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, Thiruvananthapuram
and Mysore, among others, by March 2008. With 10 new centres in the
South, the Academy aims to benefit 2,500 students through its unique
employability-linked programmes.
The announcement was made by Manoj Chawla,
Senior Vice-President, NIS Academy, at the India Franchise & Retail
Expo ’07-08 on January 24, 2008.
The decision to foray into the 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, 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 and finance, and 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 recently. The NIS Academy plans to create over 5,000 skilled
and groomed retail professionals for the shop floor level in a year.
The courses would also be available at the new centres that Academy is
setting up in South India.
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