 "NIIT's new Cloud Campus offers online training programmes")
New Delhi: IT training firm NIIT launched ‘Cloud Campus’, which offers latest training programmes in IT, banking, global finance, management, digital and social media marketing, and enabling access to programmes anywhere, anytime.
Through the programme, the leading leading IT trainer aims to offer over 100 courses across 300 locations by the end of 2013 and seeks to cover over 500,000 students by 2014.
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“Through Cloud Campus, we are harnessing the latest in technology that cloud platform can offer in re-defining the way we study. It aims to make studying more interactive and fun,” NIIT Ltd Chairman Rajendra S Pawar told reporters here.
That apart, it takes high quality educational programmes to the remotest corners of the country, addressing the problem of quality in education in India, he added.
Speaking on the target consumer, NIIT Ltd CEO Vijay Thadani said: “It is an answer to long term career programmes for college students seeking new-age careers, accelerated programmes in IT, banking and global finance for graduates.”
Besides, new technology and advanced skills courses for working professionals in IT, marketing and general management will be offered through Cloud Campus, he added.
NIIT has spent about Rs 50 crore in the last two years in developing the programme, Thadani said.
It enables students to learn from the best teachers irrespective of their geographical location and also provides them to get hands-on practice through lab exercises in machine rooms at the NIIT centres.
It has an innovative ‘Anywhere Lab’ feature, which allows students to practice the application of concepts learnt in class, from any part of the globe, while chatting with experts to seek answers to their queries.
“Cloud Campus will be rolled out to 300 locations by end of 2013 and will reach over 5,00,000 students by 2014. We will offer almost 100 courses, including many new-age courses,” NIIT Ltd Chief Executive (Career Building Solutions) G Raghavan said.
It not only caters to graduates seeking a career-ready education, but also helps working professionals looking for career advancement skills, he added.
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