NIIT Foundation receives Best Private Sector Skills Provider

Updated on: Friday, September 30, 2011

NIIT Foundation (NF), providing education and training to the under-served communities, has received the coveted UK India Skill Forum (UKISF) Award 2011 in the Best Skills Provider (Private Sector) category.

The award was presented to NIIT Foundation by Mr. S Ramadorai, Adviser, PMs National Skill Development Council at a ceremony attended by leading industrialists and bureaucrats, at the FICCI Federation House in New Delhi.

Instituted by UK India Business Council (UKIBC) and FICCI last year, the UK India Skill Forum (UKISF) Awards acknowledge excellence in the area of skills development and are presented to Indian companies to recognise their commitment and achievements in the vocational training space.

Set up in the year 2005 by the founders of NIIT, NIIT Foundation (NF) focuses on sustainability and strong management and technical expertise in the area of skill development and gainful employment for the underserved youth. NF has a mandate to reach the unreached, uncared and unattended to ensure inclusive development in the country.

On receiving this prestigious award, Mr. Neeraj Agarwal, Project Director, NIIT Foundation remarked, " This recognition will further encourage us to continue offering vocational training to the ever-increasing 'available' but 'unemployable' urban and rural workforce in India, and thus help create a pool of industry ready professionals in the country."

NIIT Foundation received the award in the Best Private Sector Skills Provider (Graduates/School Drop Outs/Rural Communities) category, for its initiatives in areas of skill development and providing gainful employment for the underserved youth of the country. The Foundation has been imparting employability courses through 75 centres across 10 states, and has reached out to more than 24,000 youth in the last 3 years, 80% of whom have been successfully placed.

Over 43% of students trained by the Foundation are girls. It has partnered with 52 civil service organizations and 250+ corporates to enable successful training and placement of students. Over 2312 students have been successfully placed over the last two years.

The training programs offered by NIIT Foundation focus on sustainability, building strong management capacity and technical expertise with a clear understanding of the needs of the impact group- the underserved youth of India.

NIIT Foundation receives Best Private Sector Skills Provider

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