Global Pharmaceutical Company extends its Managed Training Services Contract with NIIT

New Delhi, India/Atlanta, GA, November 23, 2016: NIIT Limited, a leading provider of managed training services has announced that its current managed training services contract with a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in West London, UK, has been extended for a further 4 years. The client is one of the world's largest science-led healthcare companies that researches and develops a broad range of innovative products in three primary areas of pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer healthcare.

With this extension, NIIT's Corporate Learning Group will support a major L&D transformation initiative by the client as a strategic partner. NIIT's services will focus on the company's strategic transformation objectives of a centralized governance structure, improved delivery and business impact through curriculum optimization, vendor rationalization, and overall reduction in third party costs. This initiative covers a large, multi-million pound third party training spend for over 100,000 employees, across six business units, in more than 80 countries.

"It is truly an honour for NIIT to be selected as a strategic partner and to have our services extended. We are completely focused on achieving our client's strategic objectives of centralising their L&D governance structure and providing greater value by optimising and rationalising third-party training spend while improving business impact and service delivery levels," said Sapnesh Lalla, President, NIIT Corporate Learning Group.