World Chess Champion and NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand felicitates young ‘Ambassadors of NIIT’

• Shares valuable “Lessons from Chess” to help young achievers excel in life
• NIIT to groom student ambassadors on leadership, communication and project management skills

Chennai, 22 December, 2011: World Chess Champion and NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand felicitated young ‘Ambassadors of NIIT’ at an event organized in the city today.
NIIT, leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer, launched the young ‘Ambassadors of NIIT’ program to provide college students an opportunity to develop leadership, communication and project management skills at a young age. More than 150 nominations were received for the programme out of which – 38 students were selected on basis of their academic achievement, communication, personality and feedback from their trainers.

These student ‘Ambassadors of NIIT’ will serve as a strategic link between the local campuses and NIIT in Chennai -.  The ambassadors will ensure the success of NIIT events in campus,  evaluate the proposals from respective colleges and universities to associate with NIIT and maintain open and regular communication with student councils, career placement and university relations departments to help raise NIIT’s visibility on campus. This ‘Ambassadors of NIIT’ programme has been designed to help students develop leadership, communication and vital project management skills.
Addressing the students on the occasion, NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand said, “Getting trained through the latest technology is a crucial element of success, whether in Chess or in professional life. I am confident that the young ‘Ambassadors of NIIT’ will benefit from the cutting-edge training and grooming sessions, which will give them an edge over others”.
Anand drew parallels from his life on how chess helped in his overall personality development by improving his memory, perseverance, strategic thinking and communication skills. The World Champion spoke at length on how chess helped him shape into a true professional.

Unnikrishnan K Raghavan, Zonal Manager- South Zone, Career Building Solutions, NIIT Ltd. said, “NIIT’s three decades of innovation have helped it emerge as one of the most trusted brands in India. Carrying forward the baton of trust will be the 38 young ambassadors appointed today in Chennai. We continue our endeavour of providing cutting edge solutions like the India’s first ‘Cloud Campus’- an innovative solution that enables collaborative learning for our students on a 24x7 availability, by leveraging the Cloud.” 

Later in the day Anand interacted with students from the graduate and diploma programs of new-age  NIIT Cloud Campus.

One of the most important initiatives of NIIT in recent times, the new NIIT Cloud Campus is based on a revolutionary educational paradigm called collaborative learning which takes students’ beyond the traditional classroom based student-teacher relationship. Students enrolling for the programme will be provided with technically robust netbook, a well designed digital courseware and a fully paid data card. Furthermore, the technology backed learning environment of NIIT’s Cloud Learning Methodology supports group learning through interactive features like 24x7 lab and e-library access, instant tech updates, consulting teachers and connecting with students online. Thus the learning process is not just limited to textbooks but is enhanced through group learning.