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| The NIS Academy to launch its unique employability linked programmes in 10 cities across South India |
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Company Brief
Bangalore, January 19, 2008
After
empowering more than 55,000 students in 30 cities in North, West and
East India, The NIS Academy is planning to expand its operations in
South India. The Academy will open educational centres offering
employability linked programmes in key cities in South, such as
Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Cochin, Coimbatore. Trivandrum, Mysore
besides others, by March 2008. With 10 new centres in South, the
Academy aims to benefit 2500 students through its unique employability
linked programmes. The announcement was made today by Mr. Manoj Chawla,
Senior Vice President, The NIS Academy, at the India Franchise &
Retail Expo’ 07 – 08.
The decision to enter South follows the
Academy’s recent launch of unique short term certificate courses in
Retail. Both the announcements are in line with The NIS Academy’s plans
to expand its portfolio of employability linked programmes and to
increase its network across all the key cities in the country.
Speaking
on the expansion plans, Mr. Muralidhar Rao, President & COO, NIS
Sparta said, “The Southern region today is a key market for almost all
companies in high growth industries such as Retail, FMCG, Banking &
Finance, Auto among others. With companies expanding their operations
in the region, the demand for skilled and market ready manpower has
increased manifold. We see a great opportunity, to equip the vast pool
of educated manpower with necessary skills and know-how, to become
successful professionals and fill the talent gap that exists today.”
Buoyed
by the phenomenal growth of the retail industry, the Academy launched
two new short term certificate courses in Retail in the 1st week of
January. These courses are designed to fulfill the needs for a
workforce that is energetic, skilled and ready to take on the retail
revolution. The NIS Academy plans to create over 5000 skilled and
groomed retail professionals for the shop floor level, in a year. The
courses will also be available at the new centres that The NIS Academy
launches in South India.
Highlighting strengths of the NIS
Academy, Mr. Manoj Chawla, said, “The NIS Academy’s aim is to provide
employability linked education to aspirants and grooming a skilled,
market-ready workforce for various industries. Over the past 17 years
we have assimilated and developed tremendous understanding of the
unique Indian Market. Today, we have the capability of developing
customised programmes to meet the specific skill needs of the
industry.”
The NIS Academy’s centres in South will offer the
following employment oriented courses to aspirants: Post Graduate
Diploma in Applied Management (PGDAM), Advanced Diploma in Management
and Applied Skills (ADMAS), Certificate courses in Retail – Retail Act
and Retail Lead, MBA in Applied Management*, BBA in Applied
Management*, Effective Communication and Personality Development (ECPD)
and Speak Up.
Note: The MBA in Applied Management and BBA in Applied Management courses are offered through Annamalai University.
For further information please contact:
Pulse Communications
Dhirendra Negi
Mob: +9818 628 096 |
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