Offers future-ready career programs in Banking, Digital Marketing & Social Media, e-Commerce, Cloud Computing, Analytics & IT

NIIT, leading Global Talent Development Corporation announced the launch of 'ReVOLUTION GNIIT'- a path-breaking GNIIT program that maximises career opportunities for class XII and college students by offering a range of future-ready courses in -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. For the first time ever, this offers students the flexibility to choose options from a range of multiple new-age career programs, aligned to the evolving needs of the knowledge economy.

Interested students can call 1800 102 6448 or log on to www.niitcloudcampus.com
for details regarding admissions to the 2014 batch.

The industry endorsed new GNIIT program enables students to acquire necessary skills to aspire for new-age jobs and professions. Furthermore, well-structured communication & professional skills combined with a year of professional practice helps create well–rounded professionals. The new curriculum lays emphasis on industry specific competencies with higher exposure to hands-on practical knowledge. The programs can be pursued along with graduation, thus giving students the benefit of dual certification.

Furthermore, the new GNIIT program opens up exciting exit profiles like – Data analysts, Retail Banking professionals, e-business operations executive, e-Commerce specialist, social media specialist, SEO specialist, Data Web Traffic analyst, Mobile App development, Cloud Application Developer and Software Tester to name a few.

The ReVOLUTION GNIIT program aims to strengthen the basic communication and professional skills of students by breaking the core syllabus for each program and spreading it across all the semesters. GNIIT in Big Data & Business Analytics not only enables students to understand the science behind data management and develop rich Business Intelligence but also helps them acquire the new-age skills on the latest analytics tools and techniques.

The banking Industry is expected to double its business to USD 2 trillion over the next 5 years and GNIIT in Banking & Finance prepares undergraduates for various functional roles in BFSI sector. The program covers modern-day banking, insurance and financial services by developing competencies in 4 dimensions - domain, technology, application and customer-service.

GNIIT in e-Commerce & Business Management allow youth to acquire knowledge and skills required in prominent business functions to manage different processes of an e-business. The program in Digital Marketing & Social Media enables students to develop creative, technical and business competencies to empower their career as digital marketers. GNIIT in Cloud and Mobile Software Engineering enables aspirants to acquire the essentials skills to develop various applications like web, mobile and cloud using prominent technology platforms.

NIIT Cloud CampusTM enables students to learn from the best teachers irrespective of their geographical location. They can also get hands-on practice through lab exercises in machine rooms at the NIIT centres. It has an innovative 'Anywhere Lab' feature, which allows students to practice the application of concepts learnt in class, from any part of the globe, while chatting with experts to seek answers to their queries.

Cloud enabled learning, owing to its 24x7, any-time, anywhere availability and scalability, can prove to be a big boon for the Indian education sector. This makes it possible to take high-quality education—including content, and instruction—to the far reaches of the country, using the Cloud platform.

Announces 10th IT aptitude test to identify job-ready talent for the growing I.T. Industry

Reaches out to over 10, 50,000 students since inception

NIIT Limited, leading Global Talent Development Corporation announced country's largest IT Aptitude Test— the 10th National I.T. Aptitude Test (NITAT) — to enable students and graduates to ascertain their potential and aptitude for a career in the IT industry. 'NITAT 2014', was simultaneously conducted by NIIT, in over 200 cities nationwide, on February 16, 2014.

Students found out the benefits of appearing in the 10th NITAT and registered online by logging on to www.niit.com/nitat
or by visiting the nearest NIIT centre. NITAT has reached out to more than 10, 50,000 students since inception, towards meaningful careers in the fast evolving IT sector.

NITAT aims at fulfilling the need of IT industry by identifying a ready talent pool for immediate absorption by the industry. The test has been designed as an objective type test of reasoning, comprehension, data interpretation skills and behavioural traits. Every student undergoing the test receives a score-card with their interpretation, along with her/his nationwide and zonal ranking. The assessment is expected to be of particular benefit to graduating students in determining their aptitude for I.T. careers as well as the I.T. domain that they should take up.

According to NASSCOM, increase in global technology spends and opportunities created through adoption of disruptive technologies are expected to propel growth for the IT industry in FY2014. NASSCOM estimates 12-14% growth for the Indian software services industry in FY2014. The industry is expected to achieve revenue of $300 billion by 2020. These figures are a reflection of the growing positive sentiments within the IT sector which will lead to demand for trained manpower in the IT industry.

Students who appeared for NITAT received an assessment score card & personalized career counselling from NIIT. NIIT also awarded special recognition certificates to the top 30% merit list candidates and encouraged them to pursuit a career in IT. Top 1000 candidates were awarded a congratulatory letter signed by NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand. Additionally, high performers got a skill-up subsidy on NIIT programmes for acquiring technical skills, to make them day-one industry ready.

NIIT's pioneering initiative —NITAT— was introduced in 2004 to enable graduates and students pursuing their studies in engineering, arts, commerce and science streams to gauge their aptitude for a career in the IT sector, identify skills further required, if any, and thus systematically charter their career into the IT industry. The test was designed scientifically to assess students and provide a relative ranking system, which helps them to identify their position amongst all test takers.

Wins the coveted Industry accolade by Dataquest for continuous innovation in global talent development

NIIT, leading Global Talent Development Corporation, was conferred the 'Top Training Company' award 2013, by the country's leading IT publication- Dataquest. NIIT has been receiving the coveted award for the last 20 years since the magazine introduced this category.

Established in 1981, to help the nascent IT industry overcome its human resource challenges, NIIT has today grown to be amongst the world's leading talent development companies. Spread across 40 countries, NIIT has impacted over 33 million learners since inception. A pioneer and trend setter in IT education in India, NIIT has kept pace with the market by providing a range of innovative solutions to address the manpower needs of the fast evolving IT industry.

"Over the years, IT has become an enabler in every aspect of our lives, including education. It has become a key tool for delivering quality education at scale. We at NIIT are committed to delivering meaningful learning content to millions of people across the globe by innovatively using technology. Our pioneering initiative Cloud Campus, is one such endeavour that will usher in a new way of learning", added Mr. Thadani.

According to Dataquest, NIIT continues to be the leading player in the IT Training category for the 20th consecutive year, be it individuals, corporate or schools. NIIT's revenue of Rs. 960.8 crore in 2012-13 formed around 53% of the total IT education market in India.

Over the last three decades, NIIT has ushered multiple innovations in talent development, setting new benchmarks for the industry to emulate. Conceptualized with the founding thought of- "Bringing people and computers together, successfully", NIIT has today transformed into a Global Talent Development Corporation backed by extensive innovation in learning and knowledge solutions delivery.

The 80s saw the introduction of path-breaking innovations -- Technology in Education; Franchising Model of Education and creation of `Computerdrome' to provide unlimited computer time to students. The industry endorsed GNIIT program for students seeking careers in IT; Bhavishya Jyoti Scholarships for meritorious and socially challenged students; the revolutionary Hole-in-the-Wall project for underprivileged children; and PPP models entailing partnership with State Governments for K-12 education (NIIT nGuru) were some of the key innovations initiated by the company in the 90s. The futuristic NIIT nGuru range of learning solutions for schools comprises Interactive Classrooms, Math Lab, IT Wizard programs and Quick School (Education Resource Planning software), evolved during this time. The decade also saw NIIT adopting extensive innovation in market entry strategies, across international geographies.

In the last decade, NIIT diversified beyond IT training by entering into partnership with domain experts in growing industry verticals. These included alliances with ICICI for developing trained manpower for Banking & Financial Services sector through its IFBI initiative; and with Genpact for BPM training. Similarly it has joined hands with leading B- Schools like IIMs for its NIIT Imperia venture, aimed at working professionals. In the corporate front NIIT offers best-in-class Managed Training Services that enable clients to reduce cost, embrace change and drive real quantifiable business impact.

The not-for-profit NIIT University – a new Model in Higher Education; the new-age GNIIT- India's First Cloud Campus; and NIIT Yuva Jyoti (a JV with NSDC ) - the largest PPP of its kind to enhance employability for youth, have added momentum to NIIT's thrust on innovation. The company aims to train 70 lakh youth in multi training mode through 15,000 state-of-the-art NIIT Yuva Jyoti (NYJ) Centres across 1000 cities.

The founders of NIIT also set up NIIT Foundation (NF) with the key objective of providing world-class education and training to the under-served communities. NF has a mandate to reach the unreached, uncared and unattended to ensure inclusive development in India.

During the financial 2012-13, NIIT reinforced its vision to usher in a new way of learning by taking its pioneering Cloud based offerings across its four platforms of growth – Managed Training Services, NIIT nGuru, NIIT Yuva Jyoti and Cloud Campus. Through this initiative, NIIT is redefining the education landscape by making available new-age skills to students and learners across geographies. The extended range of training offerings in IT, Banking, Global Finance, Management, Digital & Social Media Marketing under Cloud CampusTM is aimed at transforming learners into first-day first-hour industry-ready professionals.

The pioneering Cloud campus initiative has now expanded to cover 92 courses across 210 centres with a cumulative enrolment of over 53,000 students. This breakthrough initiative for harnessing the Cloud is likely to have huge impact on the education industry that is currently beset by the dual challenges of quality and scalability.

NIIT strengthened its IT training portfolio during the year, by entering into a MoU with NASSCOM to enhance skill development of graduates through in-campus training initiative, across colleges in the country.

In another significant development NIIT announced the launch of a comprehensive and unique – "Program in Business Analytics" to develop the next generation of data scientists and business analytics professionals.