Greater Noida, December
23, 2010: NIIT Limited, leading Global Talent Development Corporation
and Asia’s largest IT trainer, today announced the launch of NIIT MindChampions’
Academy at Ryan International School, Greater Noida. The program was unveiled by
World Chess Champion & NIIT MindChampion Viswanathan Anand. A joint
initiative by NIIT & Grand Master Viswanathan Anand, MindChampions’ Academy
aims to popularize Chess in schools across India. Also present on the occasion
were Grace Pinto, Managing Director, Ryan International Group of Institutions
and Tarun Govind Mathur, Vice-President, School Learning Solutions, NIIT Ltd.
World Chess Champion
Viswanathan Anand & NIIT MindChampion said, “Over the years, NIIT
MindChampions Academy has been popularizing Chess in schools across India, to
enable development of young minds and encourage them to take up the sport. We
are pleased to partner with Ryan International School, Greater Noida to
introduce young Ryanites to the fascinating world of Chess.”
Ms. Grace Pinto,
Managing Director, Ryan International Group of Institutions
said, “We are extremely honoured to welcome our very own
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand to Ryan International School, Greater Noida for an
interactive session with our students. The session will enable our School Chess
Champions to realize their dreams by exchanging a few Chess moves with the
Grandmaster during the day.”
“Every school of
ours, worldwide, conducts interactive sessions with leaders from different
fields, with a core objective of inspiring our students to be global leaders. We
integrate Chess as a teaching tool in all our schools as it directly contributes
to a child’s academic performance, thereby developing them as critical thinkers,
problem solvers, analyzers and decision makers,” added Ms
Pinto.
Tarun Govind Mathur,
Vice-President, School Learning Solutions, NIIT Ltd commented,
“We are pleased to further strengthen our alliance with Ryan
International Group of Institutions that will enable us to reach out to more
young minds. NIIT is committed to make education more impactful, interactive and
fun filled for teachers and students alike. To this end we have innovatively
integrated Chess in the curriculum and used technology to enhance learning
experience.”
As a part
of this association, NIIT will offer its NIIT eGuru Math Lab - a novel concept
which enables school students to learn and explore mathematical concepts and
verify mathematical facts and theorems using Multiple Teaching and Learning
Aids, and NIIT MindChampions’ Academy, which encourages students to take up the
game of Chess, enabling development of young minds. Studies have shown that
Chess improves concentration and diligence, thus building concentration and
helping students perform better academically.
About NIIT MindChampions'
Academy
The NIIT MindChampions’ Academy (MCA) has been set up as a joint
initiative by Grand Master Viswanathan Anand and NIIT Limited, leading Global
Talent Development Organisation and Asia’s largest IT Trainer, with the
objective of promoting Chess in schools to enable development of young minds.
Studies have shown that Chess improves concentration and diligence, thus helping
students performs better academically.
Established in 2002, the
Academy has fostered over 11,200 Chess clubs with over 900,000 students as its
members, in schools across India. MCA will cross the cumulative mark of 1
Million students as its member, by the end of December 2010.
World
Chess Champion and NIIT Mind Champion Viswanathan Anand has personally traveled
to various parts across India - Agartala, Guwahati, Hyderbad, Mumbai, New Delhi,
Jaipur, Patna, Raipur, Chennai, Hyderbad, Kolkata, Pune,Ahmedabad and has
visited countries like Africa & China, spreading the message and motivating
the school students to start playing Chess.
NIIT
Mind Champions’ Academy conducts the hugely popular Annual Event, known as Chess
Master for school children across India within the NIIT network of schools where
it provides IT education. It is also the first institution in India to launch a
certificate program in Chess under a Central Government University umbrella-
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).
About Ryan
International Group of Institutions
The Ryan International Group of
Institutions (RIGI) blend high value deliveries with modern learning tools to
ensure that each of the institution has a safe, healthy, positively energizing,
intellectually challenging, learning & enjoyable environment, committed to
engage students in active, collaborative & technology based learning
methodologies & to develop formative & summative assessments of
students learning.
RIGI
started its first school in Mumbai way back in 1976 & after a span of 30
years, have grown into a total of 105 institutions, providing quality education
to a total of 200,000 students, facilitated by ten thousand educators who are
trained to channelize all their energy & resources towards child centered
qualitative learning.
The
RIGI institutions were amongst the first to introduce comprehensive education on
environmental conservation, personality development & computer education.
The Group has a five- pronged approach (KASSM) for the overall development of
the students – Knowledge, Attitude, Skills, Social Values & Moral
Values.
The
group owes its success to the excellent team developed by the Founder Chairman
Dr. A. F. Pinto, who is ably supported by its Managing Director Madam Grace
Pinto.
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 18 years, since the inception of this category.
Rated among India’s Business Superbrands 2008, NIIT’s Individual Learning
Business offerings include industry-endorsed programs for students seeking
careers in IT - GNIIT, Edgeineers and Global Net Plus for IT
professionals.
NIIT
has provided computer-based learning to over 15,000 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 Ahmadabad, 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 corporates 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: vLab®: hands-on labs,
instructor-led courseware, comprehensive e-reference libraries, technical
journals, and KnowledgeHub™: hosted learning management platform. This makes
NIIT the first and the best choice for comprehensive learning solutions,
worldwide.
Ushering in a new model in
higher education is the not-for-profit NIIT University,
established in 2009 with a vision of being the leading centre of innovation and
learning in emerging areas of the Knowledge Society. Nestled in the foothills of
Aravali, in Neemrana, Rajasthan, the picturesque 100 acres fully residential
green campus has been developed as an institute of excellence based on the four
core principles of providing industry linked, technology based, research driven,
seamless education
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