NIIT signs strategic agreement with Guian New Area, China in presence of Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi

 - To develop Human Capital in line with China’s vision to promote Guian as the national center for the Big Data industry​
Shanghai (China)/ New Delhi (India), May 16, 2015: NIIT, a global leader in skills and talent development, has entered into an agreement with Guian New Area in the Guizhou province of China, to train students from the province in Career Programs in Big Data. The agreement was signed by Mr. Prakash Menon, President, NIIT China and Mr. Chen Yan, Authorized representative from Guizhou Guian New District, in presence of Hon'ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi at the Business Forum organized on the occasion his visit to strengthen Sino-Indian trade ties. Also present on the occasion were leaders from the government, CEOs of Indian and Chinese companies as well as Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Earlier this year NIIT and Guian New Area in the Guizhou province entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to offer programs in new-age IT, with special focus on Big Data. The agreement brings the MoU into effect with NIIT setting up a centre in Guian New Area to train 50,000 students in five years, to help realize China's vision to promote Guian as the national center for the Big Data industry. The entire project will be funded by the Government of China as Guian has been identified by the Government as the national center for the Big Data Industry.

As the need for analyzing huge volumes of data presents immense opportunity for businesses today, there has been a growing demand globally for analytics professionals to power the Big Data industry. To cater to this emerging trend, NIIT has introduced cutting-edge programs in Big Data.

Parallely NIIT has also tied up with University of Finance and Economy, Guizhou to train students through "NIIT Inside model" - a very unique business model for co-operation with Universities and Colleges in China where NIIT programs are embedded in University/College IT curriculum. Students may undergo a 4 year Bachelor Degree program or a 3 year Associate Degree program post 12th grade in Information Technology. Currently, NIIT curriculum is embedded into both these programs across multiple Universities and Colleges in China. While the University system continues to teach the rest of the subjects that a student undergoes such as Chinese language, science etc to obtain a Bachelor Degree, the IT portion is completely from NIIT. The students get the degree or the associate degree from the University/Government and also receive a certificate from NIIT.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. Prakash Menon, President, NIIT China, said, "It is indeed a privilege to be invited by the Chinese Govt. to create a pool of Big Data professionals for its booming IT industry. Also, according to latest reports, China has the largest and fastest growing online population and it is an honour to develop professionals for the thriving internet space."

"NIIT was the first Indian IT training company to establish presence in China in the late nineties with a vision to create a manpower pool, to empower the software industry in the country. We are committed to supporting China in its human capacity building initiative and it gives us great pleasure to join hands with Guian New Area to further open and accelerate new-age career opportunities like Big Data," added Mr. Menon.

Apart from this, NIIT will offer wide range of cutting-edge IT skills training across various fields through its state-of-the-art Cloud Campus. Currently, there are over 10,000 students studying in the New University Town campus which is likely to grow to nearly 25,000 over the next few years. Hence, there exists a potential to train a large number of students. NIIT will help support the vision of the Guizhou Government and would train these students to develop the next generation of data scientists and business analytics professionals for opportunities in the Big Data industry.

NIIT, a global leader in skills and talent Development, established its presence in China in 1997, becoming the first Indian IT enterprise to do so. Over the years, NIIT has been training skilled IT professionals for China's software outsourcing industry. With the support of its outstanding partners and institutions, it has trained more than 150,000 students in the country.