p>NEW DELHI: NIIT has launched its regional multimedia software
development center in Malaysia’s Silicon Corridor Cyberjaya. The opening of
the center comes in the wake of NIIT shifting its Asia Pacific headquarters to
Cyberjaya, which will oversee the multimedia center's operations. With this NIIT
earns the distinction of being the first Indian firm to set up its headquarters
in this zone.
NIIT's chairman, Rajendra S Pawar said, "NIIT's move into
Cyberjaya is committed to create skilled IT professionals in Malaysia by
partnering with 15 local entrepreneurs. In Malaysia we offer relevant IT
education under three distinct brands - Futurz, CATS and SWIFT- catering to the
needs of career seekers, IT professionals and end- users respectively."
NIIT's regional multimedia software center is equipped with state-of-the-art
facilities and intends to increase this to a 500-person in the next few years.
NIIT will continue its focus on large customer projects in both the government
and corporate sectors throughout the region.
NIIT has developed multimedia-based courseware for Malaysia's first Virtual
University, University Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR), which enables thousands of
students studying at UNITAR, to utilize multimedia content developed by NIIT as
the primary study material for their Bachelor's degree in IT and Management.
NIIT and UNITAR signed an MoU in 2000, to allow NIIT students, who have
completed two years of study at the institute and desire a degree path to secure
automatic transfers to UNITAR's degree programs with an advanced standing
status.
Besides its 15 training centers in Malaysia, NIIT is also involved in a
prestigious $7 million-order to develop multimedia learning software for the
Malaysian Smart Schools project, which is one of the seven flagship applications
of the MSC. This order makes NIIT the leading creator of educational multimedia
software in the Smart Schools project in Malaysia.