- MULTI-MODE SAP TRAINING PROGRAMS IN INDIA & ASIA PACIFIC
- TO CATER TO THE GROWING DEMAND FOR SAP TRAINED PROFESSIONALS GLOBALLY
November 10, 2009, New Delhi: SAP India and NIIT, the leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer, today entered into a strategic alliance to offer training to future SAP consultants in world-leading business software, Enterprise Resource Planning and related applications provided by SAP. Both organizations believe in enhancing India's talent base to help Indian enterprises transform and become more competitive at home and abroad.
Under this alliance, NIIT will offer SAP training programs in both Instructor-led and Online modes to working professionals, post graduates and graduates as well as students in colleges. On the anvil are SAP Academy Programs, Standard Short Duration Programs and New Dimension Product Training. The training programs will cover all facets of a business - Planning, Finance, Materials, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing and Human Resources. NIIT would leverage its reach and basket of products and services to build them around the SAP training program that trains and nurtures well-rounded SAP professionals. In the next phase, these courses will also be offered in other countries in the region such as China, Vietnam and Thailand.
There is an increasing global demand for SAP trained professionals. India, in particular, is a large and growing market for SAP consultants. These training programs would therefore cater to the immediate need for SAP trained professionals in India and abroad.
Today, more than 92,000 customers in more than 120 countries run SAP® applications — from distinct solutions that address the needs of small businesses and midsize companies to suite offerings for global organizations. With a deep understanding of customers’ needs and business management, coupled with global best practices, SAP solutions are developed using cutting-edge technology.
Vijay Thadani, CEO, NIIT Limited said, “We are delighted to join hands with SAP to address the growing demand for SAP professionals in India as well as across the globe. This also marks a significant step for NIIT’s entry into the ERP training space.”
Rob Behennah, Head of Education, SAP Asia Pacific Japan, said, “As an industry and solutions leader, SAP is committed to building India’s next generation of knowledge workers who have the skills to design, implement and support strategies that cover the entire corporate value chain. Our collaboration with NIIT is strong evidence of that commitment.”
Behennah added, “We are excited to be partnering with NIIT. By responding to the huge demand for SAP consultants and professionals in India and the Asia Pacific region, SAP will continue to help businesses innovate and transform their business networks, contributing to economic growth at the macro level. ”
G Raghavan, President, Global Individual Learning Solutions, NIIT, added, “The relationship will be well leveraged from the perspective of NIIT’s proven industry collaboration record. The ongoing engagement will have due connects with training, employability and career enhancement of professionals.
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