New Delhi, January 03, 2008: NIIT, a leading Global Talent
Development Corporation and Asia’s largest trainer has announced country’s
largest IT Aptitude Test— the 4th National IT Aptitude Test
(NITAT)—to enable students and graduates to calibrate their potential
and aptitude for a career in the booming IT industry. ‘NITAT 2008’, will
be simultaneously conducted by NIIT, in over 160 cities in the country, on
Sunday, January 20, 2008.
Students desirous of checking their aptitude for IT can appear for NITAT
2008 by registering online on
www.niiteducation.com/NITAT or
visit the nearest NIIT centre.
A list of
‘Promising IT Professionals of the Future’,
including names of those with ‘Very High’ or ‘High IT Aptitude’ will be
announced by NIIT and made available on
www.niiteducation.com/NITAT. This
identified resource pool can be accessed by prospective employers including
leading technology companies for their manpower needs. NIIT will also award
special recognition certificates to merit list candidates and encourage their
pursuit of a career in IT. Toppers will also be invited to a special ‘Placement
Fair’ at key locations, across the country.
Flagging off NITAT 2008, nationally, Mr. G. Raghavan, President-Individual
Learning Business, NIIT said, “The Indian IT-BPO industry continues to
be a lucrative career destination for the youth. In addition to software
development, other areas such as Infrastructure Management; development for the
Web, Mobile & Interactive Media space are also offering tremendous
opportunities for IT career aspirants.”
As per NASSCOM, there is a need for 8,50,000 software professionals and 1.4
million ITES-BPO professionals by 2010. Additionally, there is a requirement for
3,00,000 digital media professionals by 2008. A recent IDC survey has also
cautioned the industry about a possible shortfall of nearly 1 lakh skilled
professionals in the Infrastructure Management space, as against the need for
3,75,000 skilled professionals by 2009.
NITAT is aimed at enabling graduates and students pursuing their studies in
engineering, arts, commerce and science streams to gauge their aptitude for a
career in the IT sector, identify skills further required, if any, and thus
systematically charter their career into the IT industry.
Global technology majors such as Adobe, EMC, Microsoft, Oracle and Sun
Microsystems have expressed support to NITAT 2008. NIIT’s pioneering
initiative—NITAT—which has been endorsed by NASSCOM, IDC and World Chess
Champion Viswanathan Anand, in the first three years, has already tested over
170,000 candidates, till date.
NITAT has been designed as an objective type test of reasoning,
comprehension, data interpretation skills and behavioral traits. Every student
undergoing the test will receive a score-card with their interpretation, along
with her/his nationwide and zonal ranking. The assessment is expected to be of
particular benefit to graduating engineers in deciding the careers that they
should take up.
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 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 School Learning Solutions (SLS) offers turn key IT
and ICT integration program for schools. NIIT SLS 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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