Ben Verwaayen talks on ‘Opportunities and challenges for talented Indians in today's global workforce’, as part of ‘NIIT Imperia Leadership Series’
Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi, Pune on December 4, 2007:
NIIT, Asia’s No. 1 Trainer and leading Global Talent Development Corporation organized a special talk by BT Group CEO, Ben Verwaayen, for students across nine cities, as part of the NIIT Imperia Leadership Series.
Mr. Verwaayen’s nine cities live address on ‘Opportunities and challenges for talented Indians in today's global workforce’, was enabled by NIIT Imperia’s innovative ‘Synchronous Learning’ technology, which provided an opportunity to attendees in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, New Delhi and Pune to interact with the global leader.
During his address, Mr. Verwaayen said, “India is a country not just of a billion people but a billion plus opportunities. Talent is fast becoming the key differentiator for global business. Companies that harness and nurture this vast natural resource will gain a critical competitive advantage. Talent has no passport and no gender. That is clearly recognised at NIIT where talent and technology are combining to create world class professionals.”
Accompanying him was NIIT Chairman Rajendra S. Pawar who greeted him at the NIIT Imperia centre at Nehru Place, New Delhi, post their session together at the World Economic Forum, earlier in the day.
The unique Synchronous Learning technology–-used by NIIT Imperia for its Executive Education and Management Development programs—connects remote classrooms, live with faculty, from country’s leading B-schools such as the Indian Institutes of Management at Ahmedabad, Calcutta and Indore and Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad. Dedicated two-way audio-video interaction systems and special software that fully replicates face-to-face teaching lie at the core of this teaching technology.
Earlier in the year, World Chess Champion and NIIT Brand Ambassador, Viswanathan Anand utilized the same teaching capabilities of this technology to play chess and conduct lively tutorials for chess enthusiasts, simultaneously across six cities.