NIIT gets a foothold in China, launches cloud campus

NEW DELHI: IT training institute NIIT today announced the launch of its cloud campus in China to help students get training from the best brains irrespective of their geographical locations.

"They can also get hands-on practice through lab exercises in machine rooms at NIIT centres. It has an innovative 'Anywhere Lab' feature, which allows students to practise the application of concepts learnt in the class from any part of the globe," the company said in a regulatory filing.

"By bringing NIIT's cloud campus platform to China, we are laying the foundation for the next phase of our growth in China," NIIT CEO Rahul Keshav Patwardhan said.

NIIT, which has been grooming professionals for the software outsourcing industry, is the first Indian IT training company to have presence in China, it claimed.