| New Delhi September 9, 2005: The Business Superbrands
Council conferred the Business Superbrands status on NIIT Technologies,
the global IT Solutions organization. Mr Praful Patel, Union Minister
of Civil Aviation presented the Business Superbrands award to Mr Arvind
Thakur, CEO, NIIT Technologies, the only IT services company from
India to be awarded this status.
 The
prestigious Business Superbrands selection follows a rigorous year-long
assessment of over 834 corporate entities in 92 categories by the
Business Superbrands Council. Besides NIIT Technologies, the other
prominent winners include Gujarat Ambuja, HDFC, Godrej & Boyce.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Arvind Thakur, CEO, NIIT Technologies,
said, “The Business Superbrands status acknowledges the spirit
of innovation that we follow at NIIT Technologies. The new brand
responsibility will inspire us to reinforce the trust that our global
customers place in us.”
The Council, an independent authority on branding, spread across
44 countries, was established more than a decade ago in the UK.
The members of the Business Superbrands Council include marketing
gurus and CEOs of some of the most successful global businesses
in India.
The Business Superbrands Council included Anmol Dar, MD, Superbrands
India; Mukesh D. Ambani, CMD, Reliance Industries; Gurcharan Das,
former CEO, Procter & Gamble; R. Gopalakrishnan, Executive Director,
Tata Sons; Prithvi Haldea, MD, Prime Database; Naina Kidwai, Deputy
CEO, HSBC; K N Memani, former Chairman of Ernst & Young; Sunil
Bharti Mittal, Chairman & Group MD, Bharti Enterprises; Nandan
Nilekani, CEO, President & MD, Infosys Technologies; Deepak
Parekh, Chairman, HDFC; M S Ramachandran, Chairman, IOC and Subir
Raha, CMD, ONGC.
About NIIT Technologies Limited
NIIT Technologies, the global IT solutions organization, services
customers in the USA, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific and India. It
offers services in Application Development and Maintenance, Enterprise
Integration and Business Process Management to organizations in
the Financial Services, Transportation, Retail and Government sectors.
NIIT Technologies follows global standards of development, including
an ISO 9001:2000 certification and assessment at Level 5 of SEI-CMMi
and Level 3 of People CMM framework. NIIT Technologies’ subsidiaries
NIIT SmartServe Limited and NIIT GIS Limited offer Business Process
Management and GIS Solutions, respectively.
Its major global customers include British Airways, Channel 4,
Holcim group, ING Group, Office Depot, SEI Investments, Singapore
Airlines and Toyota Motors.
For media queries, please contact:
Antara Das, NIIT Technologies Limited, Ph: +91 11 26203324, Fax:
+91 11 26203386; Email: antara.das@niit-tech.com
Or
Amanpreet Singh, TBWA India PR, Ph: + 91 11 26142292, Fax: + 91
11 26153682 Email: amanpreet@tbwa-india.com
Or
Visit www.niit-tech.com
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