‘IT-BPO industry continues to be No. 1 career destination’:
NIIT
Mathura, May 18, 2007: Asia’s largest IT trainer, NIIT
held a career seminar for college students in the city today. Addressing a large
gathering, Col. Ajai Manohar Lal, Global Head-Channel Management, NIIT said,
“The Indian IT-BPO industry continues to be a sunrise career destination
for the youth. The sector, which has been growing higher than any other industry
segment in the country and generating jobs for an ever expanding business
universe, is likely to keep its place as the Number One employer over the next
few years.”
Col. Lal shared statistics of the IT-BPO industry which has created jobs
for over 1.6 million people in FY 2007, up from 200,000 in 1998. “There
is a further estimated demand for 850,000 IT services and 1.4 million ITES-BPO
professionals by 2010 in India”, he said.
Recent studies show that there are over 300 institutes of higher learning
in India and over 16,000 colleges churning out 495,000 technical graduates,
nearly 2.3 million other graduates and over 300,000 post graduates, annually.
“However, while India seems to have large numbers of graduates, post
graduates and techies coming out of its educational institutions, not all are
rightly skilled or employable, especially by the IT-BPO sector. In order to get
job-ready, the youth need to opt for special training that will prepare them for
the real world that lies ahead”, said Col. Lal.
To address the need for relevantly skilled manpower in the IT-BPO sector,
NIIT has introduced portfolio of offerings for different segments:
- NIIT’s flagship GNIIT programme is one of the most
comprehensive, industry-endorsed IT curriculum that offers one year’s industry
training through Professional Practice (PP). The industry endorsed curriculum
has been revised this year, working closely with technology giants, to ensure
that students’ IT skills are mapped to the real life requirements of the
industry.
- ‘NIIT Edgeineers’, a specialised programme for the
engineers and IT graduates not only serves as a supplemental skill upgradation
programme but also enhances skills of practising professionals. Since its
introduction last year, nearly one lakh engineering and IT students have
benefited from these programmes.
The NIIT Edgeineers series offers a range of international certification
programmes in alliance with global IT giants like Microsoft, Oracle and Citrix,
thus giving the students with requisite knowledge to qualify for global
certificates in emerging technology platforms.
A significant component of this series is ‘ANIIT’, which
is a special accelerated programme for engineering and final year students
pursuing their master’s in science. This also helps in selectively choosing
students, who, after successful completion of the programme, are provided
placement assistance through NIIT’s National Placement Network and Industry
Alliances.
Students pursuing these career programs from NIIT have bagged plum jobs in
the IT-BPO sectors. In fact, last year NIIT placed over 15,000 students with top
IT and non IT companies.
Over 200 students from the NIIT Mathura centre have been placed with
leading organizations such as Microsoft, IBM, CSC, HCL Technologies and NIIT
Technologies, amongst others.
Col. Ajai Lal also highlighted the emerging career opportunities in other
sectors of the Indian economy. According to him, while IT continues to be a
lucrative career destination offering opportunities in Software Engineering,
Hardware and Networking, Information Security, Storage Management, Database
Administration, BPO Management; other sectors such as Banking, Insurance,
Retailing and Healthcare will also have a huge shortage of manpower in the next
few years.
He shared details about NIIT’s training initiatives in some of these
sectors, such as the NIIT Institute of Finance Banking and Insurance which
trains entry level professionals for the Banking industry.
About NIIT
NIIT, Asia’s largest IT trainer, offers learning and knowledge solutions in
30 countries. NIIT together with the recently acquired Element K is now the
first and the best choice for comprehensive learning solutions, worldwide.
Leading IT magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the Top IT
Training Company Award 2006. Rated among India’s Superbrands (2003-05),
NIIT’s education offerings include: GNIIT, an industry-endorsed
program for students seeking careers in the IT segments; Integrated
ANIIT for Engineers (IAE)—a dual qualification program for engineering
students under the NIIT Edgeineers series of training programs on advanced
technologies for IT professionals and skill up gradation programs for
engineering graduates. NIIT also offers a turnkey IT integration program that
provides computer-based learning in 3,906 government and private schools.
In the Corporate Solutions Business, NIIT’s offerings are bolstered by its
SEI CMM Level 5 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.
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