- Synchronous Learning Technology enables management students and
professionals across the nation interact simultaneously with World No.
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New Delhi, December 19, 2008: World Chess Champion and
NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand, today addressed management students and
professionals simultaneously across 19 cities in the country on Management
Strategy, through NIIT Imperia’s Synchronous Learning Technology. Organized as a
part of NIIT Imperia Leadership Series, Anand shared his
insights on how to excel in business by using the strategies and moves applied
in Chess.
The session saw record turn out with large number of participants tuning in
from New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Pune,
Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Lucknow, Bhopal, Patna, Jamshedpur, Bhubaneswar, Nasik,
Nagpur, Vizag and Mysore to hear and interact with Anand, who took the session
while being at the Delhi studio of NIIT Imperia Centre for Advanced
Learning.
Emphasizing the similarity between Chess and management principles of
Business, Anand shared his secret moves on “Strategies in Tough Times:
Lessons from Chess”, as part of NIIT Imperia Leadership series. Some of
the pearls of wisdom shared by Anand included insights on: knowing your goals,
striving for objectivity, how not to worry about things you cannot control but
to strengthen the areas you can, how having an in-depth knowledge of your
opponent helps, how to use your intuition and finally learning how to take the
loss in your stride, so that you can move on to the next battle.
Addressing the students, NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand said,
“Whether it is management or a game of Chess, a good strategy sets
direction towards the ultimate goal. It felt great to reach out to so many
management students & professionals across the country using NIIT Imperia’s
technology, which seems to make distances disappear due to the high level of
interactivity.”
World Chess Champion, Anand, interacted with management students and
responded to their queries, using NIIT Imperia’s Synchronous Learning Technology
platform. The technology connects remote classrooms live with faculty for
imparting executive management programs from premier business schools such as
the IIMs (Ahmedabad, Indore, Kolkata, and Lucknow), IMT Ghaziabad and IIFT New
Delhi. It allows working professionals to pursue management education within
their city after office hours or on weekends from premier institutes.
Welcoming Anand, and the students, Shraman Jha, Head, NIIT Imperia
said, “We have instituted ‘NIIT Imperia Leadership Series’ to provide a
platform to our students, to learn from the experiences of stalwarts who have
excelled in their chosen field. It is an honour to have World Chess Champion
Viswanathan Anand among us today as part of the series. At NIIT Imperia, it is
our constant endeavour to equip our students with strategic inputs and I am sure
that Anand’s sharp insights will prove valuable for all of us.”
This session was in continuation to “NIIT Imperia Leadership
Series”, initiated by NIIT Imperia, for bringing thought leaders to
share their experiences with management students & professionals across
geographies. Some of the past sessions of the series were delivered by eminent
personalities like Mr Ben Verwaayen, BT Group CEO and Dr. Jean-Pierre Lehmann,
Professor of International Political Economy, IMD Lausanne, Switzerland &
Founding Director of the Evian group.
The Executive Management programs at NIIT Imperia are designed and
developed by the IIMs, who provide faculty and certification for these programs.
The technology, synchronous classrooms across the country and the management of
the distributed education system is being provided by NIIT. NIIT has also
integrated its Learning Management and e-learning systems with this technology,
and is implementing and managing the overall student experience.
Synchronous learning is an effective tool to bring together the faculty and
students, otherwise separated by significant distances, using cutting-edge
technology. Through the new high-tech environment, students can experience
learning almost in the same way as they would if they were in a normal
classroom, querying their instructor and answering questions. Dedicated
broadband two-way audio-video, together with special software to replicate
face-to-face teaching, are used in this application.
Hundreds of working
professionals comprising of middle and senior level managers have already
enrolled for NIIT Imperia programs since its inception. Nearly one-third of NIIT
Imperia students come from the IT industry including top IT companies such as
Infosys, Wipro, IBM, HCL, Oracle, Accenture, TCS, Cognizant, Satyam, Dell, Ernst
& Young, Boston Consulting Group, Yahoo and Oracle. Many come from
organizations in the Financial, Manufacturing and the Services sector, such as
Genpact, ICICI, HDFC, Citigroup, HSBC, American Express, Standard Chartered,
SBI, Godrej, ITC, Reliance Industries, L&T, Bharti Enterprises, Motorola,
HUL, Raymonds, Dr Reddy’s, Coca Cola, , Pepsi, Fedex among others.
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