Press Release

2008

NIIT enters into a strategic alliance with Infospectrum to offer proven Educational Resource Planning Solutions

New Delhi, June 24, 2008: NIIT, a leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s No.1 trainer, today signed an agreement with

Infospectrum, a global software product development and technology services enterprise, to offer highly customizable Educational Resource

Planning Solutions in schools. Following this alliance, NIIT’s School Learning Solutions will extend its current offering for schools, to

include Educational Resource Planning, thus making it a completely integrated solutions provider for schools.  Infospectrum will continue to

undertake research & product development for these state-of-the-art solutions.

An agreement to this effect was signed between Mr. L. Balasubramanian, President -NIIT’s School Learning Solutions and Mr. Jay Chopde, CEO&

Founder- Infospectrum, here today. The strategic alliance results in offering ‘Quick SchoolTM’ an Educational Resource Planning tool for

schools. QuickSchoolTM is an integrated and comprehensive solution that spans across all functional requirements and departments of educational

institutions.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. P Rajendran, COO, NIIT Ltd said, ‘‘NIIT is a leading School Learning Solutions provider in the country. With this

strategic alliance, we are now in a position to addresses the needs of all the key stakeholders within the education realm- students, teachers,

principals, school management & parents.’’

QuickSchoolTM allows the schools to manage information on Academics, Staff, Students, Examination, Attendance, Fees, Schedules, Payroll,

Recruitment, Library, Hostel, Transport, Inventory etc on a real time basis.  Teachers, Management and other users can use these modules with

minimal training. Its modular design gives the educational institution flexibility and scalability that can be configured in line with the growth

of the institution.

‘‘With the integration of ready-to-deploy Educational Resource Planning tool in our portfolio, we are confident that schools will be able to

strengthen their services to students and parents thus enhancing their competitive advantage many fold’’, added Mr. L. Balasubramanian,

President-School Learning Solutions, NIIT.

 ‘QuickSchoolTM,’ which is currently being offered by Infospectrum in over 140 premier schools such as Delhi Public Schools, Somerville Public

Schools, Navrachana International Schools, and International School Amby, Bharti Public School, Lawrence School, Guru Nanak Matriculation School,

Sai Baba Central School  amongst others, would become part of the NIIT eGURU Solution offering. While NIIT will bring its expertise and reach in

schools, Infospectrum will offer exclusive development and customization of the School ERP solution and modules for varied needs.

Mr. Jay Chopde, CEO & Founder Infospectrum said, ‘‘The key to a schools success lies in the way it manages the deluge of information.

‘QuickSchoolTM’ will enable schools to seamlessly integrate information across different academic facets, for better decision making. I am

confident that our alliance with NIIT will go a long way in ushering in the ‘Information Age’ in schools.’’

The implementation of Educational Resource Planning Solutions in schools will also enable parents to dynamically monitor real time progress of

their wards, thus effectively addressing their needs to identify improvement areas for better academic performance.

NIIT School Learning Solutions division, which teaches more than 2.3 Million students currently, has provided computer-based learning to over

7700 government and private schools cumulatively, thus equipping them with crucial IT skills to prepare them for tomorrow’s knowledge society. NIIT

is working actively to make computers an intrinsic part of the lives of children and also those of the socially and economically challenged

sections of the society, who may never have had a chance to integrate with the emerging 21st century environment otherwise, and thereby to give a

better prospect to their future.

About Infospectrum

Infospectrum India Pvt Ltd. is a Global, CMMi-Level 3 rated organization with 400 employees and consultants across 3 continents with offices in Los

Angeles, San Diego, Oslo and Nagpur, India. Infospectrum is engaged in delivering software products to the Indian markets and outsourced product

development and product engineering services across the world.

Infospectrum QuickSchool is the most actively used Education Resource Planning tool in India and Infospectrum QuickInsure is one the best CRM

products for Life Insurance agents in India. infoTRAK from Infospectrum addresses the complex asset management needs of the Aviation sector for

Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO). Infospectrum has deep vertical expertise in Aviation, Aerospace & Defense, Maritime, Telecom, WiMax,

Satellite & GIS and Scientific & Engineering industries for the Global markets.