NIIT is a leading IT company. Here is a brief profile and history of NIIT Ltd.
NIIT
NIIT Group is a leader in software and services sector. NIIT services
enterprises and individuals in 42 countries with its wide ranging
Learning Solutions. NIIT Group comprises two companies: NIIT
Technologies. & NIIT Limited. NIIT Technologies offers a vast
portfolio of IT solutions to customers spread across North America,
Europe, Asia Pacific and Australia. NIIT Limited is a pioneer in the
field of IT education and training.
NIIT was set up in 1981 by young Indian entrepreneurs. NIIT has
pioneered the concept of high quality IT education in India and has
trained one out of every three software professionals in the country. In
1982, NIIT set up education centres in Mumbai, Delhi, and Madras and
followed them up with one in Bangalore in 1983. In the same year NIIT
introduced Corporate training programs. In 1991, NIIT set up its first
overseas office in US. In the same year IBM awarded NIIT its first CBT
assignment. By 2000, NIIT has software operation in 18 countries. In
2001, NIIT was conferred Microsoft's 'Best Training Company Award'. In
2002, NIIT acquired three companies in the US and launched NIIT
SmartServe for Business Process Management. In 2003, NIIT achieved CMMi
Level 5 for software business. In 2004, NIIT's Global Solutions Business
was spun off into NIIT Technologies Limited.
NIIT Technologies
NIIT Technologies focus areas include application development and
management, enterprise solutions, including managed services, and
business process management. NIIT Technologies addresses the needs of
well-defined industry segments such as Banking and Financial Services,
Insurance, Transportation, Retail and Manufacturing. NIIT Technologies
has alliances with global IT majors such as Computer Associates, IBM,
Informatica, Metalogic, Microsoft, NetIQ, Oracle, SAP and SEEC.
NIIT Limited
NIIT Limited's vast education network span over 30 countries in the
Americas, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Australia/Oceania. NIIT
provides both classroom and on-line learning. It ranks among the Top 20
Global IT Training Companies.
Major Achievements of NIIT
- Adjudged Best Training Company by Users in Computer World opinion
poll 2000.
- Adjudged the "Best Microsoft Win2K Training Partner"
2000.
- Conferred Microsoft's 'Best Training Company Award' 2001
- 'Best Training Service Provider on .Net' award by Microsoft for
its outstanding contribution.
- NIIT Technologies featured among the "Top 25 Great Places to
Work" in the BusinessWorld Survey-2003.
Note: The above information was last updated on 21-07-2007
