 is a national-level industry competition organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) \u2013 Centre of Excellence for Competitiveness for SMEs. It provides manufacturing and service-sector organisations with a platform to showcase successful improvement projects, benchmark their practices against industry leaders, and gain national recognition for operational and manufacturing excellence. 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