HISTORY:
NIIT Limited is an Indian Multinational company that offers learning management and training delivery solutions to corporations, institutions and individuals. It has three main lines of business worldwide: Corporate Learning Group (CLG), Skills and Careers Group (SCG), and School Learning Group (SLG).

In 2004, the IT services business of NIIT was demerged into a separately listed company NIIT Technologies.NIIT Limited now focuses on Corporate Training, Vocational Training for Services Sectors and Education and Training in Schools. NIIT Limited owns 23.98% of NIIT Technologies.
In 1988, NIIT introduced many marketing and advertising strategies for the Indian market including the ‘Computerdrome’ in 1990. Another initiative launched by NIIT, was its Bhavishya Jyoti Scholarships program, launched in 1991,which was targeted at deserving and socially challenged students with an aim to improve their skills and employability quotient. In 1992, NIIT launched its flagship program GNIIT, an industry-endorsed course with a 12-month Professional Practice for students seeking careers in the IT and non-IT sectors. By 1993, NIIT began trading NIIT stocks on the Indian stock exchanges. In 1996, NIIT began its globalization journey, setting up an education center in Hong Kong. In the same year, the company launched its virtual university ‘Net Varsity’. In 1998, NIIT joined a handful of Indian tech companies to enter the Chinese market. The company earned the epithet, the ‘McDonald’s of the software business’ by Far Eastern Economic Review in September, 2001.The same year, NIIT launched an experiment that was christened ‘Hole-in-the-Wall’ by media and drew international attention. The experiment was based on the ‘minimally invasive education’ methodology developed by NIIT R&D. It suggested that children, irrespective of their social, ethnic or educational identity could learn to use computers by themselves, without adult intervention. In 2003, NIIT launched its MindChampions Academy (MCA) with Viswanathan Anand, five-time former World Chess champion and NIIT Brand Ambassador.
NIIT University
In 2004, NIIT hived off its software business into an independent organization called NIIT Technologies Ltd. (Source: NASSCOM’s 2013-14 Ranking of Top 20 IT services companies). In the area of training, NIIT launched its ‘Edgeineers’ program in 2005, to boost career opportunities for engineering graduates. In the same year, it diversified into various sectors such as banking, finance and insurance (through IFBI), Executive Management education (through Imperia), Professional Life Skills, BPM, and ICT education for schools. In 2008, NIIT set up NIIT University, in Neemrana, Rajasthan. NU, offers B-Tech and M-Tech programs in computer science and education technology, as well as MBA programs. In 2011, NIIT tied up with National Skill Development Corporation to launch NIIT Yuva Jyoti centers, under the pilot phase of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Skill India campaign and the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) in North East, J&K and Jharkhand.
Business Units:
Skills and Careers Group - This focuses on providing employability skills to learners. It includes learning programs in soft skills, business process excellence, retail sales enablement, vocational skills, digital media marketing, new age IT, Banking, Insurance and Financial services (through IFBI), Executive Management (through NIIT Imperia) and BPO/KPO training (through NIIT Uniqua).
School Learning Group - It provides technology based learning to government and private schools. It offers NIIT nGuru learning solutions for schools, which include Interactive classrooms with digital content, Math Lab, IT Wizard programs and Quick School software.
Key Industries:
These include courses related to banking, finance, insurance, executive management, digital marketing, Big Data and Analytics, among others. The company has a robust Corporate Learning Solutions business with customers across the globe. NIIT also provides customers with services including content development, learning administration, learning technology, learning delivery, strategic sourcing and advisory solutions.
Key initiatives:
NIIT offers turnkey integration programs and computer-based training to over 5000 government schools through its NIIT K-12 business division.
NIIT's corporate learning solutions caters to Fortune 500 companies, universities, and technology, training, and publishing companies.
