New Delhi, October 31, 2006: NIIT, Asia’s largest IT
trainer has been conferred upon the ‘No. 1 IT Training Company Award 2006’ from
country’s leading IT publication group Cybermedia, the publisher’s of Dataquest.
In its annual IT industry survey, leading IT magazine, Dataquest, reports
that NIIT has further strengthened its leadership position in the Indian IT
training industry and is now nearly 1.5 times bigger than the combined revenues
of the next 4 players put together and has widened the winning gap by becoming
3.72 times the size of the No. 2 player.
Seen in the picture is Mr. Ashish Basu, President of NIIT’s Knowledge
Solutions Business who received the trophy on behalf of NIIT, from Mr. Pradeep
Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of Cybermedia Group, at the awards
function held in the Capital, recently.
Indian IT industry at Rs. 164,652 crore in
05-06
Dataquest reports that the Indian IT industry logged in total
IT revenues of Rs 164,652 crore in the year ended March 31, 2006 recording a
growth of 33 per cent. (However, based on dollar denominated revenues, the
growth was placed at 31 per cent). The industry showed a remarkable growth
across all segments. The IT Services and BPO industry exports grew 33 per cent
to record revenues of Rs 87,951 crore. The domestic IT industry went up 28 per
cent to report revenues of Rs 56141 crore.
Recent developments at NIIT
The wide acceptance by the industry of NIIT’s special programmes for
engineering students and the multi-track GNIIT programme led to doubling the
number of placement of our students in 2005-06.
NIIT, which addressed the spectrum of e-Learning activities, like learning
content, design and development and integration of learning tools, hosted
solutions and learner support services, completed its portfolio by acquiring the
US headquartered Element K, recently. Together, NIIT and Element K will emerge
as the leading global provider of comprehensive learning solutions, with more
than 3,000 employees.
In China, NIIT continued to further consolidate its leadership through
strategic partnerships. NIIT operates in over 100 education centres in 25
provinces in China. NIIT has been offering education in nearly 30
countries.
NIIT plans to enrich its portfolio of offerings for the individual learners
in mini metros by offering Programmes in the IT assisted space. The recently
launched NIIT Imperia, Centre for Advanced Learning will
provide Executive Management Education Programmes in association with
Indian Institutes of Management at Ahmedabad, Calcutta and
Indore.
The NIIT Institute of Finance, Banking and Insurance
(IFBI), with equity participation from ICICI Bank, will prepare skilled
professionals for the financial services sector. The company has initially set
up specialised NIIT Imperia and IFBI centres in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore,
Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad.
The third business, NIIT Litmus, offers assessment and proficiency testing
services for catalysing large scale-recruitment in the IT and ITES space. NIIT
Litmus centres have been set up in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore, to
begin with.
About NIIT
NIIT, Asia’s largest IT trainer, offers learning and knowledge solutions in
30 countries.
Rated among India's Superbrands (2003-05), NIIT’s education offerings
include: GNIIT, an industry-endorsed programme for students seeking careers in
the IT segments; CATS, which offers training programmes on advanced technologies
for IT professionals; NIIT Edgeineers, a skill up gradation programme for
engineering graduates.
In the Corporate Solutions Business, NIIT’s offerings are bolstered by its
SEI CMM Level5 assessed learning services capability. The Corporate Solutions
Business offers integrated learning solutions that include strategic consulting,
learning design, content development, learning delivery, learning technology
services and learning administration.
NIIT’s customers include many Fortune 500 companies, universities,
technology companies, training corporations and publishing houses.
For more details, media may contact:
Shivanjali Singh; NIIT Limited, 85, Sector 32, Institutional Area, Gurgaon;