Q2 (July-September 2016) Insight@NIIT:Vol.33 Investor Communication Contents
     
   
 
  NIIT Limited announces Q2  
  NIIT.tv - a disruptive innovation by NIIT completes one year of empowering learners globally  
  NIIT unveils cutting edge Angular 2 course on ‘Training.com’ for technology professionals  
  NIIT wins Eight Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Learning Awards jointly with customers  
  NIIT unveils Flagship Training Centre at Tongren Polytechnic College in China  
  NIIT ties up with University of Danang to introduce state-of-the-art education model - ‘NIIT Inside’ in Vietnam  
  NIIT strengthens presence in Myanmar  
  NIIT launches futuristic program in data analytics - ‘Big Data with Hadoop’  
  NIIT launches ‘Java Enterprise Apps with DevOps’ in Nagpur  
  NIIT enters into an exclusive partnership with IIM Calcutta to offer Post Graduate Certificate in General Management (PGCGM) in a direct-to-device mode  
  NIIT acquires the business of EdTech start-up, Perceptron  
  NIIT’s Dublin Office inaugurated by Ireland’s Minister for Education & Skills, Richard Bruton TD  
  NIIT Imperia announces fresh batch for Senior Management Program  
  IIM Lucknow and NIIT Imperia announces fresh batch for Executive Management Program in Sales and Marketing  
  NIIT congratulates the government on the 1st anniversary of Skill India  
 
   

     
   
  Contents  
 
 


  Q2 Results  
  News@NIIT  
  Campaigns  
 
     

     
   
  NIIT Ltd announces Q2 (July - Sept 2016) Consolidated Results FY 2016-17  
 
 

 

Rahul Patwardhan
Chief Executive Officer,
NIIT Limited

NIIT has demonstrated continued revenue growth for the 6th consecutive quarter on course to achieving a leadership role in the Digital Learning World. This comes on the back of a robust growth of 23% YoY this quarter in our Corporate Learning Business and a strong profit improvement in our Skills & Careers Business which recorded a 22% YoY growth in EBITDA. This quarter we also reduced net debt and made substantial improvement in working capital management.

 

 

Udai Singh
Chief Strategy Officer & Head of New Business Initiative, NIIT Limited

Carrying forward our commitment to act as an enabler for Digital Transformation, we have charted a two-pronged business strategy; First an internal initiative addressing the Digital Transformation of NIIT’s entire business model to drive growth, value and profitability; and Second an external initiative focusing on training and consulting of individual and corporate customers to enable them to succeed in the digital world. To this effect we are pleased to welcome Barry Libert as the Digital Advisor to NIIT Board to further accelerate our quest to gain leadership in the digital learning domain.

 

 

Sapnesh Lalla
Group President, Corporate Learning Group (CLG), NIIT Limited

During the quarter, NIIT’s Corporate Learning Group continued to deliver strong profitability, recording an EBITDA of Rs 20.5 Cr, up 21% YoY. The overall CLG revenue visibility stood at USD 219.3 Mn up 15% YoY.

 

Prakash Menon
President, Global Skills and Careers Group, NIIT Ltd

During the quarter, SNC focussed on driving high margin, high potential DigiNxt, Banking and Management portfolio together with Source-Train-Hire contracts for corporate clients, and NIIT-in-Campus engagements with colleges and universities, to add significant incremental growth opportunities to the existing NIIT own and partner centre network. Going forward, our new online multi-modal platform www.training.com will further accelerate the growth of our retail business.

 

 

Gavin Dabreo
CEO of MLSL

Am pleased to report that our asset-light go-forward business with private schools grew 13% YoY this quarter compared to 4% and 6% in last two quarters, indicating steady acceleration of the business.
  • Revenue at Rs. 298.4 Cr, up 10% YoY
  • Records EBITDA margin of 10%
  • Operational PAT up 43% YoY; Net Debt down 30% QoQ
  • Fuelled by 23% YoY revenue growth in Corporate Learning Group; and a EBITDA% of 9% in the Skills & Careers Group
  • Appoints Barry Libert, renowned Digital Board Member & Author, as a Digital Advisor to the NIIT Board
  • Acquires the business of EdTech start-up Perceptron Learning Solutions to further accelerate Digital Transformation initiatives

NIIT Limited Q2 (July - September 2016) Consolidated Financials at a Glance (in Rs. Cr)

  Qtr ended Sep 30, 2015 Qtr ended Sep 30, 2016 Growth YoY
Net Revenue
272.5
298.4
10%
EBITDA
25.2
28.6
13%
EBITDA%
9%
10%
33 bps
Operational PAT
6.1
8.7
43%
PAT after Associate Profit
20.8
21.6
0.8 Cr

NIIT Limited, reported its results for the second quarter ending September 30, 2016. In this quarter, the company recorded a Net Revenue of Rs. 298.4 Cr, up 10 % YoY; Operational PAT of Rs. 8.7 Cr, up 43% YoY; and PAT (including Associate Profit) of Rs. 21.6 Cr up 4% YoY. The Company recorded EBITDA at Rs. 28.6 Cr up 13% YoY, on an Operating Margin of 10%, up 33 bps YoY. Net Debt reduced substantially to Rs. 91.7 Cr down 30% QoQ.

The results were taken on record at the meeting of the Board of Directors here today.

In a significant development, towards driving digital transformation for tier 1 organizations in India, China and Emerging Markets, NIIT entered into an exclusive partnership with US based OpenMatters, LLC led by Barry Libert, renowned Digital Transformation Board Advisor. This initiative will enable the top leadership of top tier firms to become digital leaders who will drive digital transformation initiatives that lead to greater growth and value. In a related move, Barry Libert has been appointed as a Digital Advisor to the NIIT Board.

NIIT’s current digital transformation training portfolio of StackRoute and DigiNxt focus on Digital Innovator training and Digital Developer training respectively. Now this new relationship with Barry Libert and OpenMatters will expand its digital offerings to Digital Leader training, and allow NIIT to address the end-to-end needs of organizations seeking to reskill their entire workforce from CXOs to frontline workers to succeed in the digital age.

Giving further impetus to NIIT’s digital transformation agenda, the company recently acquired the business of Bangalore-based start-up Perceptron Learning Solutions Private Limited. The strategic acquisition brings together complementary technology platforms and capabilities of NIIT and Perceptron, enabling NIIT to further accelerate its Digital Transformation initiatives – StackRoute, digiNxt, NIIT.tv and Training.com. Together with existing platforms, this will become an integral part of NIIT's future multi-modal learning platform and 360 degree learning eco-system. Further, Perceptron's co-founders and engineering team will strengthen NIIT's technology talent pool with their proven expertise.

During the quarter NIIT unveiled www.training.com multi-modal learning platform, a direct-to-device initiative for advanced career programs. To commemorate the occasion a first-of-its-kind program, “Post Graduate Certificate in General Management" (PGCGM) was announced on www.training.com, to be offered in association with Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C). Through this partnership NIIT and IIM Calcutta aim to create high-impact learning experience by bridging the gap between quality, affordability and accessibility. Training.com also offers blended learning programs in partnership with EdX, from world leading universities like University of California & University of Berkeley.

Corporate Learning Group (CLG) recorded net revenues of Rs. 178.6 Cr, up 23% YoY. Managed Training Services (MTS) continued to grow, contributing 94% to the total CLG revenue.

CLG continued to transform the user experience of its services through investments in digital platforms such as EASE and Sourcing Exchange. During the quarter, NIIT inaugurated delivery centre at Dublin by Minister for Education and Skills, Ireland, Richard Bruton TD.

Skills and Careers Group (SNC) recorded a net revenue of Rs. 98.1 Cr during Q2, with an Operating Margin at 9% up 198 bps (22%) YoY, due to sharp focus on high margin DigiNXT, Banking & Management portfolio.

NIIT unveiled its Flagship Training Centre at Tongren Polytechnic College in China to develop a pool of next generation IT professionals in the field of Big Data and Analytics. During the quarter NIIT entered into strategic tie-ups in Vietnam, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Kenya to offer programs in Digital Transformation.

NIIT further strengthened its Banking portfolio, by bagging contracts from leading Public Sector Banks namely – United Bank of India, Bank of Maharashtra and Bank of Baroda.

NIIT unveiled the futuristic Angular 2 program, the leading framework for web apps development on training.com and launched Big Data with Hadoop – a futuristic program in data analytics under the DigiNxt Series.

StackRouteTM an NIIT initiative to produce the world’s best full stack programmers has successfully created a talent pool of hundreds of Digital innovators for the IT industry in a short span of a year. The initiative has received an overwhelming response from the industry, with two of the top five IT Services firms using the platform to upskill their programmers.

MindChampion Learning Systems Limited (MLSL) registered net revenue of Rs. 21.6 Cr during the quarter. It added 103 new school clients, up 58% YoY.

During the quarter, MLSL successfully completed the Maharashtra Government Schools contract with zero defect and made substantial improvement in collections from its government clients.

Other highlights:

  • NIIT wins Eight Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Learning Awards jointly with customers.
  • NIIT.tv - a disruptive innovation by NIIT, wins the coveted Award for ‘Education Technology’ at Indo-American Education Summit 2016. With over 5500 "live" as well as "on-demand" courses and over 5,00,000 users from 172 Countries, NIIT.tv is now the largest Indian MOOCs platform.
  • NIIT Institute of Finance, Banking and Insurance (IFBI) successfully completed 10 years of operations during the quarter, having trained more than 1.7 lac BFSI professionals and placed more than 35,000 graduates in the banking and financial services sector.
 
     


       
     
   
  NIIT congratulates the government on the 1st anniversary of Skill India  
 
 

Rahul Patwardhan
CEO,
NIIT Ltd

I heartily congratulate the government on successful completion of one year of Skill India. NIIT remains firmly committed to train young Indians with employable skill sets towards this initiative. To this end we dedicate NIIT.tv – a disruptive innovation by NIIT, to the nation. NIIT.tv is offering over 5400 live and on-demand courses, thereby removing the barriers of time, place and language, to make skill based training available to every Indian for free.

 

NIIT Limited congratulated the government on the successful completion of one year of the Skill India initiative. Reiterating its commitment to train young Indians across various sectors of the economy, the company dedicated NIIT.tv – a disruptive innovation by NIIT, towards achieving the skilling target of the nation.

To commemorate the 1st anniversary of Skill India, Honourable President Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 1st edition of India Skills Competition on the occasion on World Youth Skills Day in the capital today.

“It is encouraging to see that NIIT.tv has received a phenomenal response since its launch in October last year, reaching out to over 240,000 registered users. We at NIIT are focused to contribute to Skill India through this initiative,” added Mr. Patwardhan.

NIIT.tv – a disruptive innovation by NIIT for the education space, delivers for the very first time, skill-based live courses as well as on-demand courses to the masses, through the digital medium. It is an innovative initiative providing video based online training for free, which can be accessed from anywhere, anytime, any device (Desktop, Tab, Mobile), Windows or Android having access to Internet. NIIT.tv app is also available for Android devices which can be downloaded from Google Play store for free. Launched on October 6, 2015, NIIT.tv already has a reach in over 160 countries which includes 2000+ cities and 6 continents, with a total of over 240,000 registered users, and a total offering of 5400+ Live and On-demand courses.

NIIT Yuva Jyoti Limited (NYJL) – a joint venture of NIIT and NSDC, has trained aspiring students under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), across three sectors – Telecom, Retail & IT in North East, Jammu &Kashmir and Jharkhand. PMKVY Scheme is a flagship scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). Further complementing the government’s drive, to skill India, NIIT is also participating in the country’s flagship welfare schemes like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM). The skill development initiatives of NIIT span across India, in states like Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orrisa, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

In the coming year, NYJL will intensify its involvement in the above schemes as well as the reach of NIIT.tv. It will also further extend scope of its activities to support other important government existing and new schemes like the Udaan program, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK), Atal Incubation centre, Minority-MANAS, Employment linked Skill Training Programme (ELSTP), PMKVY-IInd phase. In addition, it will expand into many new sectors like Beauty and Wellness, Construction, Logistics and Tourism.

Earlier in 2011, NIIT entered into a significant public-private partnership with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), to enhance skills and employability for youth across India. NIIT Yuva Jyoti Limited (NYJ) will help youth chart ambitious careers by opting for programs that best suit their aptitude. NYJ centres imparts skills training across 9 service sectors – Retail, IT/ITeS, BFSI, Education & Training Services, Media & Entertainment, Healthcare, Telecom, Hospitality and the Informal sector. The courses will enhance employability skills of students by offering occupational, communication, and professional and life skills to make them industry ready. The students will also enjoy the benefits of certification and placement assistance.

 
     
 

 
     
   
  IIM Lucknow and NIIT Imperia announces fresh batch for Executive Management Program in Sales and Marketing  
 
 

Neeraj Sharma
Vice President,
NIIT

We at NIIT Imperia have always believed in offering opportunities to network and learn from the best in the corporate world. The program in Executive Management in Sales and Marketing (EMPSM) will help professionals in developing their ability to create greater value for their organization. This certificate course will help create a pool of competent professionals for the industry.

 

 

- Program designed by IIM Lucknow

- NIIT Imperia along with IIM Lucknow, announced a fresh batch for Executive Management Program in Sales and Marketing. This is a unique program specially designed for professionals to hone their corporate career in sales and marketing.

The program is exclusively designed for professionals with minimum two years of work experience in the area of sales and marketing. Graduates or post-graduates in any discipline with 50% aggregate marks can apply for this program. Students who take up the exam during the program and qualify in comprehensive assessment standards drawn by IIM Lucknow will be awarded a ‘One Year Part Time Certificate of Successful Completion’. The Executive Management Program in Sales and Marketing (EMPSM) will groom an individual to be a better manager with effective and time bound decision making capabilities.

Prof. Rajeev Kumra, Professor, Marketing & Program Director-EMPSM, IIM Lucknow, said, “Being a leading academic content provider in management education we would like to make quality content available to young professionals to help them play strategic roles in the corporate world. With the world moving towards online learning, virtual classrooms have opened a whole new avenue for us.”

He further added, “We are delighted to partner with NIIT Imperia to make Executive Management program in Sales and Marketing (EMPSM) available to young managers across the country using NIIT’s Synchronous Learning platform. IIM Lucknow has designed the program, the delivery will be from select faculty members of IIML and the participants of the program will also be certified by IIML. This program will be delivered using NIIT’s high quality video, audio and data SLT Platform, thus creating a live virtual classroom.”

The 1-year program in sales and marketing focuses on practical ways to learn from case studies, real life example and assignments with hands-on approach. In addition to this, students need to attend a mandatory 4-day campus module at IIM Lucknow, Noida campus at the beginning of the program and a 2-day campus module towards the end of the program. Students can also avail up to 90% of the program fee as Customized Education Loan from leading banks.

This part time certificate program is a blend of core domain knowledge and usable skill requirements in sales and marketing, personality profiling, sales force management, digital marketing, sales promotion and rural marketing in Indian context. The program is designed to meet the modern-day industry needs and is a perfect fusion of formal classroom sessions, assignments, case-studies, simulation exercises, role-plays, and other reference work.

 
     
 

 
     
   
  NIIT Imperia announces fresh batch for Senior Management Program  
 
 

Neeraj Sharma
Vice President,
NIIT

We are delighted to continue our joint initiative with IIM Calcutta to deliver best- in- class Senior Management Program to working professionals. NIIT imperia will make available high quality curriculum taught by senior faculty across the country through its pioneering Synchronous Learning Technology (SLT) platform.

 

Unique blend of quantitative tools with qualitative perspective

NIIT Imperia along with IIM Calcutta, announced a fresh batch for Senior Management Program (SMP). The program is exclusively designed for Senior Level Executives to transform themselves into strategic leaders within their organizations.

Professionals with minimum ten years of work experience can apply for the Senior Management Program. Graduates or post-graduates in any discipline with 50% aggregate marks are eligible for this program. Candidates will be awarded “Certificate of Completion” and “Certificate of Participation” based on their grades by IIM Calcutta. The program will equip professionals with tools and perspectives for strategic thinking, decision-making, leadership styles and managing business globally.

Professor Subir Bhattacharya, Chairperson Long duration Programmes, IIM Calcutta, said, “For more than a decade IIMC has been offering long duration programmes to provide professionals the opportunity for in-depth learning of management concepts and practices. NIIT Imperia has been a long standing partner of ours. We are happy to offer the Senior Management Program in partnership with them. The program is currently in its thirteenth batch. The mix of hard and soft skills offered through this one-year program enables professionals to transform themselves into strategic leaders.”

The 1-year management program focuses on practical ways to learn from case studies, corporate examples, general discussions, statistical software and online database resources. The program will be delivered using Synchronous Learning Technology platform at NIIT Imperia Centre. In addition to this, students need to attend a mandatory 3-day campus module at the beginning of the program and a second 4-day campus module during the advance stage of program at IIM Calcutta. Students can also avail up to 90% of the program fee as Customized Education Loan from leading banks.

SMP is the only long term management program in India exclusively designed for senior and middle level managers to help them develop as future leaders. The program is a perfect mix of experience sharing, real life case discussions, assignments and industry/research based projects besides the lectures in class.

 
     

     
   
  NIIT’s Dublin Office inaugurated by Ireland’s Minister for Education & Skills, Richard Bruton TD  
 
 

Sapnesh Lalla
President NIIT Corporate Learning Group

Dublin is now an integral part of our extended global family. We are extremely thankful for the support extended to us by the Government of Ireland, Minister Bruton, and the IDA. Ireland has an exceptionally conducive business environment and a very talented workforce and we have taken the first step towards building one of the finest global centres for bespoke content development, training management and delivery excellence - here in Dublin.


Minister for Education and Skills, Ireland, Richard Bruton TD inaugurated the European delivery centre of NIIT Limited in Dublin, Ireland today. NIIT provides multi-disciplinary learning management and training delivery solutions to corporations, institutions, and individuals in over 40 countries.

The inauguration was attended by the Indian Ambassador to Ireland, Mrs. Radhika Lal Lokesh, IDA Ireland executives (Industrial Development Authority), Dublin City University President, Prof. Brian MacCraith, and Sapnesh Lalla, President, NIIT Corporate Learning Group. NIIT’s customers and partners, senior members of the IDA, and NIIT’s leadership team from North America were also in attendance at the ceremony which combined the best traditions of both countries with a ribbon-cutting and a traditional Indian “lighting of the lamp”.

NIIT had earlier announced the setting up of its Dublin centre in September 2015 when the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi had visited Ireland. NIIT had the honor of being welcomed by the Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny TD in his joint press statement with the Prime Minister of India.

NIIT’s Dublin centre of excellence is located at DCU ALPHA, a research-intensive innovation campus co-located with Dublin City University. The centre will be at the heart of NIIT’s Europe operations and will provide managed training services to leading companies in Europe and North America. NIIT’s Dublin operations have been initially set up with local new hires and NIIT will continue to invest in hiring over 100 local employees in the coming months. NIIT will employ content developers, high-end engineers, creative writers, instructional designers, digital media professionals, trainers, multilingual customer service support professionals, and project managers.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister Bruton, who has met senior NIIT executives in New Delhi on two previous trade missions said, “I am well aware from our meetings in New Delhi that NIIT is a world-leading company in its sector. I am delighted to visit DCU today to Inaugurate NIIT’S new office and I wish NIIT every success. As Minister for Jobs, I visited India on three major trade missions and I have seen first-hand the amazing work being done by IDA and Enterprise Ireland in that market and the massive potential for attracting further investments and jobs to Ireland.”

Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland commented “NIIT is a very welcome addition to the growing base of Indian companies establishing in Ireland. NIIT is a strong reference for IDA Ireland as we work in the Indian market to win more business for Ireland. I would like to reiterate IDA’s commitment to NIIT’s development in Ireland and congratulate Sapnesh Lalla and the local team on this important milestone.”

 
     
         

         
     
   
  NIIT acquires the business of EdTech start-up, Perceptron  
 
 

Rahul Patwardhan
CEO, NIIT Ltd

Taking forward NIIT’s thrust on Digital Transformation in the EdTech domain, this strategic acquisition of Perceptron will further strengthen NIIT’s leadership role in the Digital Learning World. We are happy to have Perceptron’s team including the co-founders, Satish Sukumar and Feroz Sheikh, join us in this journey as NIITians. NIIT will continue to look for innovative start-ups and talent in the EdTech space.


 

 

- Acquisition to augment NIIT’s leadership role in the Digital Learning World
- Brings on board Perceptron’s next-gen learning platform- ‘Ilimi’

NIIT, acquired the business of Bangalore-based start-up Perceptron Learning Solutions Private Limited. The strategic acquisition will bring together complementary technology platforms and capabilities of NIIT and Perceptron, enabling NIIT to further accelerate its Digital Transformation initiatives – StackRoute, digiNxt, and Training.com.

‘Ilimi’, which is Perceptron’s next-gen learning platform combines leading edge developments in semantic computing, predictive analytics, learning science, and digital transformation technologies to create an environment for implementing learner-centric, immersive learning & mastery learning strategies.

Perceptron’s acquisition builds on NIIT’s strategic focus for a leadership role in the Digital Learning world. Together with existing platforms, this will become an integral part of NIIT’s future multi-modal learning platform and 360 degree learning eco-system. Further, Perceptron’s co-founders and engineering team will strengthen NIIT’s technology talent pool with their proven expertise.

NIIT also announced the appointment of Mr. Satish Sukumar, Co-Founder & CEO of Perceptron as CTO of StackRoute Labs. StackRoute Labs is an NIIT initiative to build deep competencies in areas such as machine learning, IOT and full stack product engineering. These are critical to the digital transformation of enterprises. StackRoute Labs builds IP, offers consulting and creates advanced courses such as the full-stack bootcamps delivered at StackRoute and NIIT’s DigiNxt.

Ilimi’s MOOC 2.0 learning environment, combines short videos with personalized attention guided by analytics & social learning. The custom Ilimi video player allows the integration of intercept points to integrate a range of learning activities with video content. The platform is cloud-based and mobile friendly and its Micro-Services architecture ensure scalability and high availability while retaining the flexibility to integrate with existing systems through API’s.

Mr. Satish Sukumar, Co-Founder & CEO of Perceptron said, “We are delighted to join forces with NIIT, an industry leader in the education and training space. Joining the NIIT eco-system gives us the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging problems in the EdTech domain and continue to innovate. We are excited by the range and scope of customer scenarios we can impact at NIIT.”

Ilimi technology is one of the core components of the EkStep learning platform. EkStep (www.ekstep.org), a not-for- profit initiative set up by Nandan Nilekani, Rohini Nilekani and Shankar Maruwada, is creating a collaborative, universal platform, digital infrastructure and tools to increase access to learning opportunities for children by facilitating creation and consumption of educational content.

 
     
         

         
     
   
  NIIT enters into an exclusive partnership with IIM Calcutta to offer Post Graduate Certificate in General Management (PGCGM) in a direct-to-device mode  
 
 

Udai Singh
Head, New Business Initiatives, NIIT Ltd

NIIT has played a pioneering role in redefining the education and training sector in India through technological & pedagogical innovations in the space. Today online learning holds the key to making quality content accessible to learners across India. Towards this NIIT has joined hands with IIM Calcutta to bring the best content in management education on table that could be easily accessed through the multi modal learning platform - Training.com. Through this strategic tie-up we aim to redefine the online education sector in India.


Offers a Post Graduate Certificate Programme first time ever through a combination of Online & Offline modes

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and NIIT, entered into an exclusive partnership with IIM Calcutta to offer this programme. The programme will be delivered through a combination of online and offline modes. The online component will be in direct-to-device mode through the training.com (an initiative of NIIT) learning platform. In addition, the programme will also have campus visit components at IIM Calcutta. Through this partnership NIIT and IIM Calcutta aim to create high-impact learning experience by bridging the gap between quality, affordability and accessibility.

The Post Graduate Certificate in General Management (PGCGM) will equip the participants with familiarity of the primary functional specializations in management, imbibe a global perspective drawing upon knowledge of economic, social, technological, regulatory and political forces and acquire the leadership qualities and the competence needed for leading organizational change. Graduates who have appeared for CAT or GMAT in the past 3 years are eligible to apply for the programme. The first batch will commence from February, 2017 onwards and the last date of registration is 30th November, 2016.

For more information, visit: - https://www.training.com/IIMC/PGCGM

Professor Uttam Kumar Sarkar, Dean, New Initiatives & External Relations, IIM Calcutta, said, “The demand among young working professionals for having access to state-of-the-art general management education from a premier institute like IIM Calcutta from the convenience of their home or office without having to leave their jobs has hitherto remained under-served. To fulfill this expectation IIM Calcutta has conceived this innovative PGCGM programme aimed at working executives having two to five years’ experience. Admissions will be offered only to deserving candidates using well-established test scores. The content delivery, examination, and certification process will be administered using a balanced mix of direct-to-device technology and multiple visits to the campus for maintaining the academic standard in due recognition of their mobility constraints.”

The programmes on Training.com are targeted at working professionals who want to take their careers to the next level by enhancing their knowledge of the latest business concepts through a management course from a premier institute.

 
     
         

         
     
   
  NIIT launches 'Java Enterprise Apps with Devops' in Nagpur  
 
 

Prakash Menon
President, Global Skills and Careers Group, NIIT Ltd

This is indeed a very proud moment for all the NIITians, and I congratulate the team for splendid 26 years’ journey of NIIT Nagpur. Today, we are at the threshold of a transformational change to evolve as a leader in the Digital Learning space, driven by upskilling and talent development requirements of the Digital economy. Towards this we have launched Java Enterprise Apps with DevOps under our digiNxt portfolio to help create a talent pool armed with futuristic skill-sets aligned to the industry needs. This move indicates our commitment to offer innovative training programs that will ensure rewarding careers in today’s time.


 

 

 

 


-Introduces the 1st program under digiNxt series on the occasion of 26th anniversary of the Nagpur Centre

NIIT Limited, announced the launch of ‘Java Enterprise Apps with DevOps,’ in the city, on the occasion of 26th anniversary of the Nagpur Centre. As part of NIIT’s strategic focus to offer futuristic courses in IT under the Digital Transformation series, this program is the 1st offering under the digiNxt portfolio for students in Nagpur. The launch was announced by Ms. Rina Sinha, NIIT Nagpur, present during the occasion.

As part of the anniversary celebration, NIIT Nagpur organised a programming competition Techathon. Budding programmers from reputed colleges showcased their talent in programing language in C, C++, and Java. The contest was aimed to bring out the logic and the complexity in solving the given set of programs. Almost 300 students from 5 colleges participated in the contest. NIIT Nagpur will be covering about 15 colleges and 1000 students as part of its 26th anniversary celebrations. The winners will be awarded with gifts and certificate from NIIT.

Over the last 26 years, NIIT Nagpur has trained and placed thousands of youth from the city in leading corporates like Infosys, Capgemini, Wipro, Astral, ICICI Bank, Persistent Systems Ltd, Infocepts, e Caliber to name a few. The centre has added more than 200 students for Post Graduate Diploma in Banking Operations and other IT programs. Taking a step forward, NIIT will now offer futurist program in ‘Java Enterprise Apps with DevOps’to cater to the changing future-skill-sets requirement of the industry and help create job-ready talent pool for the fast evolving global economy.

Java Enterprise Apps with DevOps will encompass the various aspects of enterprise app development while enabling a learner to implement these aspects through project-based learning methodology. The students are expected to spend at least 70% of their time on project work during the program. The upcoming batch would be working on two projects- Development of E-Commerce Portal and Collaboration Platform. On successful completion of the three-month program students will be offered 100% placement assistance for Java Enterprise Developer roles by NIIT. The first batch will start from October 1st Week. For more details, please visit
www.niitdiginxt.com

According to MIT Centre for Digital Business, 77% of organizations consider missing digital skills as the key hurdle to their transformation strategy. Therefore, Indian & Global IT Companies are investing heavily in building digital transformation skills to enable their clients transform digitally. As organizations are building talent pool, the most-sought after skill sets include: Product Engineering, Business Analytics, Cloud Technology and Architecture, Mobile Apps, Internet of Things and Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence.

To cater to this need, NIIT is introducing career programs in Java Enterprise Engineering with DevOps, Big Data & Data Sciences, Web Technologies, Databases Systems, Cloud Computing, Mobile, Infrastructure Management Services (IMS), Cyber-Security, Enterprise Application, Telecom & Embedded Systems, Project Management, Internet of Things (IOT), Visual Design, Game Development, Design Thinking, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, and Virtual Reality. Graduates and graduating students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics will be eligible to apply for these programs.

Established in the year 1990 NIIT Nagpur offers new age training programs in Executive Management, Banking and Finance, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Cloud & Mobile Software Engineering, Big Data and Business Analytics, e-Commerce & Business Administration and Cloud Computing & IT Management. The centre will now provide the Java Enterprise Apps with DevOps and will gradually shift the whole general IT education and training modules towards futuristic technologies like Robotics, IoT, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning etc.

 
     
         

         
     
   
  NIIT launches futuristic program in data analytics - ‘Big Data with Hadoop’  
 
 

Prakash Menon
President, Global Skills & Careers Group, NIIT Ltd

With our keen understanding of the changing requirement of the industry we are now focusing on the Digital Transformation needs to create a talent pool armed with futuristic skill-sets. Towards this we have launched a cutting-edge program under the DigiNxt series - Big data with Hadoop. Our earlier programs under the DigiNxt series were well received by the industry and our students alike, helping us to further strengthen our commitment to play a leadership role in the Digital Learning world..


 

 

 

 


- Charts clear path to leadership role in the Digital Learning World

NIIT, launched Big Data with Hadoop – a futuristic program in data analytics under the DigiNxt Series, designed to optimize data usage and leading to better decision making.

Big Data is a collection of large and complex data set. On the other hand, Hadoop is a powerful data management tool that consolidates structured, unstructured or semi structured data, stores information inexpensively and reliably, performs sophisticated and detailed processing and analysis of data at rapid speed.

A recent survey by Gartner on Big Data skills gap revealed that about 2/3rd of Big Data skill requirements remains unfilled and only 1/3 are met. In fact, experts estimate a shortage of 200,000 data analysts in India by 2018. This demand and supply gap has widened the Big Data and Hadoop job market, creating a surging demand for Big Data skills like Hadoop, Spark, NoSQL etc. It is estimated that by 2017-2018, India alone will be a major shareholder of the overall Big Data analytics market worth $2.3 billion. Major industries driving demand for analytics talent in India are - e-Commerce & Retail, Insurance, Finance, Manufacturing and IT, with e-Commerce being the highest paymaster for Hadoop salaries in India.

Professional Diploma in Digital Transformation – Big Data with Hadoop will enable learners to understand Hadoop ecosystem, write MapReduce programs, identify common MapReduce algorithms, implement MapReduce design patterns, use Hive & Pig to analyze large datasets, integrate Hadoop into Enterprise workflow using Oozie and manage Hadoop ecosystem using Zookeeper. The 14-week cutting-edge program will use student-centred pedagogy of project-based learning to help them carve successful career in data analytics in the emerging digital era.

Graduates and undergraduates in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) with more than 60% score in their 10th and 12th can opt for this program. On successful completion of the program students will be offered placement assistance by NIIT. Admission to the program are currently open for the first batch commencing on September 26, 2016. For more details, please visit www.niitdiginxt.com

NIIT has recently ventured into Digital Transformation to offer programs aligned to the manpower requirements of the emerging digital economy. Through this significant move NIIT aims to totally re-align the Skills and Career Group to the changing future-skill-sets requirement of the industry and emerge as a leader in the Digital Learning space.

Big Data with Hadoop will allow students to interact with recognized practitioners experienced in related fields and technical mentors through Synchronous Learning Platform. They will also get assistance from experienced faculty at centre who will facilitate project development and help to remove obstacles that are impeding the project’s progress. Digital courseware will be made available to the students as reference material.

 
     
         

         
     
   
  NIIT strengthens presence in Myanmar  
 
 

Rahul Patwardhan
CEO, NIIT Ltd

NIIT has pioneered the category of IT training with a vision to create a manpower pool globally, to empower the IT industry. We remain committed towards developing a workforce armed with futuristic skill-sets, aligned to the industry needs by introducing cutting-edge programs in Digital Transformation. To this end, we are now looking forward to building our next phase of growth in Myanmar.

 

 

Sanjay Tickoo
Head, International Education Business (Emerging Markets), NIIT Ltd,

By setting up the flagship training centre, NIIT is further strengthening its presence in Myanmar. With our keen understanding of the changing skills requirement of the industry, we will now offer futuristic programs in Digital Transformation to the youth of Myanmar.

 



- Introduces pioneering programs in ‘Digital Transformation’ to empower the youth of Myanmar for exciting global opportunities
- Unveils flagship training centre in Myanmar

NIIT, has strengthened its presence in Myanmar by introducing pioneering programs in Digital Transformation. The company will now offer futuristic programs like DigiNxt MMS, Big Data, Java Enterprises Apps with Dev Ops and Digital Marketing. Mr. Rahul Patwardhan CEO, NIIT Ltd who is currently visiting Myanmar unveiled NIIT’s flagship training centre and dedicated it to the youth of the nation to empower them for exciting global opportunities.

Information technology has changed the way people work and the next ten years will be about transforming the businesses across all industry sectors. According to industry experts, digitally transformed organizations are 26% more profitable than their industry competitors. Global Spending on digital transformation technologies is expected to cross $2.1 Billion by 2019. By 2018, 35% of IT resources will be spent to support the creation of new digital revenue streams, and by 2020 almost 50% of IT budgets will be tied to digital transformation initiatives. All of these indicate that Digital Transformation (DT) is going to drive the next phase of growth in the IT Industry. The process has already begun and is rapidly accelerating, with both IT companies as well as IT departments of large corporations scrambling to address the acute shortage of skills.

Over the past 35 years, NIIT has played a significant role in training students with its worldwide presence in 40 countries. It has played a pioneering role in providing necessary skills to the youth, desirous of building great careers. With the launch of Digital Transformation, NIIT once again revolutionises the IT training sector. The pioneering programs in DT will use student-centred pedagogy of project-based learning to help them carve successful career in the emerging digital era.

The flagship training centre will sharply focus on DT programs and will help youth chart ambitious careers by opting for the programs that suits their aptitude. For the first time ever, young professionals and students will have the flexibility to choose options from a range of multiple new-age career programs, aligned to the evolving needs of the knowledge economy.

According to MIT Centre for Digital Business, 77% of organizations consider missing digital skills as the key hurdle to their transformation strategy. Therefore, Indian & Global IT Companies are investing heavily in building digital transformation skills to enable their clients transform digitally. As organizations are building talent pool, the most-sought after skill sets include: Product Engineering, Business Analytics, Cloud Technology and Architecture, Mobile Apps, Internet of Things and Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence.

 
     
         

         
     
   
  NIIT ties up with University of Danang to introduce state-of-the-art education model - ‘NIIT Inside’ in Vietnam  
 
 

Rahul Patwardhan
CEO, NIIT Ltd

We are committed to support Vietnam in its human capacity building initiative. Therefore, this strategic alliance with University of Danang will further open and accelerate new-age career opportunities by setting up state-of-the-art NIIT Inside Model. Through this tie up NIIT will foray into new segments and reach out to a vast audience in the country. NIIT Inside Model will lay the foundation for the next phase of our growth in Vietnam and create a talent pool armed with futuristic skill-sets aligned to the IT industry.

Sanjay Tickoo
Head, International Education Business (Emerging Market), NIIT Ltd

Over the last 35 years NIIT has created a pool of job-ready professionals, for the fast evolving IT industry worldwide. With our keen understanding of the changing skills requirement of the industry we are now focusing on the Digital Transformation needs of Vietnam. The company will now offer futuristic programs in digiNxt, Big Data, Java Enterprises Apps with Dev-ops and Digital Marketing to create a talent pool armed with futuristic skill-sets aligned to the industry.

 


- Students to benefit from NIIT curriculum embedded in the University program

NIIT, and University of Danang, a regional multi-disciplinary University in Central Vietnam, entered into a strategic tie up wherein NIIT will facilitate its state-of-the-art ‘Inside Model’ in the University. This the first ever NIIT Inside Model in Vietnam designed for the students of University of Danang. The tie up was announced by Mr. Rahul Patwardhan CEO, NIIT Ltd and Prof. Dr. Tran Van Nam, President, University of Danang at a press conference organized in the city.

‘NIIT Inside Model’ is a unique curriculum integration model for co-operation with universities and colleges in Vietnam where NIIT programs will be embedded in University/College IT curriculum. Students may undergo a 4-year Bachelor Degree program or a 3-year Associate Degree program post 12th grade in Information Technology. University system continues to teach the subjects that a student undergoes such as language, science etc. to obtain a Bachelor Degree, the high-end IT module shall be provided by NIIT. The students will get the degree from the University and also receive a certificate from NIIT. The NIIT Inside Model is successfully running in over 180 plus Universities/institutions in various Asian Countries.

The state-of-the-art Inside Model will help students access diverse technologies and industry relevant curriculum mapped to internationally recognized certifications. Each and every student will be exposed to standard course materials and will also get experience on live Industry relevant projects. NIIT Inside Model will also help universities in curriculum upgradation and standardized learning experience like student guides, data files, presentation slides, instructor guide, sessions plan, implementation manual, and online assessment engine. The University can easily access NIIT’s innovations in learning and pedagogy.

Under this strategic tie up, NIIT will now provide pioneering programs in Digital Transformation. The company will now offer futuristic programs like digiNxt MMS, Big Data, Java Enterprises Apps with Dev-ops and Digital Marketing, under the DigiNxt Series brand umbrella. Through the Inside Model NIIT will train 5000 students over the next 5 years.

Prof. Dr. Tran Van Nam, University of Danang, said, “With a vision to prepare our students for today’s competitive job market we have joined hands with NIIT to offer cutting-edge training programs through the NIIT Inside model. The partnership will produce students with highest academic caliber, trained by faculty with highly innovative research achievements. We are confident that this collaboration will be a huge success.”

According to industry experts, digitally transformed organizations are 26% more profitable than their industry competitors. Global spending on digital transformation technologies is expected to cross $2.1 Billion by 2019. By 2018, 35% of IT resources will be spent to support the creation of new digital revenue streams, and by 2020 almost 50% of IT budgets will be tied to digital transformation initiatives. All of these indicate that Digital transformation is going to drive the next phase of growth in the IT Industry.

During the visit Mr. Patwardhan met Mr. Pham Dai Doung, Vice Minister of Science & Technology and Dr. Nguyen Son Hai, Director General Dept of Information and Communication Technology under Ministry of Education & Training. The meeting focused on discussions on the recent bilateral agreement signed between India and Vietnam. The talks were held on the upgradation in the curriculum that can benefit the student community and also on the employment issue that the workforce is currently facing in Vietnam.

Further Mr Patwardhan met Mr. Huynh Quyet Thang (Vice President) Hanoi University of Science & Technology (HUST). He also met Mr Nguyen The Hung - Deputy General Director, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and Mr. Nguyen Duc Binh, Director, Small & Medium Enterprise, VCCI during the course of his visit.

NIIT has established its presence in Vietnam over the past 16 years, becoming the first Indian IT enterprise to do so. Over the years, NIIT has been training skilled IT professionals for the Vietnam IT industry. With the support of its outstanding partners and institutions, it has trained more than 50,000 students in the country. NIIT has also been the winner of Vietnam’s ICT Gold Award for 7 years.

 
     
 

       
     
   
  NIIT unveils Flagship Training Centre at Tongren Polytechnic College in China  
 
 

Rahul Patwardhan
CEO, NIIT Ltd

As part of the strategic deal signed with Guizhou province to help develop high quality scalable human capacity building model that will accelerate the pace of new technology adoption & skilling in the province, NIIT has initiated its flagship centre at Tongren. With our keen understanding of the changing skills requirement of the industry, NIIT is committed to support China in its human capacity building initiative.


 

 

 

 

 

 

Prakash Menon
President, Global Skills and Careers Group, NIIT Ltd

By setting the Flagship centre in Tongren, we are laying the foundation for the next phase of our growth in China and re-committing to create a talent pool armed with futuristic skill-sets aligned to the IT industry.


- To develop Human Capital in line with China’s vision to promote Guizhou province as a center for Big Data industry

NIIT, unveiled its Flagship Training Centre at Tongren Polytechnic College in China to develop a pool of next generation IT professionals in the field of Big Data and Analytics. Earlier in April 2016, NIIT entered into a strategic agreement with Guizhou province to help the provincial government build global quality talent in IT services and Big-data industry. Under this agreement the company now launches its flagship centre at Tongren, the 3rd largest city in the Guizhou province. The centre was inaugurated by Mr. Chen Yan, Mayor of Tongren City and Rahul Patwardhan, CEO, NIIT Ltd.

Tongren Polytechnic College is the foremost national level 12+3 education system college in the city. The flagship centre at the college is a part of public-private-partnership between Tongren municipal government and NIIT. Focused on developing talent in IT and Big Data, the centre will offer programs on IT software development and Big Data Technologies. For the first time ever, young professionals and students will have the flexibility to choose options from a range of multiple new-age career programs, aligned to the evolving needs of the knowledge economy. The smart and vibrant flagship centre is spread across 5000sq ft with a capacity to enrol 250 students.

Today, the world has entered the era of intelligent big-data economy (IBE). An economy in which the four previous productive sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, services and non-intelligent software services, are simultaneously being disrupted by the power of real-time massively-connected big-data intelligence (RMBI). Hence to ensure the continued fast growth towards developed high income country status and become the economical as well as technological powerhouse of the world for the next 100 years, it is imperative for China to adopt the next large emerging economic sector - IBE.

NIIT in China works through a very unique model called the “NIIT Inside model”. Under this model NIIT programs are embedded in University/College IT curriculum. Students may undergo a 4-year Bachelor Degree program or a 3-year Associate Degree program post 12th grade in Information Technology. Currently, NIIT curriculum is embedded into both these programs across multiple Universities and Colleges in China. While the University system continues to teach the rest of the subjects that a student undergoes such as Chinese language, science etc. to obtain a Bachelor Degree, the IT portion is completely from NIIT. The students get the degree or the associate degree from the University/Government and also receive a certificate from NIIT.

Today, China has the opportunity through a planned transformation agenda, to reach full development status as an economy and society, by ensuring that it takes a leadership position in the emerging intelligent big-data economy (IBE). The most critical factor to ensure success is in having the right nation-wide skill development strategy. Towards this NIIT will help support the vision of the Government and would train students to develop the next generation of data scientists and business analytics professionals for opportunities in the Big Data industry.

NIIT, a global leader in skills and talent Development, established its presence in China in 1997, becoming the first Indian IT enterprise to do so. Over the years, NIIT has been training skilled IT professionals for China's software outsourcing industry. With the support of its outstanding partners and institutions, it has trained more than 150,000 students in the country.

 
     
       

       
     
   
  NIIT wins Eight Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Learning Awards jointly with customers  
 
 

Sapnesh Lalla
President, NIIT Corporate Learning Group

We are honored to be recognized with eight Brandon Hall awards jointly with our customers for the second year in a row. Our customers exemplify the highest standards of excellence in learning and these prestigious awards endorse the high quality of work and business impact achieved by their learning programs.

NIIT Limited, announced that it has been awarded eight Brandon Hall Group awards for excellence jointly with its customers for the second consecutive year. NIIT earned two gold awards, three silver awards, and three bronze awards in various categories.

NIIT earned the following awards jointly with customers:

  • 2016 Brandon Hall Gold in the Best Use of Blended Learning category jointly with MetLife for MetLife Global Partner Learning
  • 2016 Brandon Hall Gold in the Best Advance in Creating an Extended Enterprise Learning Program jointly with MetLife for MetLife Sales Learning Center of Excellence
  • 2016 Brandon Hall Silver in the Best Advance in Custom Content category jointly with Shell for Introduction to Well Vantage
  • 2016 Brandon Hall Silver in the Best Advance in Custom Content category jointly with Shell for Outside Supply Point Assurance
  • 2016 Brandon Hall Silver in the Best Advance in Social Learning category for Vector
  • 2016 Brandon Hall Bronze in the Best Advance in Custom Content category jointly with Shell for Introduction to Upstream Commercial
  • 2016 Brandon Hall Bronze in the Best Advance in Custom Content category jointly with Shell for Lifting and Hoisting Embedding HSSE
  • 2016 Brandon Hall Bronze in the Best Advance in Custom Content category jointly with Shell for Shell Trading and Supply Compliance Manual

Brandon Hall award winners were announced on September 7, 2016. The winners are listed at
http://www.brandonhall.com/excellenceawards/excellence-learning.php?year=2016.

“Winning a Brandon Hall Group Excellence Award means an organization is an elite innovator within Human Capital Management. The award signifies that the organization’s work represents a leading practice in that HCM function,” said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer of Brandon Hall Group and head of the awards program. “Their achievement is also notable because of the positive impact their work in HCM has on business results. All award winners have to demonstrate a measurable benefit to the business, not just the HCM operation. That’s an important distinction. Our HCM award winners are helping to transform the business.”

The award entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group analysts and executives based upon the following criteria: fit the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation, and overall measureable benefits.

Excellence Award winners will be honored at Brandon Hall Group’s HCM Excellence Conference January 24-27, 2017, at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Selected winners also will serve as presenters in the more than 20 breakout sessions during the 3½-day event.

 
     
       

       
     
   
  NIIT.tv - a disruptive innovation by NIIT, wins the coveted Award for ‘Education Technology’ at Indo-American Education Summit 2016  
 
 

Udai Singh
Head, New Business Initiatives, NIIT Ltd

This award is an acknowledgment of our commitment to offer job-focused skills training to the large under-skilled population of India, with an aim to create a globally competitive workforce for the emerging Indian economy. I wholeheartedly thank Indo-American Education Summit for this encouragement and recognition.

NIIT.tv – won the prestigious award for ‘Educational Technology, at the Indo-American Education Summit 2016. The award is a recognition of NIIT.tv’s effort to make quality skill-based training available to every digitally connected Indian anytime, anywhere using a cutting-edge technology platform.

Organized by the Indus Foundation, an association dedicated to the promotion of higher education in India, the Indo-American Education Summit recognizes the achievements of some of the finest universities, colleges and institutions by presenting Awards for Educational Excellence annually. The Summit 2016 had sessions on collaborative research programs, joint/dual degree programs, twinning & transfer programs, faculty & student exchange programs, study abroad in India programs, distance education programs, vocational education programs, and other academic partnerships.

NIIT.tv is an internet TV portal that can be accessed on a computer, tablet or smartphone anytime, anywhere. It is a democratic digital learning initiative, backed by NIIT's strong Educational Technology framework, that was launched in October last year with an aim to bring high quality training from its classrooms to every digitally connected learner, for free, at any time, place and language of their choice. The platform has received an overwhelming response with a total of 469,145 registered users from 160 Countries.

Since its launch in October 2015, NIIT.tv beta program has progressed well. Based on feedback from learners and the growth of courses, the course catalogue has been enhanced, an intuitive learning dashboard has been introduced, and the proven cloud courseware system from NIIT's Cloud Campus has been integrated into NIIT.tv. Also the NIIT.tv Android app is now available on the Google Play Store for free download. A course configurator has also been created to enable independent authors & subject matter experts to offer their courses on NIIT.tv.

Over the last 35 years NIIT has contributed extensively to the IT sector by training 35 million people in IT and other disciplines. As a socially responsible corporate citizen, NIIT with the launch of NIIT.tv is now committing to extend that experience and expertise to service the needs of India in many other sectors, across the entire social spectrum. With over 200 people working on education-technology, NIIT is a leading EdTech company in the country actively involved in offering technologically advanced learning products and services to its customers.

 
     
       

       
     
   
  NIIT announces strategic initiatives to drive Leadership in Digital Learning  
 
 

Rahul Patwardhan
CEO, NIIT Ltd

This two tiered partnership is in line with our strategy to play a leadership role in the Digital Learning World, leveraging the exciting new age Digital Technologies that are impacting every industry and every company and their business model. First, we are delighted to have Barry Libert as a Digital board Advisor, whose valuable advice will help us build and execute a digital transformation roadmap for companies in India, China and Emerging Markets and our own company; and second, we are going to leverage the training materials developed for Wharton and HBR in the India, China and Emerging Markets.

 

 

Barry Libert
Digital Transformation Advisor to the NIIT Board

This is indeed an exciting role that will allow us to offer our insights and advice to NIIT in order to partner with NIIT to help leaders throughout India, China and Emerging Markets drive their digital transformation agenda starting with leadership transformation and ending with more valuable business models.

 

- Appoints Barry Libert, renowned Digital Board Member, CEO Advisor, Angel Investor & Author, as a Digital Advisor to the NIIT Board
- Enters into an exclusive partnership with the leaders in Business Model Science OpenMatters to address the training of top management on Digital Transformation and Digital Leadership

NIIT Limited, announced their intention to be the leader in Digital Training and Development for leaders and their organizations in India, China and Emerging Markets such as Indonesia, Vietnam, and Nigeria, as companies and their leaders struggle to survive and grow in today’s network and platform centric world dominated by new-age digital disruptor companies.

With a strong focus on becoming the leader in the Digital Learning World and to further accelerate NIIT’s own growth and profitability, the Company has charted a two-pronged business strategy:

  • First an Internal Initiative addressing the Digital Transformation of its entire business model to drive growth, value and profitability; and
  • Second an External Initiative focusing on training and consulting of individual and corporate customers to enable them to succeed in the digital world.

To this end, NIIT has entered into an exclusive partnership with US based OpenMatters LLC, the leader in Business Model Science. Under this partnership, NIIT will bring the content and expertise developed by OpenMatters for Wharton’s SEI Center, Knowledge@Wharton, and Harvard Business Review (HBR) to the India, China and Emerging Markets to address the leadership and management needs of the CXO/VP/Middle Management community.

In a related move, NIIT has appointed Barry Libert, CEO of OpenMatters as the Digital Advisor to the NIIT Board. Barry Libert, is a Senior Fellow at the Wharton School and an author and columnist at HBR, K@W, Forbes and the WSJ. As an expert in Digital Leadership and Business Model Transformation, Barry has co-authored numerous books, articles, training materials, workbooks and faculty guides. Barry leads a team of experts who are continuously researching digital leadership and business models using machine learning and advanced text mining while exploring the underlying drivers of value and growth in the age of platforms and networks.

NIIT’s current digital transformation initiatives StackRoute and DigiNxt focus on Digital Innovator training and Digital Developer training respectively. Now this new relationship with Barry Libert and OpenMatters will expand its digital offerings - Digital to Leaders, and allow NIIT to address the end to end needs of organizations and governments seeking to reskill their entire workforce from CXOs to frontline workers to succeed in the digital age.

According to the MIT Centre for Digital Business, 77% of organizations consider missing digital skills as the key hurdle to their transformation strategy. Therefore, Indian & Global IT Companies are investing heavily in building digital transformation skills to enable their clients transform digitally.

 
     
       

       
     
   
  NIIT Named to TrainingIndustry.com’s Top 20 Gamification Companies List  
 
 

Gregg Collins,
Senior Vice President,
Design at NIIT

All of us at NIIT are extremely excited to receive this coveted recognition for our work in gamification. We believe that gamification is one of the most important trends in our industry right now, and it is gratifying to see NIIT being judged among the thought leaders in the world, in this vital area.

NIIT Limited, announced that it has been selected as a 2016 Top 20 Gamification List Company for the third consecutive year by TrainingIndustry.com. TrainingIndustry.com continually monitors the training marketplace for the best providers of gamification services/technologies in support of corporate learning and development.

Selection to this year's Top 20 Gamification Companies List was based on the following criteria:

  • Features and capabilities of the gamification products/services
  • Company size and growth potential
  • Quality and number of clients/users
  • Geographic reach
  • Awards, recognition, and competitive differentiation

“Our third annual Top Gamification Companies List showcases the tremendous impact gaming is having on the corporate learning space,” said Ken Taylor, president, Training Industry, Inc. “These companies are able to incorporate gamification strategies like adaptive learning, coaching and simulations to increase employee engagement and material retention.”

“Gaming, and the use of games in corporate training, is serious business,” said Doug Harward, chief executive officer, Training Industry, Inc. “These training companies bring gaming and training together in a way that can help businesses achieve learning and development goals by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of training initiatives.”

View the 2016 Top 20 Gamification Companies list here.

 
     
       

       
     
   
  NIIT unveils cutting edge Angular 2 course on ‘Training.com’ for technology professionals  
 
 

Udai Singh
Head, New Business Initiatives, NIIT Ltd

NIIT has played a pioneering role in redefining the education and training sector in India through technological & pedagogical innovations in the space. With the launch of Angular 2 course on Training.com, we aim to help the professionals understand the intricacies of these technologies which will further enable them to carve successful dev careers.

NIIT unveiled a cutting edge program on Mastering Angular 2 to be delivered through the Training.com learning platform, an NIIT initiative for advanced career programs. AngularJS is the leading framework for web apps development. Angular 2, recently unveiled by Google, is a complete rewrite of the Angular framework that would enable higher productivity in building modern web applications with dynamic improvement in performance and responsiveness.

The comprehensive, Angular 2 course will be delivered by expert faculty in instructor led, immersive online mode through Training.com. Angular 2 aims to simplify development and testing of web apps. The powerful features and capabilities of Angular 2 allows a developer to create complex, customizable, modern, responsive and user friendly web applications. The course is designed in such a manner that it puts the learners in demand, in the modern web development industry.

The Angular 2 course teaches developers how to use the typescript supported front end web application framework to facilitate development of single-page web applications that use the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern. In a nutshell, Angular is a robust Single Page Application (SPA) framework that can be used to build dynamic, client-centric applications that can run in desktop browsers as well as on phones and tablets.

The programmes on Training.com are targeted at learners, who want to raise their career graph through advanced courses in technology, management and finance. These programs are delivered live by industry experts in an immersive and interactive online mode, combining instructor-led classrooms with the convenience of accessing the training sessions from anywhere. All the programs come with verified certificates from top tier institutions.

 
     
       

       
     
   
  NIIT.tv - a disruptive innovation by NIIT completes one year of empowering learners globally  
 
 

Rahul Patwardhan
CEO, NIIT Ltd

At NIIT it is our mission to create skilled workforce across multiple sectors to cater to the trained manpower requirements that our economy needs. Today, as NIIT.tv completes one year of successfully empowering learners, as the largest Indian MOOCs platform, it reiterates our belief that this initiative is a potent technological and pedagogical force multiplier that will further help us create a digitally savvy workforce.

- Offers over 5500 courses as India’s largest MOOCs platform, reaching out to over 5,00,000 learners across 172 countries

NIIT.tv – a disruptive innovation by NIIT completed one year of empowering learners towards meeting the vast education, training and skilling needs of today’s youth. Since inception, NIIT.tv has registered over 5,00,000 users from 172 Countries. In the initial phase, over 20 skill-based training programs in IT, Banking and Finance, Retail and Management were made available, which has now scaled up to 5500+ "live" as well as "on-demand" courses for various segments from school children to college students to working professionals for free. The courses are available in various languages such as English, Hindi, and other regional languages such as Tamil, Oriya, Malayalam, Gujrati, Marathi, Kannada, Bengali, Telugu, Assamese.

NIIT.tv is India’s largest MOOCs platform that can be accessed on a computer, tablet or smartphone anytime, anywhere. It is a democratic digital learning initiative, backed by NIIT's strong Educational Technology framework, that was launched in October last year with an aim to bring high quality training from its classrooms to every digitally connected learner, for free, at any time, place and language of their choice. Students accessing NIIT.tv can also access the rich bouquet of high quality, value-added services from NIIT centres i.e. training, professional certification, career counselling, and placement services.

Over past one year, NIIT.tv has entered into strategic tie-ups with various corporates and institutional organisations to create a 360-degree eco-system and provide additional value to the end users. In June this year, NIIT.tv entered into a tie-up with Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL), to provide skill-based courses on mobiles to 5 million women across India by 2020. In May’16 NIIT.tv partnered with Test Prep Site, My Perfectice to offer competitive exam preparation modules on NIIT.tv. NIIT.tv also joined hands with Tutorials Point to provide additional value to their respective end users. Through this partnership the users of NIIT.tv and Tutorialspoint.com can access the content of both the sites. NIIT.tv entered into a significant tie-up with SASTRA University, one of the leading universities in India, situated in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu to offer support to students pursuing B.Tech and M.Tech degree programmes by helping them with their curriculum and beyond. NIIT.tv has also partnered with Ernst & Young to provide school course videos to students.

Further NIIT.tv has also partnered with NGO’s like NIIT Foundation and Fair and Lovely foundation, that use the NIIT.tv courses in their network partner schools, institutions, and organization to strengthen their efforts in providing quality education.

Since its launch in October 2015, NIIT.tv programs have progressed well. Based on feedback from learners, the course catalogue has been enhanced, an intuitive learning dashboard has been introduced, and the proven cloud courseware system from NIIT's Cloud Campus has been integrated into NIIT.tv. Also the NIIT.tv Android app is now available on the Google Play Store for free download. A course configurator has also been created to enable independent authors & subject matter experts to offer their courses on NIIT.tv.

Within a short span of one year NIIT.tv has received multiple recognitions including ‘Best online education platform’ award at Indian Education Awards 2016 and award for ‘Educational Technology’, at the Indo-American Education Summit 2016.

Over the last 35 years NIIT has contributed extensively to the IT sector by training 35 million people in IT and other disciplines. As a socially responsible corporate citizen, NIIT with the launch of NIIT.tv is now committing to extend that experience and expertise to service the needs of learners in many other sectors, across the entire social spectrum. With over 200 people working on education-technology, NIIT is a leading EdTech company in the country actively involved in offering technologically advanced learning products and services to its customers.

 
     
         

         
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  Crunching number for Real world solutions-Careers 360_August 2016  
  Digital transformation Techies with advanced skills can power enterprises-The Financial Express- September 2016  
 
     

     
 
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  As automation rises, new jobs dry up in IT sector_ Business Standard_July 2016  
  IT Firms Tighten Process for Hiring Freshers_The Economic Times_August2016  
  IT hiring will be a tad lower this year - Nasscom_The Hindu Business Line_July 2016  
  IT industry wants provisions out of model GST law_The Hindu Business Line_September2016  
  Karnataka bags 25% of IT investments_The Hindu Business Line_August2016  
 
     

 

 

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