About Us

NIIT Technologies is a Global IT solutions organisation, with its footprint spanning North America, Europe, Asia and
Australia. Ranking among India’s Top 20 IT services players, the company offers a gamut of services in the areas of
Application Development Management and Enterprise Solutions, encompassing Managed Services and Business
Process Outsourcing.

The company has been building differentiators in select industry verticals such as Banking, Financial Services and
Insurance (BFSI), Travel, Transportation and Logistics (TTL), Retail and Distribution based on its deep domain
knowledge and new approaches to customer experience management. 

These strengths, coupled with robust outsourcing capabilities, and a dual shore delivery model, have made NIIT
Technologies a preferred partner for global majors in these chosen industries. Deep and enduring customer
engagements have become a hallmark of NIIT Technologies—a major edge for the company. Over the last two
decades, the company has inked several deals with leading global companies, to provide them with new age
solutions, which have evolved and matured into long-term relationships. The company has transcended traditional
vendor boundaries and taken on a new role in the lives of its customers. 

Whether it is global banking and insurance major, ING, leading Asset Management solutions provider, SEI, the
Number Two cement manufacturer, Holcim or travel big-wigs, British Airways and Sabre, NIIT Technologies has been
able to scale its interactions with these marquee clients into extremely meaningful, multi-year “collaborations.” 

NIIT Technologies has decided to focus on being the “best” in the chosen Verticals and be “big enough” in contrast
to being the biggest and just “good enough”. 
History

NIIT Technologies became an independent organisation in 2004, after spinning off from NIIT Ltd., India’s Global
Talent Development Corporation. NIIT Technologies’ genesis, however, goes back over 15 years, to a time when
India’s IT education pioneer, NIIT Ltd. began its foray into the software segment. NIIT not only enabled leading
Indian corporates and Government institutions to build manpower skilled in the technologies they had deployed, but
also helped them make optimal use of their IT investments using innovative frameworks and methodologies.
Harnessing its software engineering knowledge alongside its applications management and systems integration
prowess, NIIT provided companies with solutions tailored to their specific needs and helped them realise quick RoI
from their IT implementations. Over the years, NIIT Technologies has built on this expertise, enhancing its presence
in markets such as Application Development and Management and Enterprise Solutions including Managed Services
and BPO.
Apart from customised solutions, NIIT Technologies distinguished itself by bringing packaged software to India’s
shores and giving a distinctive place to Software as a Solution in the country’s domestic market. By entering into
distributorship alliances with global software leaders such as Information Builders Inc., Sybase and a host of other
players, NIIT Technologies made available their state-of-the-art offerings to corporates. It was in 2002, as the
revenues of NIIT’s software business increased significantly, overtaking the company’s turnover from IT education,
that it was decided to flag off NIIT software as a separate entity.
 Board of Directors

Rajendra S. Pawar
Chairman & Managing Director

Rajendra S. Pawar is a well known face in the Indian IT sector. Recognising skilled manpower to
be a very important prerequisite for the survival of the fledgling Indian IT industry, Mr. Pawar
helped pioneer the IT training segment to fuel its growth. A visionary entrepreneur, Mr. Pawar
also ignited the fire of free enterprise, using the revolutionary franchisee model of education. His
contributions to the software business are no less significant. Recognising his pioneering and
entrepreneurial work, Ernst & Young conferred on Mr. Pawar its prestigious Master
Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1999. His valuable contributions to the IT industry in India
also earned him the “IT man of the Year” award, instituted by IT industry journal, Dataquest. A
respected opinion leader, Mr. Pawar has spearheaded several IT industry initiatives. His role
within the Indian Prime Minister’s Task Force for IT and Software Development and his
contributions to the FICCI and CII IT committees, have established him as an industry guru. Mr.
Pawar is a part of a panel of six experts in the newly constituted Prime Minister’s National
Council on Skill Development, chaired by the Prime Minister of India. The expert panel includes
luminaries from the world of business, academia and the Government. The National Council has
been conceived as a vision-setting apex body for addressing the challenging task of large-scale
skills development in the country. Mr. Pawar’s inclusion in this august panel is a recognition of
his immense individual contribution as also that of the organisations’ in the “employability”
space.

Arvind Thakur
Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Arvind Thakur is the Chief Executive Officer of NIIT Technologies Ltd., and serves as the
Joint Managing Director on its board. Under his stewardship, NIIT Technologies has positioned
itself as one of the top software solutions providers in select industry segments with operations
across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Mr. Thakur graduated in engineering from
the premier Indian Institute of Technology in India. Thereafter he pursued post graduation in
Industrial Engineering from NITIE in Mumbai. He started his career as an Industrial Engineer
with BHEL, a large engineering corporation with work specialization in systems. He joined NIIT
Ltd. in 1985 as a member of the core team, and has since then been handling key organisational
roles. He was the President of its Software business before it was demerged to form NIIT
Technologies Ltd. He serves on the boards of the company’s overseas subsidiaries and domestic
joint venture with ESRI Inc., a global technology leader in the GIS domain. He is also a Director
in an innovative venture, Hole-in-the Wall Education Ltd. that enables technology to be
deployed to educate the masses. He is the Chairman and Managing Director of the BPO
subsidiary NIIT Smart Serve Ltd. Recently Mr Thakur was appointed on the Board of
Management of NIIT University, a not for profit institution established in Rajasthan, India.

Vijay Thadani
Director, NIIT Technologies

Vijay K. Thadani is the Chief Executive Officer of NIIT Ltd, a leading Global Talent
Development Corporation. As the co-founder of NIIT Group, he has built an organization that is
recognised for its visionary role in bringing the benefits of Information Technology, both as a
professional skill and as a learning tool. He serves on the Board of NIIT Technologies Limited,
Vijay has been actively engaged with many Industry Associations. He served as President of the
Indian IT industry association, MAIT and also chaired the Indian Government’s Committee on
National Information Infrastructure Policy. He served as the Chairman of the IT Committee of
the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in USA. He is currently the Chairman of CII National
Committee on Education and also serves as the Chairman of the National Accreditation Board
for Education and Training (NABET), which works under the aegis of the Quality Council of
India. He serves on the board of CompTIA USA, an association advancing the global interests of
information technology industry and also as a member of the India Advisory Board of the
Maastricht University, Netherlands. He was recently appointed as a member of the Strategy
Council of Global Alliance for ICT and Development of the United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA-GAID). A ‘Distinguished Alumnus’ of the premier
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Vijay was honored with the position of ‘Economic
Consultant’ to Chongqing, world’s largest city in the People’s Republic of China.
Subroto Bhattacharya
External Director, NIIT Technologies

Subroto is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years of experience. A specialist in the field of
Finance and Management Consultancy, he has worked as a part of the core team in several
reputed organisations.

Surendra Singh
External Director, NIIT Technologies

Surendra Singh is a retired IAS Officer, who has held very senior positions in the Central and
State Governments. Having joined the Public Service in 1959, Mr. Singh has been Special
Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, responsible for all the economic work in the PMO,
Cabinet Secretary to the Government of India, Secretary to the Council of Ministers and
Secretary, Ministry of Industry. He was an Executive Director on the board of the World Bank,
representing India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Bhutan. He has also held directorships on the
Boards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency (MIGA).

Amit Sharma
Executive Vice President & President Asia for American Tower Corporation. Previously

Mr. Sharma was with Motorola, where he led teams in India and Southeast Asia in various roles
including Country President, India and Head of Strategy, Asia-Pacific. Mr. Sharma also served
on Motorola’s Asia Pacific Board and its Senior Leadership Team. Prior to joining Motorola, he
was with GE Capital, serving as Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, and prior
to that, with McKinsey, New York, serving as a core member of the firm's electronics and
marketing practices. In addition to his role at ATC, Amit serves on the Advisory board of New
Enterprise Associates a $8.5 Bn venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs create and
build major new enterprises that use technology to improve people’s lives. Mr. Sharma earned
his MBA in International Business from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, where
he was on the Dean’s List and the Director’s Honors List. He also holds a master’s degree in
Computer Science from the Moore School, University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelor of
Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology.

wards & Accolades

Awards and accolades have been an important part of the NIIT Technologies success story. The company has
bagged several recognitions at the Indian and global levels. These have related to its industry performance, its
leadership in the area of outsourcing, its headway in specific industry verticals and its robust HR Practices.
NIIT Technologies: Distinguishing marks/ Milestones
» NIIT Technologies receives the "National Award" for innovation in career
development by the Global HR Excellence Awards at the Global HRD
Congress 2010 
» NIIT Technologies ranked Number 1 in the Datamonitor Black Book of
Outsourcing 2009 Travel Industry survey
» Ranked amongst Top 20 Best Managed Outsourcing Vendors in the 2009
Black Book of Outsourcing
» Ranked amongst the Global Services 100 - 2009 list. The list represents
companies who have the maturity and capability to lead the next wave of
services globalization
» NIIT Technologies was amongst the Top 100 IT organizations ranked globally
by IAOP. NIIT Technologies stands at 33rd overall and 7th in the Balanced
Performance
» Recognized amongst the top 50 IT Innovators for the year 2008 by NASSCOM
» NIIT Technologies ranked No. 3 amongst global ITO service providers in the
Black Book of Outsourcing 2008 Insurance industry Survey
» Declared 'Business Superbrand' for 2008 by the Superbrands Council of India
» Awarded the Distinguished Services Award for their initiatives and efforts in
promoting business with USA by Georgia Tech Center for International
Business Education & Research
» Felicitated with the Employer Branding Award for Excellence in HR through
Technology and for Innovation in Career Development by the Asia Pacific
HRM congress at the regional level
» NIIT Technologies awarded the Banking & Finance ICT Innovation
recognition for Belgium and Luxemburg
 
Acquisitions
NIIT Technologies has been taking the path of inorganic growth to address new and emerging
market opportunities, foray into fresh geographies and expand its base of international
customers. A strong acquisition strategy has enabled NIIT Technologies to add several key
players to its fold and derive strong synergies from these subsidiaries.

NIIT Technologies has acquired German-based SofTec GmbH , a specialist revenue accounting

and operation solutions provider addressing the airlines segment. Softec’s IT solutions and
services have found a fit in around 40 small-to-medium airlines operating out of Europe, Africa
and Asia. This acquisition has greatly strengthened NIIT Technologies’ portfolio of offerings for
the Travel, Transportation and Logistics vertical and positioned it among the top five vendors in
this space. The new company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NIIT Technologies Ltd, India. 

NIIT Technologies acquired ROOM Solutions of the UK in 2006-07, to emerge as a leading

player in the country’s Insurance market. By providing NIIT Technologies traction in the
commercial insurance niche in the UK, ROOM is also helping the Indian major address the
larger opportunity in the European continent.
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