NIIT gets Best Training Co award from China Info World

Company release, May 14, 2004

New Delhi

Asias IT Training leader, NIIT, has been conferred the Best Training organisation award by China Information World. The leading Chinese weekly, set up by the China Center for Information Industry Development, also presented awards for the Best Placement and Best Courseware to NIIT.

The awards acknowledge NIITs significant contribution to the IT training and education industry in China. NIIT, the 1st Indian IT Company to set up operations in China in 1998, now has over 100 Education Centres in China.

NIITs benchmarked quality IT education has touched thousands of students across 25 Chinese provinces through its partnership with top Universities, Software Technology Parks and a host of IT companies. These awards re-affirm NIITs superiority as the leading IT training and education institution setting new benchmarks for the industry globally.

The prestigious CIW awards acknowledge NIITs instructional R&D capability as also our deep understanding of the tough Chinese market. This strengthens NIITs resolve to scale up our IT manpower development efforts in China, said NIIT CEO Vijay Thadani

The award comes in the backdrop of NIITs IT education offerings witnessing an impressive growth in demand. Mr. Prakash Menon, General Manager, NIIT China said, The next 5 years offer exciting prospects for the IT industry in China. We have developed firm linkages with the academic system and its endeavour is to become a single window for all IT Training needs.

It is expected that Chinas software development sector would need another 210,000 professionals by 2005 to its existing pool of 5,90,000 professionals. This presents a big opportunity for NIIT to prepare project managers and analysts in addition to networking professionals and programmers.

NIIT launched its first centre in Shanghai in 1998 in cooperation with the education arm of the Municipal Government of Shanghai. NIIT was the first Indian company to get Wholly Owned Foreign Entity (WOFE) status, allowing it to set up professional education centers in China. NIIT has established its credibility by acquiring prestigious placements for its GNIIT students in leading organizations including Fujitsu, IBM, China Telecom, and Shanghai Stock Exchange.

About CIW Award

Founded by China Center for Information Industry Development (CCID) in 1985, China Information World (CIW) is the most authoritative IT weekly in China, with over a million readers including researchers, producers, dealers and users of the IT industry. Backed by in depth understanding of the IT industry and its prestigious reputation, CIW awards are well acclaimed by both professionals and students as it shares researched information. CIW shares excellent relationships with the Guild of Chinese IT Industry, Association of Chinese IT Users, Association of Chinese Software Industry, Evaluating Center of Chinese Software, making its reports most authentic.

About NIIT

NIIT, a leading Global IT solutions corporation provides learning, software and knowledge solutions to customers in Asia Pacific, Europe, India, Japan and the USA.

NIIT, which pioneered IT training in India in 1981, today operates in 31 countries and its distinct education programs include: Futurz -- A series of courses of varying duration including CareerEdge and GNIIT; CATS -- Curriculum for Advanced Technologies Studies--for training on advanced technologies; SWIFT -- Short Work Programs in Information Technology, which caters to the literacy needs of people keen to learn computers; Planetworkz-- an IT Enabled Services (ITES) industry-endorsed initiative to address the manpower needs of the growing ITES industry in India; Maximedia -- range of programs on multimedia and eGurucool -- addressing the K-12 curriculum support market through Study Assistance Programs.

NetVarsity - the e-learning portal offers a distinctive blend of content, technology and services while NIIT@School provides IT education to 900,000 students in over 2000 government and private schools.

NIIT is the first and the only Asian Education and Training Organization to feature among the IDC Top 20 Worldwide IT Education and Training Providers in 2002. NIIT has the distinction of being conferred the highly coveted Superbrand Status by Superbrands India. NIIT has also received the DQ Top Training Company Award for 2002-03 by leading IT magazine Dataquest and more recently the prestigious BEST Training Award by the worlds premier professional association for workplace learning, the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD).

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NIIT Ltd., Phone: +91 (11) 26203377; Fax: +91 (11)

26203386; E-mail: geetanjalis@niit.com

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