- Winners to get a chance to play Chess with World Chess Champion Viswanathan
Anand
- Competition to reach out to 1500 schools covering 2,00,000 students from
classes 6-10
New Delhi, February 13, 2009: In an endeavor to encourage
intellectual stimulation supporting improved learning of school students, Global
Talent Development Corporation, NIIT is holding a National Chess competition for
school students to showcase their talent in the game of Chess. Through this
competition, NIIT aims at promoting Chess in around 1500 schools covering over
2,00,000 students.
Students participating in the competition can register by logging on to
www.niit.com/vct. These students will have a choice to select
any of the 5 given dates- March 08, March 15, March 22, April 05 or April 12 to
come to NIIT centre and play the game.
The competition will be held in NIIT centres, covering over 300 locations
all over India. The event will provide an opportunity to 30 shortlisted national
level players to play online Chess with World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand.
These players will be selected after rigorous rounds at Centre level and
Regional level. Every NIIT centre will select around 3 schools with one winner
qualifying from each NIIT centre followed by 3 winners qualifying from each
region.
‘NIIT Vish Come True’ is aimed at promoting the game of Chess in
schools which helps in improving the concentration of children and their
decision making ability, thereby enhancing their academic performance.
Commenting on this initiative by NIIT, World Chess Champion, Viswanathan
Anand remarks, “Chess stimulates mental and intellectual development of
children. It not only challenges their mind but also enables improved academic
performance.”
“‘Vish Come True’, is yet another initiative by NIIT to boost
the performance level of students”, he added.
The competition will be organized during summer break of schools to ensure
that the children are productively engaged even when they are out of
school.
Mr. G Raghavan, President, Global Individual Learning Solutions, NIIT
said “The competition ‘Vish Come True’ is aimed at popularizing chess
among school children and provide them with a platform to showcase their talent.
At NIIT, it is our constant endeavor to accelerate the performance of school
children both through technology oriented courses and competitions like these.”
NIIT has provided varying levels of recognitions and rewards for both the
participants and schools, ranging from a certificate of participation, chess
sets with Vishy’s autograph to trophies with his autograph.
About NIIT
NIIT, Asia’s No. 1 IT trainer and leading Global Talent Development
Corporation, 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 2007. Rated among India’s Business
Superbrands 2008, 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.
NIIT offers turnkey IT integration program for schools. NIIT has provided
computer-based learning to over 9,500 government and private
schools.
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Advanced Learning, offers Executive Management Education Programmes in
association with Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Ahmedabad, Indore and
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(IFBI), formed by NIIT with equity participation from ICICI Bank,
offers programs for individuals and corporates in Banking, Financial Services
and Insurance.
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