NIIT teams up with China for manpower development
Thursday, 06 September 2007, 19:30 IST
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Bangalore: Leading Indian IT trainer NIIT has entered into an alliance with the Chinese government to create skilled manpower in that country. According to the agreement signed between NIIT chief Vijay K. Thadani and Wang Yang, secretary general of the Communist Party of ChongQing, NIIT would be imparting its IT training programmes through Chinese universities and colleges. "As the first Indian IT company to venture into China, NIIT has a deep understanding of the Chinese market. Leading Asian economies, India and China can come together and use their strengths innovatively in the area of developing talent for the global knowledge economy," Thadani said in a statement. NIIT entered China in 1998 with the launch of its first IT training centre in Shanghai in cooperation with Pudong Continuing Education Centre (PCEC), the education arm of Municipal Government of Shanghai.
Source: IANS
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