NIIT tie up with Ncomputing

NIIT Ltd on November 06, 2007 has announced that it has entered into a strategic alliance with US based Ncomputing, Inc., the leading provider of virtual PC solutions, to enable thousands of schools across India to bring affordable computer education to its students. The agreement was signed between Mr. L Balasubramanian, President of NIIT's School Learning Solutions and Mr. Raj Shah, Chief Marketing Officer of NComputing on November 06, 2007.

The alliance will help reduce the cost of computing in schools by 50% from current levels, thus enabling schools across India's cities, towns and villages to offer Computer education to its students at a fraction of the cost.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. L Balasubramanian, President-School Learning Solutions, of the Company said, "NIIT is committed to making education more impactful and interactive, by leveraging IT, and ensuring that the best tools and resources are made available to millions of school students. We are pleased partner with Ncomputing to make available low-cost computing solutions schools."

The Company, which offers computer and computer aided education to 1.5 million students across over 5,000 schools, will bring its expertise and reach in schools while Ncomputing will offer its breakthrough technology, through this joint initiative. The partnership aims to promote NComputing's shared computing solution to the Indian Kindergarten to 12th standard (K-12) education system, thus enabling a multi-fold increase in PC-based education in government and private schools, across the country.

The Company has already deployed the solution in twenty schools across the country under the 'NIIT School Station' project. The initial response from the government schools has been very encouraging since it helps to dramatically reduce purchase and support costs. Most Government Schools view this solution as a way to expand the number of children that can have computing access for the same funds.

NComputing complements the Company's holistic computer aided education solution which addresses the needs of all the key stakeholders within the education realm - students, teacher, principals, the school management and parents. The product portfolio also includes NIIT eGuru arid NIIT IT Wizard solutions for enhancing the teaching and learning Experience.

NIIT through its School Learning Solutions division is reaching 1.5 million kids annually in government and private schools, mostly in rural, areas, equipping them with crucial IT skills to prepare them for tomorrow's knowledge society. The Company is working actively to make computers an intrinsic part of the lives of children and also those of the socially and economically challenged sections of the society, who may never have had a chance to integrate with the emerging 21st century environment, to give a better prospect to their future.