New Delhi, February 1, 2008: Cisco, global leaders in
Networking and Infrastructure Management, and NIIT, leading Global Talent
Development Corporation have agreed to develop and enhance the IT infrastructure
management talent pool in the Asia Pacific region.
As part of the agreement, NIIT will offer training programs on Cisco’s
latest tools and technologies in the Networking and Infrastructure Management
space, across NIIT’s select IT education centres in the Asia Pacific region.
NIIT will provide training on Cisco’s authorized curriculum and enable Cisco
certification for students aspiring to build careers as networking professionals
and system engineers.
The partnership is in line with Cisco’s aim to expand India’s networking
workforce capacity to 360,000 engineers in the next five years, a six-fold
increase over present employment levels. Element K, the US based learning
solutions company, and an integral part of NIIT’s training network now, has been
a Cisco Certified Learning Solutions Partner (CLSP) for North America.
According to Leo Scrivner, Vice President-HR, Cisco Services &
Globalization Centre East, “Globalization will continue to transform
India’s economy and will require its young workforce to develop skills that are
market-driven.
“The launch of our talent development initiative in India
underscores Cisco’s commitment to expand access to the IT training and
certification resources that will support the country’s continued economic
growth. With these initiatives in place, we are able to ensure that our
customers and partners have the resources available to train and equip the
thousands of motivated students in India with the knowledge and skills necessary
to shape the country’s burgeoning information economy”, adds
Scrivner.
“Significant talent shortage in the Infrastructure Management space
has opened up multiple career options for aspiring students and
professionals”, says G Raghavan, President-Individual Learning
Solutions, NIIT. “Through Element K, we have been working closely with world
leader, Cisco, in many areas including content development, content
distribution, vlabs, besides performing other roles of a CLSP. The extension of
our association with Cisco endorses our capability to conduct large scale
high-end technology training programs in the APAC region”, adds Raghavan.
NIIT, as part of its GlobalNet+ portfolio provides students with real time
unique experience of Infrastructure Management, Business Desktop Deployment,
WAN, OS Deployment etc., and training, thus making them 'Industry Ready and
Future Proof'. Training programs on Cisco technologies will enhance NIIT’s
offerings for the Infrastructure Management space and offer opportunities to
students and professionals to gain Cisco certification.
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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.
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