Distance Education | IGNOU & NIIT join hands to offer industry linked career focused education

Hyderabad: Indira Gandhi National Open University – IGNOU and leading information technology training company NIIT Ltd have entered into an alliance to work jointly in education and skill building, which may help the students to get more industry specific sills. The alliance, termed as ‘Global Partnership in Education & Skill Building for Enhanced Employability’ was announced by Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice-Chancellor, IGNOU and Rajendra S Pawar, Chairman, NIIT, today.

Under this Global Partnership IGNOU & NIIT plan to collaborate in domains like Information Technology and Management Sciences for its India and international operations. Joint Programs in IT would include programs in stand-alone undergraduate programs or combined Master’s programs.