NIIT, Asia’s No. 1 trainer and leading Global Talent Development Corporation has announced that it would offer world class executive management education, and job-oriented training programs for financial services sector through its new training initiatives—NIIT Imperia, Centre for Advanced Learning and Institute of Finance, Banking & Insurance (IFBI), respectively—in Ahmedabad. The new Centre for Advanced Learning comes to the city, just one year after NIIT Imperia had announced its first academic partnership with IIM-Ahmedabad.

According to Dr. Smarajit Dey, President-Strategic Initiatives, NIIT, “For more than a year now, we have been operating an NIIT Imperia studio inside IIM Ahmedabad campus, as part of our tie-up with the prestigious institution. Now, we are delighted to extend our relationship with this city by setting up IFBI and NIIT Imperia institutes for the benefit of students and professionals, here. Booming Indian cities such as Ahmedabad are a reservoir of talent which can be harnessed for emerging sectors such as Banking, Financial Services, Retail etc.

“While NIIT Imperia aims at enhancing the capabilities and productivity of working executives by providing top-quality management education, IFBI has been set-up to address the rising shortage of skilled manpower for the growing financial services sector. Having established its presence in metros, in the very first year of its operations, NIIT’s new institutes are now extending reach beyond metros, added Dr. Dey.

NIIT has co-located NIIT Imperia and IFBI centres at Panchvati Circle, C.G. Road, to make world class education and training offerings conveniently available to career aspirants in and around Ahmedabad. The launch of the new centres takes the total tally of NIIT Imperia and IFBI centres to 12 locations across the country, including Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Pune, Nagpur, Bhubaneswar and Ahmedabad.

NIIT Imperia, Centre for Advanced Learning offers long and short-term programs in general and functional management to working executives, from country’s premier B-schools, using the synchronous technology platform. The institute brings its enriched portfolio of Executive Management Programs and Management Development Programs from Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)—Ahmedabad, Indore and Kolkata, in addition to other leading B-schools such as the Institute of Management & Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad—to the two cities.

While the content, teaching and certification will be from one of the IIMs, the technology, synchronous classrooms across the country, and the management of the distributed education system will be provided by NIIT.

Synchronous Learning technology enables remote classrooms to be connected live with the faculty teaching at institutes. The usage of dedicated broadband with two-way audio-video, and special software, replicates face-to-face teaching.NIIT will also integrate its Learning Management and e-learning systems with this technology, and implement and manage the overall student experience at its state-of-the-art learning centre in these towns.

The institute offers executive management programs in the areas of General Management, Operation Management, Human Resource Management, Retail Management, Strategic Management, Project/Technology Management, Finance, Sales and Marketing, and Business Communication and Personal Effectiveness, through its partner institutions.