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Snapshots of NIIT- IGNOU Tie-UP

         From left: Mr. Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman NIIT Ltd.
      and Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU
          shaking hands at the IGNOU-NIIT press conference.
Niit - iGNOU 'Global Partnership in Education & Skill Building for Enhanced Employability'
IGNOU & NIIT BRING TOGETHER EDUCATION AND SKILL
       BUILDING TO ENHANCE EMPLOYABLE TALENT POOL
            Chart a New Course in Industry Linked Career Focused Education
Students to Enjoy Dual Benefit of Degree Program from IGNOU & Professional Training
                                      from NIIT
New Delhi, March 10, 2010: IGNOU- world’s largest Open University and NIIT- leading
Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer, have entered into
a ‘Global Partnership in Education & Skill Building for Enhanced Employability.’ The
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on this significant partnership was announced by
Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU and Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman,
NIIT.
Under this Global Partnership IGNOU & NIIT plan to collaborate in domains like
Information Technology and Management Sciences for its India and international
operations. Joint Programs in IT would include programs in stand-alone undergraduate
programs or combined Master’s programs. An Executive MBA will be offered as a part of
management programs. The tie-up will also be extended to Finishing School programs
that would be available as optional programs for IGNOU students and Alumni.
Speaking on the occasion Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU,
remarked, “More and more people today look up to us to get customized education
which is internationally viable. We gradually found our education rather lauded both
for employability as well as intellectual recluse. Students today pursue our education
in a system of learning process. This global partnership with NIIT will enable students
to acquire employable skills for the domestic as well as global markets.”
Mr. Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT said, “Inspired by Prime Minister’s skills mission,
the NIIT- IGNOU partnership seeks to contribute to large scale skill development”
With the return of strong hiring outlook, industry would be on the lookout for job-ready
talent. According to industry experts more than 900,000 jobs are likely to be created in
the year 2010 in India, of with over 350,000 new jobs will be added in the IT services
companies alone. As per latest industry figures announced by NASSCOM, the IT BPO
exports market alone is expected to grow by 13-15 percent and the domestic market by
15-17 percent.

Prof. Manohar Lal, Director of the School of Information and Computer Sciences (SOCIS) of
IGNOU said, “Somewhere we are duty-bound to take education to all. Democratisation
of computer education is the call of today. Taking the state-of-the-art IT education
to the doorstep of the learners, everywhere and anywhere, is a challenge we have
undertaken.”
The IGNOU- NIIT partnership aims at initiating the process for developing a pool of
industry-ready professionals by bringing together higher education and skill building.
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        From left: Prof. Manohar Lal, Director of the School of Information and Computer Sciences(SOCIS) of IGNOU,
            Prof. V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, Mr. Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman NIIT Ltd.
                        and Mr. G Raghavan, President Global Individual Learning Solutions, NIIT Ltd.
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  Wednesday, March 10, 2010: IGNOU- world’s
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  have entered into a ‘Global Partnership in Education &
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 New Delhi: IT education and training major NIIT today announced its partnership
 with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to collaborate in areas like
 IT and management services.

 Under the agreement, NIIT and IGNOU will jointly work on curriculum and its
 delivery, examination and certification of various programmes under areas like
 information technology and management. NIIT is aiming at training about one
 million students in the next five years under the partnership.

 "As part of the partnership, we would offer IT
 and management courses in collaboration
 with IGNOU. These courses are targetted at
 skill building to enhance the employability of
 the students," NIIT Chairman Rajendra S
 Pawar told reporters here.

 The courses are expected to commence
 from July this year from 100 NIIT centres.
 The fee would range between Rs 15,000
 and Rs 1.5 lakh, depending on the course
 and its duration.

 "We will start with about 100 centres and scale it up to 300 centres over two years
 in the country. Besides, we would also extend this to our centres in Asia Pacific
 and African region," NIIT President (Global Individual Learning Business) G
 Raghavan said.

 NIIT has about 900 centres globally, of which 500 centres are located in India.

 The partnership will target sectors like IT, banking and finance, BPO and retail.

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      New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and
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        Joint programs in IT would include programs in undergraduate
      programs or combined Master's programs. An Executive MBA will
      be offered as a part of management programs. The tie-up will also be extended to finishing
      school programs that would be available as optional programs for IGNOU students and
      Alumni. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on this significant partnership was
      announced by Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU and Rajendra S Pawar,
      Chairman, NIIT.

      Pillai remarked, "More and more people today look up to us to get customized education which
      is internationally viable. We gradually found our education rather lauded both for
      employability as well as intellectual recluse. Students today pursue our education in a system
      of learning process. This global partnership with NIIT will enable students to acquire
      employable skills for the domestic as well as global markets."

      With the return of strong hiring outlook, industry would be on the lookout for job-ready talent.
      According to industry experts more than 900,000 jobs are likely to be created in the year
      2010 in India, of with over 350,000 new jobs will be added in the IT services companies
      alone. As per latest industry figures announced by NASSCOM, the IT BPO exports market
      alone is expected to grow by 13-15 percent and the domestic market by 15-17 percent.

      Prof. Manohar Lal, Director of the School of Information and Computer Sciences (SOCIS) of
      IGNOU said, "Somewhere we are duty-bound to take education to all. Democratisation of
      computer education is the call of today. Taking the state-of-the-art IT education to the
      doorstep of the learners, everywhere and anywhere, is a challenge we have undertaken."

      The IGNOU- NIIT partnership aims at initiating the process for developing a pool of industry-
      ready professionals by bringing together higher education and skill building. Pawar said,
      "Inspired by Prime Minister's skills mission, the NIIT- IGNOU partnership seeks to contribute
      to large scale skill development."
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                                                     The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on this partnership was announced here by Prof V N
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                                                     Speaking on the occasion, Prof Pillai said, ''More and more people today look up to us to get
                                                     customised education which is internationally viable. We gradually found our education rather
                                                     lauded both for employability as well as intellectual recluse.'' ''Students today pursue our
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                                                     to acquire employable skills for the domestic as well as global markets,'' he said.

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                                                     Elaborating on the job prospects, Mr Pawar said, ''With the return of strong hiring outlook,
                                                     industry would be on the lookout for job-ready talent. According to industry experts, more than
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                                                     9,00,000 jobs are likely to be created this year in India, with over 350,000 new jobs in the IT
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                                                     Quoting the latest industry figures announced by NASSCOM, he said, the IT-BPO exports market
                                                     alone is expected to grow by 13-15 per cent and the domestic market by 15-17 per cent, he
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http://www.kalvimalar.com/NewsDetails.asp?id=3421                                                                                                               4/21/2010
From left: Prof. Manohar Lal, Director of the School of Information and Computer Sciences(SOCIS) of IGNOU,
    Prof. V.N.Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, Mr. Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman NIIT Ltd.
                and Mr. G Raghavan, President Global Individual Learning Solutions, NIIT Ltd.

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