NIIT, SAS Forge Alliance To Develop BI Talent

NIIT and SAS Institute, a player in the business analytics software and services space, have partnered to create the requisite talent pool for the global Business Intelligence space. The two companies will work together to offer specialised curriculum for training on BI technologies, for students and professionals, across 34 countries.

Through this strategic partnership, NIIT will offer the first-of-its kind specialised curriculum on Business Intelligence in the country, utilising SAS software and technologies. NIIT will offer this curriculum under its IT career programme—GNIIT for undergraduates, and Advanced Technology portfolio for engineers, graduates and IT professionals, across its network of IT education centres, starting August 2008.

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The new curriculum will introduce students to technologies like Analytics, Programming, Dashboards, Data Mining and Warehousing, under its Business Systems and Information Management track.

Announcing the new initiative, Vijay K Thadani, CEO, NIIT said, "Business Intelligence has opened exciting career opportunities for youth around the world. NIIT will address the global talent shortage in this area through our alliance with SAS."

"The Business Intelligence market in India is demonstrating robust growth as BI today has become a strategic imperative for organisations across industries", said Sudipta K Sen, CEO and managing director, SAS Institute India.

"Demand for trained manpower in BI skills is keeping pace with the BI market growth rates. We believe our alliance with NIIT would help us in creating quality trained BI specialists who can help organisations in rightly leveraging the power of Business Intelligence and analytics", added Sen.