IGNOU and NIIT Launch Executive MBA Program for Working Professionals
‘Finishing School Programs’ for Skill building and Enhancing Employability and ‘BSc (IT)’ for international markets, launched simultaneously.
New Delhi, July 10, 2010: IGNOU- world’s largest Open University and NIIT- leading Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer, today launched industry-linked Partnership Programs for enhancing employability of the youth. The Partnership Programs were unveiled by Prof. V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU and Mr. Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT. Also present on the occasion were Mr. Shashi Bhushan, Reader, SOCIS, IGNOU; Dr Neeta Kapai, Head, Campus Placement Cell, IGNOU and Mr. G. Raghavan, President-Global Individual Learning Business, NIIT.
Under this significant partnership IGNOU and NIIT will offer cutting edge Executive MBA Program and BSc (IT) for International Markets. Also on offer are a bouquet of Finishing School Programs in BPO training, IT skills and professional skills, designed to make students job ready for the emerging knowledge economy.
The Executive Management Program from IGNOU and NIIT is specially designed and customized for working professionals to equip them with contemporary business management skills and prepare them for career advancement opportunities.
Students’ opting for IGNOU-NIIT programs will get placement support from NIIT. IGNOU will approve admission, design curriculum, consolidate results and award degrees, while NIIT will design and develop the programs in consultation with IGNOU, market the programs and carry out the education delivery as well. The programs will be delivered at NIIT premises through qualified instructors.
IGNOU and NIIT entered into Global Partnership in Education earlier this year to collaborate in various domains like Information Technology, Management, both for its India and outside India operations.
About IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is the apex body for open universities and distance education institutions in the country. It is envisaged to be an instrument for democratizing and augmenting opportunities for higher education, widening access and promoting a flexible and cost-effective system of imparting knowledge and skills. The University offers more than 300 programmes and has a network of more than 60 Regional Centers and around 3000 Study Centers to provide academic support to students. Besides national network coverage, some of the programmes are offered in 46 other overseas centers especially in Asia and Africa. Multi-Media learning through self-instructional illustrated print materials, audiocassettes, video programmes, phone-in radio counselling and teleconferencing from the package of delivery for distance education. IGNOU is the nodal point for Gyan Darshan – the educational TV channel, Gyan Vani FM Radio Stations and the EDUSAT, a dedicated satellite for education.
The university’s Advanced Centre for Informatics and Innovative Learning (ACIIL) and the SOCIS have recently developed an (IGNOU) Open Course Guide, called IOCG, under the mentoring of Pro Vice Chancellor Prof K. R. Srivathsan. The IOCG is likely to herald a whole gamut of revving courseware systems and their pursuit in the knowledge society worldwide.
IGNOU, the people’s university, has already developed niche areas of IT and Management-related education for the masses. Today the university’s educational programmes reach over 10 million homes through the DTH and Edusat. The recent innovative moves such as mobile telephony, online admission to certification, on-demand examination and Walk-in admission have created new direction to democratise higher education and research. In the recent past a firm step has been taken forward to ensure quality research and documentation through digitization of contents and repositories. IGNOU has already pressed into services the IT research through its Research and Teaching Assistantship (RTA) scheme.
