Bangalore, February 19, 2008: NIIT, leading Global Talent
Development Corporation and Asia’s largest trainer has entered into an agreement
with Wuxi Government, China to set up IT training centres and offer training
programs in the Chinese city, Wuxi. As part of the agreement, NIIT will work
closely with the Wuxi Government to develop human capital for the emerging IT
industry, in the region.
A Memorandum of Understanding to this effect was signed in the presence of
Mr. Yang Weize, Party General Secretary, Wuxi China and Mr. G. Raghavan,
President-Individual Learning Solutions, NIIT at the “Wuxi—Bangalore Business
Seminar on Service Cooperation”, here today. A senior delegation comprising of
business leaders and government officials from Wuxi, Peoples Republic of China
are visiting the country to develop bilateral relations with Indian
counterparts.
During the seminar, the Wuxi Municipal Government also announced the
appointment of NIIT’s G Raghavan as ‘Chief Consultant’ for Wuxi City. In this
prestigious role, Mr. Raghavan will work closely with the local government to
help them identify and build the requisite IT infrastructure that will foster
talent pool in the region.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Yang Weize, Party General Secretary, Wuxi
China said, “We are committed to develop Wuxi as the leading outsourcing
centre in China. We are delighted to find a partner like NIIT to support us in
this mission. NIIT’s long presence in China and their pioneering experience in
India will help us in developing a large pool of IT human resources in
Wuxi”.
According to Mr. G Raghavan, President-Individual Learning Solutions, NIIT
“Our tie-up with Wuxi Government is a significant enhancement of NIIT’s
decade long commitment to develop IT talent in the fast growing Chinese market.
I am honored by the faith reposed by this appointment. It is indeed
an acknowledgement of NIIT’s global experience and its applicability in China in
the field of IT talent development.”
NIIT has also signed another MoU with Wuxi New District in Mumbai recently,
with similar objectives for the district.
Through these alliances, NIIT will set up IT training centres and offer its
industry recognized training programs, while the Wuxi Government will provide
necessary support for enabling preferential policies at national, provincial and
municipal levels.
The IT training market in China is expected to grow at 24 per cent CAGR, in
the next two years and looking at China’s goals in the IT outsourcing industry
alone, there is a need to create about 5 million software engineers by 2015.
For nearly a decade now, NIIT has been involved in creation of skilled IT
manpower pool for the upcoming Chinese IT services industry. NIIT has
partnerships with 129 Universities and Colleges in China, where it offers its
industry acclaimed IT training programs through the ‘NIIT Inside’ model.
Recently, NIIT was rated as the “The Most Influential Training
Organization” by students from all national Universities in China, and also won
the award for offering the “Best Placement Oriented Curriculum Design” in
Chinese Colleges and Universities, in an online and mobile phone survey
conducted by QQ.com—the widely popular website in China; China Campus—an
Education publication from Ministry of Education; and China Youth Online.
About NIIT
NIIT, Asia’s No. 1 trainer and leading Global Talent Development
Corporation, offers learning and knowledge solutions to 5 million students
across 32 countries.
Leading IT magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the Top IT Training
Company Award 2007. Rated among India’s Superbrands (2003-05), NIIT’s Individual
Learning Business offerings include: Industry-endorsed programs for students
seeking careers in IT: GNIIT, Integrated ANIIT for Engineers (IAE) and Advanced
Technology Programs for IT professionals.
For working professionals, NIIT Imperia, Centre for Advanced Learning,
offers Executive Management Education Programmes in association with Indian
Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Ahmedabad, Indore and Kolkata.
NIIT Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI),
formed with equity participation from ICICI Bank, offers programs to develop
talent for the banking industry.
NIIT offers turnkey IT integration program for schools. NIIT has provided
computer-based learning to over 5000 government and private
schools.
NIIT’s Corporate Learning Solutions, offers integrated
learning solutions (including strategic consulting, learning design, content
development, delivery, technology, assessment and learning management) to
Fortune 500 companies, Universities, Technology companies, Training corporations
and Publishing houses.
Element K delivers learning solutions for customers and
partners through a tailored combination of catalog learning products,
technology, and services. The offerings include: vLab®:
hands-on labs, instructor-led courseware, comprehensive e-reference libraries,
technical journals, and KnowledgeHub™: hosted learning
management platform.
NIIT together with Element K is now the first and the best choice
for comprehensive learning solutions, worldwide.
For media queries, please contact:
Shivanjali Singh, NIIT Limited, Ph: +91 9811991107; +91 124 4293044;