NIIT launches Avant-garde GNIIT Digital Transformation

NIIT, skills and talent development brand announced the launch of GNIIT Digital Transformation (DT) - a path-breaking GNIIT program that equips college students to ride the wave of digital transformation - the process of shifting from a traditional approach to new ways of working and thinking using digital, social, mobile and emerging technologies.

The new GNIIT–DT is exclusively available for Cloud and Mobile Software Engineering – Java Specialization and will be offered across all Synchronised Learning Technology enabled centres of NIIT.

Recently, NIIT ventured into Digital Transformation to offer pioneering programs to young aspirants who wish to enter the digital services industry, as well as to IT professionals wishing to re- skill themselves for the new digital world.

Under the DigiNxt portfolio, NIIT will gradually shift the whole general IT education and training modules towards futuristic technologies like Java Enterprise Apps with Dev Ops, Robotics, IoT, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning etc. Through this initiative, NIIT aims to re-align the Skills and Career Group to the changing future-skill-sets requirement of the industry to help create job-ready talent pool for the digital era.

Speaking on the occasion Prakash Menon, President, Global Skills & Careers Business, NIIT Ltd. said, “Over the years NIIT has trained more than 1 million non-engineering students for Software engineering careers. Today Digital Transformation Skills is the need of the hour in Indian IT Industry and keeping pace with the changing industry requirements; we are upgrading the GNIIT program by introducing GNIIT Digital Transformation. The program will help groom the non-engineering students aspiring for software engineering careers to achieve their career aspirations”.

GNIIT, which was traditionally taught in a six month semester based learning model has been revised into seven Terms in its latest iteration. Each term is 12-15 weeks long and is aligned to University Semester Curriculum which offers students the flexibility to study along with their college graduation.

GNIIT offers a perfect blend of skills that include core domain skills, professional and grooming, and new age skills complimenting the academic program the student is pursuing. The industry-endorsed curriculum of GNIIT Program enables students to acquire necessary skills to aspire for new age jobs. The curriculum lays emphasis on industry-specific competencies to help students stand out in the most competitive environment. Students also get curriculum mapped to global technology certification that allow them to seize the best global career opportunities.