Press Release

2015

NIIT Earns Eight Brandon Hall Group Excellence Awards Jointly with Customers

New Delhi, September 15, 2015: NIIT Limited, a global leader in skills and talent development announced that it has been awarded a record eight Brandon Hall Group awards for excellence jointly with its customers. NIIT earned three gold, four silver, and one bronze award in various categories.

"We are honored to partner with our customers in earning these awards for their exemplary work. Our customers are leaders in learning excellence and these prestigious awards not only recognize but endorse the high quality and business impact of their effective and efficient learning programs. NIIT is committed to deliver the highest quality and value of learning outsourcing services to our customers and we shall continue to partner with our customers to achieve the highest standards of industry-recognized excellence," said Sapnesh Lalla, President, NIIT Corporate Learning Group.

NIIT earned the following awards jointly with customers:

  • 2015 Brandon Hall Gold in the Best Advance in Custom Content category jointly with GE for GE Spirit and Letter

  • 2015 Brandon Hall Gold in the Best Advance in Custom Content category jointly with Shell for Shell Vehicle Rollover Protection

  • 2015 Brandon Hall Gold in the Best New Hire Onboarding Program category jointly with Zurich North America for Zurich NA Foundational Talent Training Programs

  • 2015 Brandon Hall Silver in the Best Results of a Learning Program category jointly with MetLife for MetLife Global Distribution Partner Learning Solutions

  • 2015 Brandon Hall Silver in the Best Use of Games and Simulations for Learning category jointly with Shell for Shell Selling Pennzoil Driveline

  • 2015 Brandon Hall Silver in the Best Use of Video for Learning category jointly with GE for GE Spirit and Letter

  • 2015 Brandon Hall Silver in the Best Use of Video for Learning category jointly with Westfield Insurance for Active Threat eLearning for All Employees

  • 2015 Brandon Hall Bronze in the Best Advance in Custom Content category jointly with Shell for Shell Safe LPG Operations

Brandon Hall award winners were announced September 10, 2015. The winners are listed at http://go.brandonhall.com/past_award_winners.  

"The high quality of work and commitment to driving business results among our award winners never fails to amaze me," said Rachel Cooke, Chief Operating Officer of Brandon Hall Group and head of the awards program. "All of these winning programs deliver meaningful business results to their organizations. Winning an Excellence Award is a great honor, but the real winners are the organizations themselves and their customers and clients because of the innovation and customer focus they demonstrate."

 Excellence Awards winners will be honored at Brandon Hall Group's HCM Excellence Conference  January 27-29, 2016, at the PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Selected winners also will serve as presenters in the more than 20 breakout sessions during the 2½-day conference.

The entries were evaluated by a panel of veteran, independent senior industry experts, Brandon Hall Group Sr. Analysts and Executive Leadership based upon the following criteria: fit the need, design of the program, functionality, innovation, and overall measureable benefits.

About Brandon Hall Group

Brandon Hall Group is a HCM research and advisory services firm that provides insights around key performance areas, including Learning and Development, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Talent Acquisition and Workforce Management.

With more than 10,000 clients globally and 20 years of delivering world-class research and advisory services, Brandon Hall Group is focused on developing research that drives performance in emerging and large organizations, and provides strategic insights for executives and practitioners responsible for growth and business results. (www.brandonhall.com)

About NIIT

Established in 1981, NIIT Limited, a global leader in Skills and Talent Development, offers multi-disciplinary learning management and training delivery solutions to corporations, institutions, and individuals in over 40 countries. NIIT has three main lines of business across the globe- Corporate Learning Group, Skills and Careers Group, and School Learning Group.

NIIT's Corporate Learning Group (CLG) offers Managed Training Services (MTS) to market-leading companies in North America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania. The comprehensive suite of Managed Training Services includes custom Curriculum Design and Content Development, Learning Administration, Learning Delivery, Strategic Sourcing, Learning Technology, and Advisory Services. With a team of some of the world's finest learning professionals, NIIT is dedicated to helping customers increase the business value of learning and development (L&D). Built on the sound principles of 'Running Training like a Business', NIIT's Managed Training Services and best-in-class training processes enable customers to align business goals with L&D, reduce costs, realise measurable value, benefit from rock-solid operations, and increase business impact.

NIIT's Skills and Careers Group (SNC) delivers a diverse range of learning and talent development programs to millions of individual and corporate learners in areas including Banking, Finance & Insurance, Soft Skills, Business Process Excellence, Retail Sales Enablement, Management Education, Multi-Sectoral Vocational Skills, Digital Media Marketing, and new-age IT. These programs are delivered through a hybrid combination of the 'Cloud Campus' online platform, satellite-based 'Synchronous Learning Technology' and a physical network of hundreds of learning centers in India, China, and select markets in Asia & Africa. The flagship multi-disciplinary course offerings include the industry-endorsed RevGNIIT program and a set of Post Graduate Programs for students from different streams, apart from a wide range of specialist short duration programs.

To further strengthen its SNC portfolio in India, NIIT has tied up with industry majors like ICICI Bank for NIIT Institute of Finance Banking Insurance& Training Limited, IFBI; leading business schools in India for NIIT Imperia; Genpact for NIIT Uniqua; and a joint venture with NSDC for NIIT Yuva Jyoti Limited. Besides this, for the China market, NIIT has tied up with governments and software parks in Guian, Chongqing, Wuxi, Suzhou, Changzhou, Zhangjiagang, Haikou and Dafeng, for state-of-the-art public-private partnership centres.

NIIT's School Learning Group (SLG) has been providing technology based learning to over 15,000 government and private schools in India, Bhutan, South Africa and the Middle East. The futuristic NIIT nGuru range of learning solutions for schools comprises Interactive Classrooms with digital content, technology-driven Math Lab, IT Wizard programs and Quick School - an Education Resource Planning software.

As the Most Trusted Brand in India for 3rd year in a row (Brand Trust Report, 2015), NIIT's learning and talent development solutions, continue to receive widespread recognition globally. NIIT has been named among the Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies for the past seven consecutive years by Training Industry, Inc. USA. Further, leading Indian ICT journal Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT the 'Top Training Company' award successively for the past 20 years, since the inception of this category. NIIT Yuva Jyoti Ltd was recognized as the Best Vocational Education and Skill Development initiative at the World Education Summit, 2014.

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About NIIT

NIIT is a leading Global Talent Development Corporation that is building a manpower pool for global industry requirements. The company, which was set up in 1981 to help the nascent IT industry overcome its human resource challenges, today ranks among the world’s leading training companies owing to its vast, yet comprehensive array of talent development programs. With a footprint across 30 nations, NIIT offers training and development solutions to Individuals, Enterprises and Institutions.