NIIT inks pact with Egyptian Govt for building their ICT manpower

Mumbai, Nov 29 (UNI) India's leading computer education major NIIT today informed the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) that they have entered into an agreement with the Information Technology Institute (ITI), Cairo, under the Ministry of Communications&Information Technology, Government of Egypt, in order to build a pool of skilled professionals for the Information&Communication Technology (ICT) industry in their country.

The company said the training major will offer it's IT education programmes through the innovative 'NIIT Inside' model which will be integrated with the ITI curriculum.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to this effect was signed between the two parties represented by Dr Eng Mohamed A Salem, chairman of the Information Technology Institute, Cairo and Mr G Raghavan, the president of the company's Individual Learning Business. The MOU was signed in the presence of Dr Shaqeel Ahmad, Minister of State, Ministry of Communications&Information Technology, Govt of India, Dr Tarek Kamel, Minister of Communications&Information Technology, Govt of Egypt and Mohammad Higazi, Egyptian Ambassador to India in the capital, recently.

Dr Mohamed Abdel Kader Salem expressed confidence that the alliance with NIIT will help in building a large pool of trained ICT professionals for the Egyptian market.

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