NIIT UNIQUA brings World Chess Champion and NIIT Mind Champion
Viswanathan Anand to Jaipur
Viswanathan Anand talks
about the need for up-skilling at a seminar on- “Emerging career
opportunities in the BPO/ ITeS sector”, hosted by NIIT Uniqua
Along with Anand, the
seminar is addressed by Industry experts from Genpact, Infosys and Deutsche Bank
Jaipur, June
19, 2009: World Chess Champion and NIIT Mind Champion, Viswanathan
Anand was in Jaipur today, to attend a seminar on “Emerging career opportunities
in BPO and ITeS Sector” organized by NIIT Uniqua- Centre for
Process Excellence, an NIIT-Genpact venture. The seminar was held to discuss the
growing opportunities in the BPO/ITES sector and how to create talent pool for
this industry.
Attended by industry
experts from Genpact, Infosys and Deutsche Bank, the seminar was chaired by
World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand who was the Chief Guest at the event.
During the occasion, Anand released a book on “Career opportunities in BPO &
Business Services Industry” by NIIT Uniqua.
The Seminar served as a
forum to address the ever increasing demand for skilled workers in the BPO and
ITES sector. The industry continues on its strong growth trajectory and has
become the ‘nerve centre’ for global outsourcing. However, there is still large
demand-supply gap in skilled manpower resources. Thus, the primary objective of
the seminar was to identify these underlying factors that need to be addressed
by the industry. World Chess Champion, Vishwanathan Anand, highlighted the need
for up-skilling to increase employability in the present challenging economic
scenario.
Citing Jaipur as an
emerging outsourcing hub, the industry experts highlighted that more than 100 IT
and ITES companies have already set up presence in the city. Over the past three
years, the total exports from the city rose by 40% touching about $100 million
in the last fiscal year. This has provided an enabling environment for many
companies to set up operations here. Leading companies such as Wipro, Tech
Mahindra, Nucleus Software, Nagarro Software, Truworth, Connexions will be
starting operations in Jaipur, shortly. Thought leaders and industry experts
across the business process outsourcing industry discussed the key trends in the
sector and highlighted various opportunities, with particular focus on Jaipur
and surrounding areas.
Addressing the seminar,
World Chess Champion and NIIT Mind Champion Viswanathan Anand said, “Our
education system offers a rigid and inflexible course curriculum which leads to
constrained development of skill sets in our society. Hence, acquisition of
additional skills becomes imperative to help increase one’s employability. Just
like a game of Chess contributes significantly towards intellectual development,
similarly, up-skilling helps you to have an edge over others.”
According to NIIT
Uniqua President, Chockalingam Murugan, “The important issue that needs
immediate attention is employability of the potential workforce. Most of the
graduates who aspire to be employed in this sector remain unemployed for want of
right skills to excel in the BPO environment. ITES-BPO industry is growing at
over 50 per cent, providing an ever-expanding opportunity to create more jobs
than any other sector.
Recognizing
this need, NIIT Uniqua offers a blended learning curriculum that brings together
formal learning and hands-on real-life experience for aspirants for sustainable
career development in Business & Technology Services
industry.”
Earlier in the day
Viswanathan Anand visited the NIIT Uniqua centre, where he awarded certificates
to students who have finished their 2-3 months fast track training programs at
NIIT Uniqua. Genpact employees got a chance to play simultaneous Chess with
Viswanathan Anand as he paid a visit to the Genpact facility as well.
It may be recalled that
last year NIIT had launched NIIT Uniqua- a joint initiative with Genpact, to
offer the industry one of the most comprehensive training curriculum for
existing and potential employees of business services and technology companies.
The minimum eligibility criteria being- graduation. The training curriculum is
designed to provide students with a sound knowledge of business processes,
language skills, business communication, and finance and accounting. Post course
completion, NIIT Uniqua offers placement assistance with leading BPOs. NIIT
Uniqua certified students are currently working in Genpact, Wipro, 24/7, HCL,
WNS and other renowned BPOs.
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Excellence, addresses the increasing demand for skilled workers in the business
and technology services industry by providing training programs in relevant
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venture.
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