Infosys has laid off 195 trainees for failing internal assessments, according to emails sent by India's second largest IT services firm. It is the company's third layoff of trainees this year. As many as 320 trainees were dropped in February on similar grounds and 240 earlier this month.
The job placement rate for students trained by NIIT in China is over 90 per cent.' A revealing excerpt from Saibal Dasgupta's Running With The Dragon: How India Should Do Business With China.
NIIT invites applications for the 14th Bhavishya Jyoti Scholarships for college students.
NIIT Ltd acquired e-Gurucool, a provider of e-learning.
NIIT acquired CognitiveArts that proves custom knowledge solutions for US corporates.
As per the alliance, NIIT will offer new programmes in cloud and emerging technologies in association with Microsoft.
IT solutions major NIIT Technologies has tied up with Powerise IT, a leading Chinese software company, to jointly address the emerging software market.
Software and training organisation NIIT Ltd said on Tuesday it has tied up with Sun Microsystems India Pvt Ltd to introduce specialised education and training programmes for students.
IT training academy NIIT on Monday forged an alliance with UK's largest university, the Open University, to offer a degree programme in IT education to students across India, Bangladesh, Botswana, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria and Vietnam.
Information technology education company NIIT has launched its new GNIIT programme with software architecture to provide cutting edge skill to students in software solutions design and development.
NIIT on Wednesday joined hands with Microsoft to launch an IT skills enrichment programme for faculty as well as students of engineering colleges and IT educational institutions.
Even as day three of the computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) continued to add to the anxiety of the student community, academicians have shifted the blame game from Prometric to the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and NIIT, accusing them of adopting a highly casual attitude.
Indian IT training major NIIT said on Wednesday that it was chalking out expansion plans for strengthening its presence in China and also evaluating various initiatives in China's IT training space.\n\n\n\n
NIIT, leading IT training and software company, is on a revival path having continuously posted improvement in revenues and operating profit for three consecutive quarters.\n\n
NIIT Ltd, India's biggest computer training firm, has entered into an agreement with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans in the US
A memorandum of understanding to this effect was signed on Thursday in Penang between Romli Bin Hj Hassan, director general of Malaysia's human resources ministry and G Raghavan, president, NIIT Global Individual Learning Business.
With the objective of increasing its presence in China, Indian software training company NIIT has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese real estate developer Shui On to set up training operations in at its upcoming Dalian Tiandi Software Hub. NIIT already has a presence in China with 172 locations in 65 cities with about 50,000 students graduating from NIIT centres in China every year.
Considered a visionary, Rajendra S Pawar was years ahead of his time in realising the importance of IT (information technology) education in India.
Out of 165 centres, NIIT has 129 "NIIT Inside" units, which are located in the universities and colleges in China. Under the "NIIT Inside" model, the company embeds its training programmes in the curriculum of universities and colleges.
NIIT Technologies said on Tuesday it has got the regulatory approval to set up a special economic zone in Greater Noida.
NIIT, the IT training pioneer, has been conferred the 'Top Training Company Award for 2004-05' by leading IT industry magazine, Dataquest.
World's largest chipmaker Intel and NIIT have signed a memorandum of understanding to significantly enhance the use of technology-assisted learning in schools.
Information technology education major NIIT will expand its China operations by launching new programmes for that market for software analysts and architects later this quarter.
The board of directors of NIIT, which met on Friday, has approved the proposal to create a new software company by carving out the global solutions business out of the company.
NIIT on Friday said its software business would be spun off by the third week of June and the whole exercise is on course as per its plans.
NIIT Technologies continues to show resilience despite the weakness in the West. The tier-2 IT services company reported sustained order flows and employee utilisation as well as moderate attrition rates for the June 2012 quarter. CEO Arvind Thakur about how they are surviving the slowdown.
NIIT brings the 5th NITAT (National IT Aptitude Test) to determine how industry-ready you are.
Computer education major NIIT has decided to scale up its China operations both qualitatively and quantitatively to meet the growing information technology manpower needs of the communist giant, senior company officials said in Beijing.
The scheme of arrangement for the spin-off of NIIT's software division is expected to be implemented from June 2004, company CEO Vijay Thadani said on Monday.
NIIT Ltd posted a 216 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 6.4 crore in second quarter while the company's global net profit was up at Rs 5.45 crore against a loss of Rs 2.6 crore during the same period a year ago.
Software and training organisation NIIT Ltd has tied up with one of country's leading business school, Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta to offer 'Executive Development' programmes through virtual classrooms.
IT training firm NIIT on Monday said it has signed an agreement with computer chip maker Intel to enhance the use of technology-assisted learning in Indian schools.