Today is a great day in the history
of the leading education and IT Company, NIIT. NIIT and NIIT University has
signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU), in collaboration with the Autodesk Inc. for launching design related programs and
courses in its institutes.
Its business partner Autodesk is a firm related to
3D designs, engineering and entertainment software and services. The
collaborative effort will also feature leveraging of design tools of Autodesk for
hosting design courses. To accomplish the purpose, NIIT has planned to set up a
design lab.
In addition, it will also launch several masters programme in
varied disciplines of design to assist and promote research and innovation.
Furthermore, specialization courses viz, interface design, application
design and media & entertainment design have also been launched in order to
create a pan India pool of skilled and efficient manpower to serve these
industries.
The CEO of NIIT Ltd., Vijay Thadani commented,” Every class from Grade 6 to Grade 9
will be provided with design labs for use by both students and teachers. The
idea is not only to open career avenues in design but also to promote 'design
thinking' amongst the youth, that our research indicates as a key trait that
today's employers are looking for."
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