NIIT and Tally Solutions have entered into a global alliance to
develop comprehensive business software professionals with
expertise in Tally.ERP 9.0 product. This global alliance will cover
besides India, international geographies such as the Middle East,
Africa, China & Asia- Pacific in a progressive manner, thus
making available talent to power the growth of SMB enterprises.
As per industry reports, India needs around 1.3 million business
software trained manpower annually to fulfill the talent
requirements of 8 million (IT ready) SMB units. The programs
offered by NIIT and Tally will cater to the requirement of trained
business software professionals for the SMB sector.
Bharat Goenka, Managing Director, Tally Solutions remarked,
“This strategic partnership with NIIT will enable us to
create skilled Tally professionals for the growing IT needs of the
SMB sector in India and abroad. It will leverage the tremendous
potential that the Tally product has generated across industry, and
empower an upwardly-mobile SMB segment with aptly-skilled
manpower.”
The uniqueness of this strategic alliance stems from the fact that
this is the first global alliance aimed at developing talent for
the Small & Medium Businesses. The programs being announced
include training on the latest Tally.ERP 9.0 software, as well as
business processes and soft skills - all of which are required for
the comprehensiveness of trained professionals for this sector.
NIIT and Tally will also partner in the ongoing challenge of
content creation for various levels of training towards this
end.
“This alliance will lead to creation of highly-skilled and
comprehensive business software professionals for the SMB sectors
in India and overseas,” said Vijay Thadani, CEO, NIIT
Limited.
With globalization and rapid growth in economy, professionals who
can manage finances efficiently to maintain financial viability of
companies are in huge demand. Some sectors that are facing shortage
of skilled finance professionals are KPO, Financial BPOs, Business
consulting firms, Banking, Insurance, SMBs (small and medium
businesses) and Retail (organized & unorganized).
“Through this strategic alliance with NIIT, we are looking at
training 1,00,000 high quality ERP professionals over the next 3
years, with the current set of programs” added Avinash Gupta,
President, Tally Solutions.
The professionals will be comprehensively trained on Business
Processes and Advanced Excel. Stressing on enhancing employability,
Soft skill modules will be incorporated in the program and NIIT
will provide placement assistance to the students.