NIIT awarded as ‘India’s Most Trusted Training Brand’ for the 4th consecutive year
- Wins the coveted accolade based on Trust Research Advisory's - Brand Trust Report, India Study 2016
- Recognized for providing globally benchmarked full-service end-to-end training solutions
New Delhi, March 31, 2016: NIIT Limited, a global leader in skills and talent development, has been recognized as 'India's Most Trusted Training Brand' 2016 by Trust Research Advisory (TRA), India's foremost data insights company dedicated to understanding, simplifying and researching aspects that makes the intangibles of brands more measureable. NIIT has won the coveted award for the fourth year in a row.
The Brand Trust Report 2016 was conducted across 16 cities, generating nearly 6 million data points among 20,000 unique brands, thus making it the most intensive study on Brand Trust across the globe. The report measured consumers' trust and brand insights by measuring variables that influence consumer behavior.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rahul Patwardhan, CEO, NIIT Ltd. said, "We are pleased to receive the Most Trusted Training Brand award for the 4th year in a row. NIIT today, works on a blended delivery model with 200 engineers working on education-technology – making us the largest EdTech Company in the country. Further NIIT has been a key player in corporate training outsourcing, providing globally benchmarked full service end-to-end managed training solutions to Fortune 1000 corporates worldwide. Our programs are delivered through a hybrid combination of the 'Cloud Campus' online platform, satellite-based 'Synchronous Learning Technology' and a physical network of hundreds of learning centers globally. This award is a reaffirmation that our initiatives in the training sector have been appreciated by the consumers and the industry."
Over the last 34 years, NIIT has contributed extensively to the IT sector by training 35 million people in IT and other disciplines. In the last decade, NIIT diversified beyond IT training by entering into partnerships with domain experts in growing industry verticals. NIIT is actively involved in offering technologically advanced learning products and services to its customers. The company introduced pioneering Cloud Campus in India way back in 2011. A recent path breaking initiative NIIT.tv has received phenomenal response nationwide. An array of programs from NIIT are already available online through NIIT.tv. and cloud campus. With the recent launch of StackRoute, NIIT has also reinforced its leadership position as a pioneer in meeting the future skill needs of the IT sector.
Additionally, NIIT's Corporate Learning Group (CLG) offers Managed Training Services (MTS) to market-leading companies in North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. With a proven global track record and strategic partnerships with many Fortune 500 clients in US & EU; with over 600 Global Specialist Training Partners across a wide range of subject domains; with a pool of over 1000 trainers deployable globally; and with the world's largest content development facility, NIIT brings the best of breed training services to meet the needs of discerning corporate customers in India, across all domains and entire range of training services, with a focus on large local and MNC firms.
Elaborating on the recognition, Mr. Sachin Bhosle, Research Head, Brand Trust Report said, "Brands are extraordinarily important as they are the interface between the consumer and organization. Mapping educational training brands based on our brand trust matrix has become essential part of our survey and NIIT has emerged as the undoubted winner backed by the cutting edge training solutions that they offer to individuals as well as corporates. This award is a recognition of NIIT's thrust in providing the best training services through innovative use of technology."
Prakash Menon, President, Global Skills & Careers Business, NIIT Ltd said, "This award will encourage us to further focus on EdTech as we continue to offer innovative training solutions across multiple sectors. Going forward we look at brining innovations to NIIT portfolio, and further enhance NIIT's curriculum offerings to serve the urgent skilling needs for a Digital Workforce."
NIIT has alliances with various reputed companies across multiple sectors. The company has alliance with ICICI for developing trained manpower for Banking & Financial Services sector through its IFBI initiative; and with Genpact for BPM training. Similarly, it has joined hands with leading B- Schools like IIMs for its NIIT Imperia venture, aimed at working professionals. In the corporate front, NIIT offers best-in-class Managed Training Services that enable clients to reduce cost, embrace change and drive real quantifiable business impact. In the school's space, NIIT's technology based learning solutions aim to make the vital process of teaching and learning simpler, thus bringing joy back into learning.
Trust Research Advisory, a part of the Comniscient Group, is a Brand Intelligence and Data Insights Company dedicated to understand and analyze stakeholder behavior through two globally acclaimed, proprietary matrices of Brand Trust and Brand Attractiveness.