NIIT Technologies
Public company (BSE: 532541); (NSE: NIITTECH) | |
Industry | IT services, IT consulting |
Founded | 2004 |
Founder |
Rajendra S. Pawar Vijay K. Thadani |
Headquarters | Noida, India |
Key people |
Arvind Thakur (Chief Executive Officer & Joint Managing Director) Sudhir Chaturvedi (Chief Operating Officer) |
Services | IT, business consulting and outsourcing services |
Revenue | ₹2335 crore (US$340 million) (FY 2014)[1] |
Number of employees | 8,059 (Q3 FY2015)[2] |
Website |
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NIIT Technologies Limited (BSE: 532541) is an IT organization, with customers in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. It offers services in application development and maintenance,[3] infrastructure management services,[4] IP asset or platform solutions, and business process outsourcing[5] to organizations in the financial services,[6] travel and transportation,[7] manufacturing, distribution,[8] healthcare and government[9] sectors.
Operations
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Office and development centres
Indian offices
NIIT Technologies is headquartered at Noida, with offices in Gurgaon, Greater Noida, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Kolkata.
SEZ Campus in greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
NIIT Technologies Ltd is developing a 25-acre SEZ Campus at Greater Noida. This campus includes facilities for offshore development, training programs for employees, and recreation facilities among others. This project is in 3 phases with the first phase catering to about 3000 people. A fully completed stage of the campus is capable of housing 11,000 people in 25 acres. The purpose of the campus is to bring together diverse people and their ideas in a potential environment for intellectual and social exchange. With this as the concept, the physical character and quality of the campus have been defined by both the building and its open space.Campus is LEED Certified with Platinum rating from IGBC (Indian green building Council).
Building features:
- Registered with the Indian Green Building Council for green certification[10]
- Seismic zone – V compliant structure
- Training centre with seating capacity of 125 in café block
- Total production seating capacity of 4400
- Auditorium with 135 seats
Global locations
NIIT Technologies has presence in Singapore, Bangkok, Manila, Dubai, Melbourne, Madrid, London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Nuremberg, Atlanta, New Jersey and Augusta.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Taking Learning Stations to the Playground
Established in 2001, Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd., (HiWEL) breaks the traditional confines of a school. HiWEL uses a unique collaborative learning approach encouraging children to explore, learn and enjoy. This path-breaking learning methodology was created by Dr. Sugata Mitra, Chief Scientist of NIIT.[11]
With the formation of HiWEL in 2001, a national research program was started, in which Learning Stations were set up in 23 locations across rural India. This on-going project continues to create a tremendous impact among generations of young learners. In 2004, Hole-in-the-Wall reached Cambodia through the Ministry of External Affairs (India).
Supporting the under-privileged and downtrodden sections of the society by educating them, enhancing their employability and upgrading their skill level
- Rag Pickers Project:[12] Mobilization & teaching of rag picker students between the age group 6 to 10 years by THRIVENT offshore team at H7 in collaboration with NIIT Foundation’s Gharoli center
- Career Course (Food & Beverages) @ Gharoli center:[13] SITA Team supported Gharoli Career Development Center of NIIT Foundation to Enhance the employability of youth in urban slums and rural areas by teaching /skilling them on F&B sector
- Career Course (BPO) @ Hoshiyarpur Center : Thrivent offshore team engaged in Mobilization, training and placement of youth above 18 years of age for specialized industry – BPO course
- Imparting educating to 30 students at the Raipur school
Acquisitions
- Germany based company Softech[14]
- UK-based company ROOM Solution in 2007.[15]
- Proyecta Sistemas in 2011[16]
- Sabre Holdings’ Philippines Development Center in 2012[17]
- Incessant Technologies, niche BPM firm based out of Hyderabad, India [18]
References
- ↑ "NIIT Technologies FY2014 revenues up 14%".
- ↑ "No of Employees".
- ↑ Application Development Management
- ↑ Managed Services
- ↑ BPO
- ↑ Financial Services
- ↑ Travel & Transportation
- ↑ Manufacturing & Distribution
- ↑ Government
- ↑ Samachar.com
- ↑ Dr. Sugata Mitra
- ↑ Moneycontrol.com
- ↑ Careers360
- ↑ "Reuters".
- ↑ "NIIT Technologies acquires majority stake in Room Solutions". Mobile Security Zone, 10 May 2006.
- ↑ "NIIT Tech acquires Spanish firm". Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 16 August 2011.
- ↑ "NIIT Technologies acquires Sabre's Philippines Development Center". The Economic Times, 11 Sep 2012.
- ↑ "NIIT Technologies to acquire 51% stake in Incessant". Hindustan Times, New Delhi, 25 May 2015.