CII and NIIT join hands for ICT development in Africa
A
Co-operation Agreement to this effect was signed between Ms Shipra
Tripathi, Director &
Head-Africa, CII and Mr P Rajendran,
Director & COO, NIIT here today. A senior delegation comprising of business
leaders and government officials from African countries are currently in
As
part of the agreement, NIIT will provide relevant IT curricula in line with
international IT trends, and content for IT, soft skills and entrepreneurship
for training in Universities and Colleges in
Speaking on the occasion, Mr P Rajendran, Chief Operating Officer, NIIT
said, "Our endeavour in this capacity
building partnership is to scale up the offering of quality educational
resources and methodology from NIIT, to foster talent in
"We are confident that together with CII, we will be
able to accelerate talent growth and push forward development of ICT in Africa,
at a fast pace,"
added Mr Rajendran.
Elaborating on the MoU, Ms. Shipra Tripathi, Director & Head-Africa, from CII said, "CII
believes that private sector will drive the IT revolution in
NIIT
and CII will work together and explore modalities of embedding NIIT's industry endorsed IT training programs in the
curriculum of universities and colleges in
NIIT,
the leading Global Talent Development Corporation has been developing ICT
manpower through its state-of-the-art IT training centres
in
NIIT: Committed to ICT Manpower Development in
NIIT,
the leading Global Talent Development Corporation, ventured into the African
continent over a decade ago by setting up its first IT education centre in
The
Government of Botswana has acknowledged NIIT's decade
long contribution to providing skilled ICT manpower to the country,
by awarding the accreditation of 'Tertiary Education Council' (TEC) to its
industry recognized IT training programs.
NIIT's flagship DNIIT program is the most popular IT training
program in many African countries. NIIT has enabled thousands of young people
in these countries to join the global IT workforce, many of whom are working in
large IT and non-IT organizations such as Debswana, Govt of Botswana, Zenith International Bank, Shell
Corporation, Total, Dunlop, Chevron Texaco, Tower Aluminum, Unilever, Mobitel, Grant Thorton, Barclays,
Standard Bank, Multilink, Shell, Afribank
International, Unilever, First bank, Union Bank, Zenith Intl Bank, UBA, Linkserve, KPMG, Ericsson etc.
To
enable large number of people to board the ICT bandwagon in
NIIT
has also been instrumental in providing IT and soft skills development programs
for employees of large organizations. The talent development organization now
plans to address the need for developing ICT skills among children by offering
its learning solutions for the school segment, in many African countries.
Hole
in the Wall (HiWEL) project of NIIT- a Minimally
Invasive Computer literacy initiative, has been implemented in various
Sub-Saharan countries in Africa like-
NIIT
is working closely with Governments of many African countries to help them
develop the ICT infrastructure in their country. NIIT Chairman Rajendra S Pawar, who is a member
of Presidential International Advisory Council (PIAC) in
In
line with its commitment of providing skilled ICT manpower in the region- NIIT
recently launched the State of
About CII in
The
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) works to create and sustain an
environment conducive to the growth of industry in
CII
is a non-government, not-for-profit, industry led and industry managed organisation, playing a proactive role in
A
facilitator, CII catalyses change by working closely with government on policy
issues, enhancing efficiency, competitiveness and expanding business
opportunities for industry through a range of specialised
services and global linkages. It also provides a platform for sectoral consensus building and networking. Major emphasis
is laid on projecting a positive image of business, assisting industry to
identify and execute corporate citizenship programmes.
Partnerships
with over 120 NGOs across the country carry forward our initiatives in
integrated and inclusive development, which include health, education,
livelihood, diversity management, skill development and water, to name a few.
CII's theme of 'Building People, Building India' puts the
spotlight on Human Resource Development: making people more efficient,
entrepreneurial and innovative, to make India and Indian industry even
more competitive, across all sectors of the economy and all sections of
society, at all levels – Global, National, Regional, State and Zonal.
With
63 offices in India, 8 overseas in Australia, Austria, China, France, Japan,
Singapore, UK, USA and institutional partnerships with 271 counterpart organisations in 100 countries, CII serves as a reference
point for Indian industry and the international business community.
With
a special focus on Africa CII has built its linkages through 39 institutional
partners and a dedicated team working with Indian industry towards
strengthening partnerships.
New
Initiatives under the CII Africa committee and a continuing dialogue has
ensured that African delegations find CII to be the stop organization to answer
all their queries.
About NIIT
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Leading
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