NIIT adjudged Award Finalist for the 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner
Conference Awards for Learning Solutions, Innovative Partner of the
Year
New Delhi, July 3, 2009: NIIT, leading Global Talent
Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT Trainer, today announced that it
has been selected as a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards
finalist in Learning Solutions, Innovative Partner of the Year.
Awards will be presented in a number of categories, with winners chosen
from a pool of nearly 2,000 entrants worldwide. NIIT’s ‘Integrated Program for
Developing Skills and Certification on.NET – GNIIT’ has been selected by
Microsoft as one of the two finalists for Partner of the Year, in the category,
Learning Solutions Innovative Partner of the Year. The Learning Solutions,
Innovative Partner of the Year award recognizes partners’ commitment and ability
to deliver high-quality innovative learning services to meet customer needs. It
also validates the effect of technical training, skills assessment, student
mentoring, and Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exam preparation on
customer satisfaction, and the application of Microsoft technology to solve
business problems.
Commenting on the award, Mr. G Raghavan, President, Global Individual
Learning Solutions, NIIT said, “We are pleased to have been selected as
a 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards finalist in Learning
Solutions, Innovative Partner of the Year. At NIIT, it has been our constant
endeavour to address the skills gap in IT industry by enhancing employability of
the workforce and making them Industry Ready. We hope to continue providing
innovative range of programs as a solution to manpower needs in the
industry.”
“Partners are the key to igniting business innovation through great
technology as well as helping customers drive down costs,” said Allison L.
Watson, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group, Microsoft Corp.
“Congratulations to the 2009 WPC Award finalists who have demonstrated a
superior level of expertise as well as a focus on delivering customer value. We
look forward to seeing our partners fulfill their limitless potential as they
continue to provide customers with world-class Microsoft
solutions.”
The Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards recognizes Microsoft
partners that have developed and delivered exceptional Microsoft-based solutions
over the past year. NIIT’s alliance with Microsoft for this integrated program
addresses the need for skilled and ready manpower on growing areas like
Application Development and Infrastructure Management. Around 30, 000 students
have been trained as part of this program and over 18, 000 students have
acquired MS Certification, in the last 12 months.
About NIIT
NIIT Limited, leading Global Talent
Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer, offers learning and
knowledge solutions to over 5 million students across 40
countries.
Leading IT magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the
‘Top IT Training Company’ award successively for the past 15 years, since the
inception of this category. Rated among India’s Business Super brands 2008,
NIIT’s Individual Learning Business offerings include industry-endorsed programs
for students seeking careers in IT - GNIIT, Engineers and Global Net
Plus for IT professionals.
NIIT has provided computer-based
learning to over 12,000 government and private schools. The futuristic NIIT
eGuru range for schools is a holistic education package that comprises of
Interactive Classrooms (an embedded Teaching Learning Material,
that uses elements of interactivity, automation and web links library);
Math lab (technology tools that enable school students to learn
and explore mathematical concepts); IT Wizard (equips the
students with core computer knowledge and IT skills); and Quick School
(an Education Resource Planning solution for School
Management).
For working professionals, NIIT Imperia, Centre for
Advanced Learning, offers Executive Management Education Programs in
association with Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Ahmedabad, Indore,
Kolkata, Lucknow, IMT Ghaziabad and IIFT Delhi.
NIIT Institute
of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI), formed by NIIT with equity
participation from ICICI Bank, offers programs for individuals and corporate in
Banking, Financial Services and Insurance.
NIIT Uniqua,
Centre for Process Excellence, addresses the increasing demand for
skilled workers in the business and technology services industry by providing
training programs in relevant areas. This is a part of NIIT Institute of Process
Excellence, a NIIT-Genpact venture.
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.
NIIT delivers a tailored combination of catalog
learning products, technology and services through Element K offerings. These
include: lab®: hands-on labs, instructor-led courseware, comprehensive
e-reference libraries, technical journals, and Knowledge Hub™: hosted learning
management platform. This makes NIIT the first and the best choice for
comprehensive learning solutions, worldwide.
NIIT-Microsoft Association
The NIIT-Microsoft relationship to promote education on Microsoft
Technologies started way back in 1994. It has been over a decade of association,
with several successful programs and campaigns in the IT education domain, which
has benefited individuals and enterprises alike. The route identified for
achieving the goals was to focus on certification numbers, to meet the
objectives of skills as well as to build a huge base of certified professionals.
Both NIIT and Microsoft aspire to incorporate Microsoft Technologies into NIIT’s
Career Education programs which have almost 100,000 students on rolls to be able
to achieve this objective.
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