Press Release

2020

NIIT Earns 30 Brandon Hall Awards Jointly with Customers

New Delhi /Atlanta, GA, August 28, 2020: NIIT Limited, a global skills and talent development company and leading provider of managed training services, announced today that it has earned 30 coveted Brandon Hall Group HCM Excellence awards jointly with customers. The awards include prestigious honors for its Eagle Productivity Solutions and StackRoute divisions. The Brandon Hall Group Excellence awards are awarded for excellence in Corporate Initiatives, Learning, Talent Management, Sales Performance, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition and Workforce Management.

NIIT earned 30 awards in various categories jointly with customers for 2020 including:

16 Gold awards

  • Best Program for Sales Training and Performance jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Sales Onboarding Program jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Use of Blended Learning jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Unique or Innovative Sales Training Program jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Advance in Creating a Learning Strategy jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Advance in Creating an Extended Enterprise Learning Program jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Advance in Learning Measurement jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Advance in Learning Technology Implementation jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy
  • Best Use of Blended Learning jointly with CGI for the Graduate Transformation Program by NIIT StackRoute
  • Best Use of Blended Learning jointly with The World Food Programme of the United Nations for WFP Supervisory Skills Programme
  • Best Advance in Competencies and Skill Development jointly with The World Food Programme of the United Nations for WFP Supervisory Skills Programme
  • Best Advance in Leadership Development jointly with The World Food Programme of the United Nations for WFP Supervisory Skills Programme
  • Best Use of Games and Simulations for Learning jointly with Royal Dutch Shell for Trading and Supply: Interactivity 1 & 2 
  • Best New Hire Onboarding Program category jointly with IQVIA for Monitoring Performance Training
  • Best Advance in Custom Content jointly with Gilead Sciences for Gilead National Meeting G360 Refresher Training Pre-Work by NIIT's Eagle Productivity Solutions division

5 Silver Awards

  • Best Advance in Custom Content jointly with Equinor for Toxic Substance Control Act
  • Best Advance in Custom Content jointly with ABB for Ergonomics
  • Best Use of Video for Learning jointly with IQVIA for Negotiation Skills
  • Best Results of a Learning Program jointly with Boeing for Full-Stack Product Engineer Accelerated Experience by NIIT StackRoute
  • Best Use of Mobile Learning jointly with MetLife for MetLife Distribution Academy

9 Bronze Awards

  • Best Advance in Custom Content jointly with Royal Dutch Shell for Crisis Management and Social Media
  • Best Use of Blended Learning jointly with Royal Dutch Shell for Accelerated Commercial Excellence Course
  • Best Unique or Innovative Learning and Development Program jointly with Royal Dutch Shell for Contracting Principles and Litigation Risks Awareness
  • Best Use of Blended Learning jointly with IQVIA for Monitoring Performance Training
  • Best Advance in Custom Content jointly with IQVIA for Consultative Selling
  • Best Advance in Custom Content jointly with Sunsuper for Key Polices
  • Best Advance in Custom Content jointly with Rio Tinto for Gove Operations General Induction
  • Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning jointly with Sanofi for Virtual Gowning VR Simulation
  • Best Program for Sales Training and Performance jointly with Pitney Bowes for Challenger Sales Integration

The winners are listed at https://www.brandonhall.com/excellenceawards/past-winners.php

 "Organizations around the world highly value Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards – so much so that we received a record number of applications in the middle of a global pandemic," said Rachel Cooke, Brandon Hall Group COO, and leader of the HCM Excellence Awards Program. "The awards provide valuable recognition and validation of best practices in all areas of HCM at a time when they have never been more important to both employers and employees."

Award entries are 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 measurable benefits. 

Excellence Award winners will be honored at Brandon Hall Group's annual HCM Excellence Conference, January 26-28, 2021 at the Hilton West Palm Beach, Florida.

"We are honored to be named as one of the top winners by earning 30 Brandon Hall Excellence awards jointly with our customers. These esteemed awards are a testament to excellence in learning and talent development. We consistently aim to keep winning the trust and confidence of our customers through innovative strategies and transformative business results," said DJ Chadha, EVP & Global Head, LDO, Content Design & Development at NIIT's Corporate Learning Group.

About Brandon Hall Group

Brandon Hall Group is the world's only professional-development company that provides data, research, insights and certification to Learning and Talent professionals and organizations. The best companies in the world rely on Brandon Hall Group to help create future-proof employee-development plans for the new era of work and management.

For more than 27 years, BHG empowers, recognizes and certifies excellence in organizations throughout the world, driving the development of more than 10,000,000 employees and executives. Our annual HCM Excellence Awards program was the first to recognize and celebrate organizations for learning and talent, and as the industry's gold standard is known as the "Academy Awards of Human Capital Management."

Brandon Hall Group's cloud-based platform delivers evidence-based insights in Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Talent Acquisition and HR/Workforce Management for corporate organizations and HCM solution providers.

About NIIT

Established in 1981, NIIT Limited, a global leader in Skills and Talent Development, offers multi-disciplinary learning management and training delivery solutions to corporations, institutions, and individuals in 30 countries. NIIT has two main lines of business across the globe- Corporate Learning Group and the Skills and Careers Group.

NIIT's Corporate Learning Group (CLG) offers Managed Training Services (MTS) to market-leading companies in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Our comprehensive suite of Managed Training Services includes custom Curriculum Design and Content Development, Learning Administration, Learning Delivery, Strategic Sourcing, Learning Technology, and Advisory Services. With a team of some of the world's finest learning professionals, NIIT is dedicated to helping customers increase the business value of learning and development (L&D). Built on the sound principles of 'Running Training like a Business', NIIT's Managed Training Services and best-in-class training processes enable customers to align business goals with L&D, reduce costs, realize measurable value, benefit from rock-solid operations, and increase business impact.

Visit us at www.niit.com or write to us at businessimpact@niit.com. Follow us on twitter @NIITMTS.

For more information, visit www.niit.com

For Media query, Please contact

Prateek Chatterjee

Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Marketing, NIIT Limited

Ph: (Cell) +91 9910201085, (Dir) +91 124 4293370

Email: prateek.chatterjee@niit.com 

Swati Sharma

Corporate Communications & Marketing, NIIT Limited

Ph: (Cell) +91 9999601154, (Dir) +91 124 4293042

Email: swati.sharma@niit.com

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About NIIT

NIIT is a leading Global Talent Development Corporation that is building a manpower pool for global industry requirements. The company, which was set up in 1981 to help the nascent IT industry overcome its human resource challenges, today ranks among the world’s leading training companies owing to its vast, yet comprehensive array of talent development programs. With a footprint across 30 nations, NIIT offers training and development solutions to Individuals, Enterprises and Institutions.