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National Institute of Information Technologies
Company typePublic BSE: 500304 , NSE: 4514113
IndustryTraining & Education in Information Technology
IT Services
Founded1981
FounderRajendra S. Pawar
Vijay K. Thadani
Headquarters85 Sector 32, Gurgaon - 122 001 India India
Key people
Rajendra S. Pawar
(Chairman)
Vijay K. Thadani
(CEO)
P. Rajendran
(Director) & (COO)
ProductsBanking & Financial Services,
Channel and Customer Interface Solutions in Insurance,
e-Business, e-Procurement, SAP Retail for Retail & Distribution,
Travel & Transportation[1]
ServicesBPO,
Application Development Management,
Managed Service,
Package Implementation,
Platform Based Services[2]
RevenueIncrease US$500 million (in FY 2007-08)
Number of employees
4,900 (As on 31 December, 2008)
SubsidiariesNIIT Limited
NIIT Technologies[3]
NIIT SofTec[4]
NIIT ROOM Solutions[5]
Websiteniit.com
niit-tech.com

National Institute of Information Technologies (NIIT), (BSE: 500304, NSE: NIIT) is a global education and training company based in New Delhi, India. Founded by Rajendra S. Pawar and Vijay K. Thadani in 1981, the company now provides IT and business training in over 40 countries. NIIT established IT education and training in India more than two decades ago.[6][7] NIIT has been recognized as Asia's largest IT training institution, more than 100 educational centers were setup in China and other parts of Asia-Pacific region.[8] According to IDC the company was among the top 15 global head of education and training businesses in 2001.[9] NIIT was honoured by UNESCO for achieving innovative in teaching strategies for schools, creating large pool of highly skilled workers who are ready to work in different sectors of an industry.[10] The company ranked among top 20 IT training institutions and graded among India's most trusted service brands.[11] The company is listed on the National Stock Exchange and Bombay Stock Exchange in India.[12]

In 2009 NIIT started new NIIT University campus in Neemrana, Rajasthan focusing on fostering research and offering more PhD and M.Tech. programmes than B.Tech courses.[13]

Polarization

In 2004 , NIIT was polarized into two groups one is NIIT Limited, which focuses on the training and education in IT segment, and another which is known as NIIT Technologies concentrates on IT Services company.[14]

NIIT Technologies

NIIT Technologies was actually established in 2004 when split with NIIT Limited. According to NASSCOM NIIT technologies is ranked among India's Top 20 IT software service expoter. NIIT Technologies follows global standards of development, which includes ISO 9001:2000 certification, assessment at Level 5 of both SEI-CMMi version 1.2 and People-CMM frameworks and ISO 27001 information security management certification. Its data centre operations are assessed at the international ISO 20000 IT management standards.[15] The company has been catering to selected industries such as:

Acquisitions
  • NIIT Technologies has acquired German based company Softech, which serves small and medium airlines operations.
  • NIIT Technologies also acquired UK-based company ROOM Solution late in 2006-2007.[16]

NIIT Technologies has two subsidiaries, NIIT SmartServe Limited and NIIT GIS Limited, which provide business process outsourcing and GIS solutions, respectively.

Business units

NIIT has organized itself along the following three lines of business:

  • School Learning Solutions - this provides training and learning solutions to government and to private schools.
  • Corporate Learning Solutions- this division provides training services such as off the shelf learning library, custom content development, customized instructor led training and training administration services. Element K a US company, acquired by NIIT in 2006, forms about two thirds of the sales from this division.

Key Industries

NIIT Technologies mainly focuses on well -defined key sector's of industry:

  • Banking & Financial Services
    • Retail Banking
    • Wholesale Banking
    • Investment Management
    • Risk and Compliance Offerings
    • Business Testing Frameworks[17]
  • Insurance
    • Channel and Customer Interface Solutions
    • Core Insurance Business Processes
    • Enabling Insurance Business Processes
    • Regulatory Compliance and Tax Environments
    • Intellectual Property-Solutions and Solution Accelerators
    • Value Added Services[18]
  • Travel Transportation and Logistics
    • Airlines and Travel Distribution
    • Airports
    • Surface Transport
    • BPO
    • Integrated BPO[19]
  • Retail Distribution
    • e-Business
    • e-Procurement
    • SAP retail[20]

Global training centers

Indian training centers

NIIT has training and educational centers in the following Indian states: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Orissa, Pondicherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.[21]

Global Units

Competitors

School Learning Solutions competes in the e-learning market with a number of local players including Everonn Education, Manipal K12 Education, and Educomp as well as other players like HMSC Learning a joint-venture between S.Chand and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's international arm EMPGI.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ NIIT Technologies Industry Solution: "Expertise across select vertices to match enterprise requirements"
  2. ^ "IT Services provided by NIIT". 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  3. ^ Media Released May 26,2009 Website: [1] (URL last accessed on July 19, 2009)
  4. ^ Media Released May 26,2009 Website: [2] (URL last accessed on July 19, 2009)
  5. ^ Media Released May 26,2009 Website: [3] (URL last accessed on July 19, 2009)
  6. ^ "About NIIT > Overview". Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  7. ^ "Management Team - Founders". Retrieved 7 July 2009.
  8. ^ Website: [4] (URL last accessed on August 05, 2009)
  9. ^ Website: [5] (URL last accessed on April 29, 2009)
  10. ^ Media Released May 26,2009 Website: [6] (URL last accessed on July 18, 2009)
  11. ^ Media Released May 26,2009 Website: [7] (URL last accessed on July 18, 2009)
  12. ^ Media Released May 26,2009 Website: [8] (URL last accessed on July 19, 2009)
  13. ^ "The Economic Times ,NIIT University Campus a breakthrough inovation". 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
  14. ^ TOI Website: [9] (URL last accessed on July 14, 2009)
  15. ^ Media Released May 26,2009 Website: [10] (URL last accessed on July 14, 2009)
  16. ^ TOI website: [11] (URL last accessed on July 14, 2009)
  17. ^ http://www.niit-tech.com/industry.aspx?path=4/4&cnt=1&cnt3=1
  18. ^ http://www.niit-tech.com/industry.aspx?path=4/5&cnt=2&cnt3=1
  19. ^ http://www.niit-tech.com/industry.aspx?path=4/13&cnt=3&cnt3=1
  20. ^ http://www.niit-tech.com/industry.aspx?path=4/14&cnt=4&cnt3=1
  21. ^ Sun_India Website: [12] (URL last accessed on July 14, 2009)
  22. ^ TOI website: [13] (URL last accessed on July 14, 2009)

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