NIIT Ltd completes demerger of Corporate Learning Business into NIIT Learning Systems Ltd

New Delhi, 24th May, 2023: Following the reorganization plan that was announced in January 2022 during the Q3, FY22 results, the Board of NIIT Limited announced today that the Corporate Learning Business undertaking has been transferred to NIIT Learning Systems Limited (NLSL) upon the Composite Arrangement becoming effective as on May 24, 2023. Going forward, NIIT Limited will continue to focus on and operate the Skills & Careers business, whereas NLSL would operate the Corporate Learning Business. NIIT Learning Systems Limited (NLSL) will do business as NIIT Managed Training Services (NIIT MTS).

Consequent to the demerger, each shareholder of NIIT Limited would be allotted one share of NLSL for each share of NIIT Limited held by them on the Record Date, which has been fixed as June 8, 2023. Subsequently NLSL would also get listed on BSE/NSE post requisite regulatory approvals.

This demerger recognizes the distinct market dynamics, customer segments, product offerings, and growth trajectories of each business. It provides sharper focus, simplified decision-making, focused allocation of growth capital and enhanced agility, creating significant value for stakeholders in each of these businesses.

Speaking on the demerger Rajendra Singh Pawar, Chairman & Co-Founder, NIIT Group said, “We are excited about the profound impact we aim to make in the realm of global talent development.”

NIIT Learning Systems Limited d.ba. NIIT MTS: Corporate Learning Business

NIIT Learning Systems Limited (NLSL) doing business as NIIT Managed Training Services offers Managed Training Services to Fortune 1000 and Global 500 corporations across North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia Pacific. The business has over 80 global customers in over 30 countries. With a team of over 2400 world-class learning professionals, the business has earned over 400 industry awards and is ranked among the Top 5 Learning Outsourcing Companies worldwide.

The Board of NLSL appointed Sapnesh Lalla as CEO and Executive Director. He will focus on accelerating the growth of the company and creating more value for its customers. The Learning Outsourcing market is underpenetrated and offers significant headroom for growth. Given NLSL’s track record and its strong balance sheet, this presents a unique opportunity to become a global leader.

Speaking on the announcement, Sapnesh Lalla, CEO and Executive Director, NIIT MTS, said “The demerger empowers the newly created NIIT Managed Training Services to sharply focus its management team and capital on the significant opportunities emerging in the learning outsourcing space and achieve global market leadership.”

NIIT Limited: Skills & Careers Business

With a 41-year history of learning excellence, NIIT Ltd, reaffirms its commitment to talent transformation and equip the workforce to manage a rapidly changing work environment and will enlarge its ambit to include a wider range of Industry sectors undergoing rapid transformation. The company will build further on its scalable industry-grade NIIT Digital platform, developed, and refined over the last two decades, and step-up innovation in immersive and hybrid models of learning, using multidisciplinary technologies.

With Rajendra S Pawar becoming Executive Chairperson of NIIT, all the three Founders have taken up executive roles in NIIT Limited to steer the company during this phase of transformation. The landscape for the Skills & Careers business is undergoing massive disruption, with radical shifts in business models coupled with near-term uncertainty in the environment. The Founders along with the strong and tenured management team bring extensive experience and expertise in the business, having steered the company through similar situations over four decades.

The NIIT Limited Board has been strengthened over the last two years with appointment of Avani Davda, Founding CEO-Tata Starbucks, Strategic Advisor at Bain & Company and of Ravindra Babu Garikipati, Former Chief Technology Officer at Flipkart, Independent Director at Axis Asset Management. Recently, Srikanth Velamakanni, Founder and CEO of Fractal AI, India’s first unicorn in AI and a prominent provider of Artificial Intelligence Solutions to Fortune 500 companies, has also joined the Board as an Independent Director.

“This strategic milestone of creating two focused companies marks a pivotal moment in our growth journey,” said Vijay K Thadani, Vice Chairman & MD and Co-Founder, NIIT Group.

About NIIT Group

The NIIT Group, is a leading digital talent development organization and a leading provider of managed training services that is engaged in building skilled human capital and enhancing workforce talent worldwide. Set up in 1981 to help the nascent IT industry overcome its human resource challenges, NIIT Group ranks amongst the world's leading training organizations owing to its vast and comprehensive array of talent development programs. With a footprint in over 30 countries, NIIT Group delivers learning interventions that create superior outcomes. The group comprises of NIIT Limited (NIIT) and NIIT Learning Systems Limited (NIIT MTS).

About NIIT Limited (NIIT Ltd):

NIIT Ltd. delivers a diverse range of learning and talent development programs to millions of individual and corporate learners in futuristic domains through its various businesses including NIIT Digital, StackRoute, RPS Consulting, Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI), TPaaS and Sales & Service Excellence (SSE).

As newer models of digital, hybrid and remote learning become mainstream, the robust NIIT Digital platform enables distinctive learning outcomes for corporate and individual learners seamlessly and provides a digital environment for improving learning effectiveness and efficiency. Committed to its mission to deep skill the youth of the country, NIIT Digital offers expertise, instructor led tech programs and follows through with placement assurance based to truly transform the lives of the learners.

IFBI is a leading provider of learning services for fresh entrants as well as working professionals for the BFSI sector in India.

NIIT has incubated StackRoute, as a digital transformation partner for corporates to build multi-skilled full stack developers at scale. RPS Consulting is a leading provider of training programs on emerging digital technologies for experienced technology professionals, specifically addressing the needs of Global Systems Integrators and Capability Centres of large multinational companies.

NIIT's Talent Pipeline as a Service (TPaaS) helps organizations address the challenge of securing mid to long term talent across Technology, Marketing, and Sales Roles

For more information about NIIT visit: www.niit.com.

About NIIT Learning Systems Limited (NIIT MTS)

NIIT MTS helps leading companies across 30 countries transform their learning ecosystems while increasing the business value of learning. Trusted by the world’s leading companies, NIIT MTS provides high-impact managed learning solutions that weave together the best of learning theory, technology, operations, and services to enable a thriving workforce.

The company’s comprehensive suite of Managed Training Services includes Custom Content and Curriculum Design, Learning Delivery, Learning Administration, Strategic Sourcing, Learning Technology, and L&D consulting services. NIIT MTS also offers specialized solutions including immersive learning, customer education, talent pipeline as a service, DE&I training, digital transformation and IT training as well as leadership and professional development programs.

With a Net Promoter Score of 9.03 and a 100% renewal rate, NIIT MTS is at the forefront of helping organizations outpace change with learning.