NIIT
Technologies
Description
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, infrastructure management services, IP asset or
platform solutions, and business process outsourcing to organizations in the
financial services, travel and transportation, manufacturing, distribution,
healthcare and government 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.[citation needed] With this as
the concept, the physical character and quality of the campus have been defined
by both the building and its open space.[citation needed]Campus is LEED
Certified with Platinum rating from IGBC (Indian green building Council).[citat]
sectors. 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.
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).
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