NIIT is an Indian education company that provides training in IT, business processes, banking, and other fields. It was founded in 1981 and now focuses on education and training for schools, vocational training, and corporate training. While NIIT previously demerged its IT services business into NIIT Technologies, it still holds a stake in that company. NIIT operates across various markets globally and provides individual, school, and corporate learning solutions through various programs and acquisitions. It faces competition from other education and training companies but maintains strengths in its brand recognition, management experience, and global presence.

2.  Company Profile
 Product line
 Brand Extension
 Founders of Company
 S T P
 Major Competitor
 Financial status
 Market Share of the Company
 SWOT Analysis

3.  NIIT Limited is an Indian company based in Gorgon, India
that operates several for-profit higher education
institutions. The company describes itself as a global talent
development company and offers learning and
knowledge solutions globally to individuals, enterprises and
institutions in information technology, business process
outsourcing, banking finance and insurance, executive
management education, school education,
communication and professional life skills, and vocational
skills training.
 In 2004, the IT services business of NIIT was demerged into
a separately listed company NIIT Technologies. NIIT Limited
now focuses on Education and Training in Schools,
Vocational Training for Services Sectors, and Corporate
Training. NIIT Limited owns 23.98% of NIIT Technologies.

4.  NIIT was established in 1981 by Rajendra S. Pawar
and Vijay K. Thadani, graduates from IIT.
 NIIT Technologies acquired UK-based company
ROOM Solution in 2006–2007.
 In 2006, it acquired US-based learning solution
provider Element K.
 In 2011, it sold Element K.
 NIIT has two subsidiaries, NIIT SmartServe Ltd. and NIIT
GIS Ltd., which provide business process outsourcing
and GIS solutions (NIIT has an affiliation with ESRI for
this business), respectively. NIIT Technologies had
annual revenue of INR 9,799 million as of 2009.
 NIIT University is sponsored by NIIT Limited.

5.  Individual Learning Solutions – This focuses on providing
employability skills to people in the age group of 16–25
years. IT training forms the bulk of this segment. In recent
years it has launched new offerings for training in Banking,
Insurance and Financial services through IFBI, NIIT Imperia
Executive Management Programs through NIIT Imperia
and training in skills for BPO/KPO sectors through NIIT
Unique.
 School Learning Solutions – this provides training and
learning solutions to government and to private schools.
 Corporate Learning Solutions - this division provides
training services such as off the shelf learning library,
custom content development, customised instructor led
training and training administration services. Element K a
US company, acquired by NIIT in 2006.

6.  Banking & Financial Services
› Retail Banking
› Wholesale Banking
› Investment Management
› Risk and Compliance Offerings
› Business Testing Frameworks
 Insurance
› Channel and Customer Interface Solutions
› Core Insurance Business Processes
› Enabling Insurance Business Processes
› Regulatory Compliance and Tax Environments
› Intellectual Property-Solutions and Solution Accelerators
› Value Added Services

7.  Travel Transportation and Logistics
› Airlines and Travel Distribution
› Airports
› Surface Transport
› BPO
› Integrated BPO
 Retail Distribution
› e-Business
› e-Procurement
› SAP retail

8.  Mr Rajendra S Pawar is
the Chairman and Co-
Founder of the NIIT
Group, comprising NIIT
Limited- the leading
Global Talent
Development
Corporation, and NIIT
Technologies Limited-a
Global IT solutions
organization.

9.  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, to the masses.

10.  Parappil Rajendran,
Chief Operating
Officer and Co-founder
of NIIT Ltd, is
part of the core team
that has developed
the organisation and
brought it to its present
position of
international standing,
since its inception in
1981. He is an alumnus
of Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi.

11.  As Chief Executive,
Learning Solutions for
Enterprise, NIIT Ltd,
Sapnesh Lalla is
responsible for
continuing the rapid
growth and
development of every
area of NIIT's Learning
Solutions for Enterprise
business, throughout
the geographies of
North America, the
United Kingdom and
Europe.

12.  Shivan Bhargava
heads NIIT's Skills &
Careers Group as its
Group President and is
responsible for this
business globally. Skills
& Careers Group
encompass NIIT's retail
training businesses in IT,
Banking, Finance,
Insurance,
Management and its
vocational training
initiative, NIIT Yuva
Jyoti.

13.  Mr. Hemant Sethi is the
President of NIIT's School
Learning Group (SLG). In
this role, he is responsible
for managing NIIT's
presence in a large
manner in Government
schools in India. NIIT has
deployed NGuru school
solutions in Government
Schools across the
country and trained over
10 million students.

14.  Mr. Sanjay Bahl is the
President of NIIT's Skill
Building Solutions (SBS)
business, a new
initiative launched by
the company that
focuses on providing
Service sectors'
industry specific
training and
placements to the
unemployed youth of
India.

15.  The target population for the training programs
in this business can be categorized into three
broad categories. Largely, the target group will
be in the 16-35 age segments. Within this, the
15-19 age segment consists of 110-120 million
people while the 20-35 age group accounts for
over 325 million [25%] of the country’s
population. According to “India’s
Demographic Dilemma” by BCG-CII, 70% of
the population entering the workforce consists
of illiterates and school-drop outs. Out of the 89
million people joining the workforce over the
next 5 years, 65% will be either school drop outs
or illiterates.

16. Name Last Price Market Cap.
(Rs. cr.)
Sales
Turnover
Net Profit Total Assets
Tree House 505.90 1,910.55 157.64 43.92 483.50
Zee Learn 35.60 1,138.01 119.18 -1.33 309.92
NIIT 53.55 884.49 520.19 -7.78 528.21
MT Educare 141.70 564.05 182.79 21.99 115.87
Educomp Sol 30.10 368.63 282.29 -312.23 3,604.67
Aptech 83.45 332.91 107.38 23.39 267.64
Career Point 127.25 230.74 54.14 4.21 334.49
CORE Education 11.70 133.95 627.53 -502.13 2,330.59
Everonn Edu 34.70 83.46 43.23 -120.82 1,018.33
Prithvi Softech 22.70 12.48 7.82 2.25 14.54
Software Tech 2.25 3.34 0.01 -1.26 24.10

17. Particulars NIIT Limited-Group
(Consolidated)
NIIT Limited
(Standalone)
2013 -14 2012-13 2013-14 2012-13
Net Sales 9510 9608 5202 6415
Other Income 102 94 618 666
Total Income 9612 9702 8520 7081
Total Expenditure 9164 9344 5178 6219
Profit before depreciation
and Taxes
448 358 642 861
Depreciation and
Amortisation
779 864 680 782
Exceptional Items (Net) 67 (174) 19 2
Net tax provision 93 (433) 59 69
Net profit before shareof
Associates’ Profit &Minority
Interest
(357) (247) (78) 12
Share of Associates’
Profitand Minority Interest
535 509 - -
Net Profit 178 263 (78) 12
Basic EPS (Rs.) 1.08 1.59 (0.47) 0.07
Diluted EPS (Rs.) 1.08 1.59 (0.47) 0.07

18. MARKET CAP (Rs
Cr)
882.01 *EPS (TTM) -
*P/E - *P/C 14.05
*BOOK VALUE
(Rs)
25.40 *PRICE/BOOK 2.10
DIV (%) 80.00% DIV YIELD.(%) 3.00%
Market Lot 1 FACE VALUE (Rs) 2.00
INDUSTRY P/E 12.50 DELIVERABLES
(%)
49.49 new

19.  Strengths
Effective communication: Vishwanathan Anand as Brand
Ambassador, well known Bhavishya Jyoti scholarships and
high brand value for the flagship GNIIT program
 High R&D: Training solutions in latest and emerging
technologies
 Strong Brand Name:It is the most well IT training provider,
called"McDonald's of the training sector"
 Strong management team: Founded and actively
managed by Rajendra S. Pawar and V. K. Thadani, who
were classmates at IIT Delhi
 Good financial position: Profitable almost since inception
 Global presence: NIIT has a presence in over two dozen
countries, such as China and South Africa

20.  Opportunities
Acquisitions: Can acquire local players in the IT
training segment
 Innovation: NIIT is already innovating, with the launch
of NIIT Cloud Campus, NIIT University and NIIT Uniqua,
but more can be done
 Growing need of IT education: 90% of fresh
engineering graduates are unemployable without
training and the IT industry is one of the few which
continues to post YOY growth
 New Markets: NIIT can expand its reach in North India
where it is still underrepresented as compared to the
South and also expand to other emerging markets
such as South East Asia and Africa

21.  Weaknesses
Varying quality: Different centres have different
levels of quality, with many facing problems
such as Low skilled faculty, lack of classroom
space and insufficient infrastructure
 Varying brand awareness: NIIT's brand
recognition is limited in the Northern and
Eastern parts of the country as compared to
the more developed South and West
 Cost Structure: Despite increasing sales and
healthy growth, NIIT's profitability remains low

22.  Threats
The main threat is Intense Competition:In the Soft Skills
Segment: Veta
 In the Information Technology Training Segment: Aptech,
LCC (Lakhotia Computer Centre)
 In the School Software Segment: Educomp
 Companies' In House IT Training
Another threat is a Bad Econom
 A slowdown in economic growth may reduce the need
for IT and hence reduce demand for IT training, NIIT's
mainstay
The other threat is Volatile Costs
 Rising costs may cause closure of several NIIT franchisees