Kolkata, October 28, 2009: The ‘NIS Quiz’ finals for colleges, the biggest quizzing extravaganzas of the year was conducted today in the city by NIS Academy, an educational initiative of NIS Sparta Ltd., Asia's leading Training, Education and Learning solutions provider.

The quiz festival witnessed participation from Top 20 colleges of the city which included St. Xavier’s, Lady Brabourne, Presidency, Jadavpur University, IISWBM Scottish Church and many more having an enriching experience for the future leaders of India in various field. This was the first time that NIS has organized an inter-college quiz which follows the immensely successful NIS Quiz for Schools organized two weeks back.

Mr. Sailen Dasgupta, Vice President Trinamul Congress committee, Kolkata Municipal Corporation was the chief guest for the occasion. “NIS Quiz for colleges has made a successful beginning in bringing out the best talents in the city. I convey my heartiest congratulation to the winners for excelling in this extremely competitive forum. I wish NIS Academy all the success in their future initiatives. They have shown excellent commitment and leadership skills to create a wonderful platform for the youngsters to showcase their talent and knowledge”.

“After witnessing the overwhelming response for the NIS quiz for schools, we took the decision of taking it up to the next level and organized the NIS quiz for the leading colleges in Kolkata. The event has been welcomed with equal zeal and enthusiasm and we are sure that this will be a much appreciated and awaited platform. We are overwhelmed with the response and look forward to making it an annual event, said, Mr. Muralidhar Rao, President and COO, NIS Sparta.

Mr. Dipankar Sen, Vice President, channel management – FDP (also a founder member – FPD) of the Peerless General Finance and Investment Company Ltd. was the guest of Honour. Mr. Y. S Jain, General Manager, Corporation Bank, gave away the prizes.

About NIS Sparta

NIS Sparta is Asia’s leading training, education and learning solutions and a Reliance ADA Group company. The company partners organizations in achieving their mission critical goals through enhanced effectiveness of their people and processes, using proven methodologies.

In the education domain, through platforms such as NIS Academy and NIS L.I.V.E., NIS Sparta offers employability linked programmes, to students, first time employment seekers and working executives. NIS Academy has already shaped careers of over 55,000 students, through over 50 centres, spread across the country. NIS Community college is one more educational initiative by NIS Sparta to take education to the last mile.

During past 17 years NIS Sparta has provided training and consulting solutions to over 10,00,000 professionals, in over 550 organizations, across 10 countries. A report by The Franchisee World Magazine rated NIS Sparta among the Top 100 Business Opportunities for the year 2009.