NIIT Limited at its board meeting held on March 29, 2019, approved the appointment of Ravinder Singh as an Additional and as an Independent Director for a period of 5 years with immediate effect, subject to approval of members at the General Meeting. Mr. Anand Sudarshan, Ms. Geeta Mathur and Mr. Ravinder Singh are not related to any of the existing Directors of the company and are not debarred from holding the Office of Director by virtue of any order passed by SEBI or any other such authority. Further, Mr. Surendra Singh was appointed as Independent Director of the Company for five years commencing from April 1, 2014 up to March 31, 2019. He has conveyed to the Board that due to his other personal engagements, he will not be able to continue for another term. Hence, Mr. Surendra Singh shall cease to be a Director of the company with effect from closing hours of March 31, 2019.
Over a career spanning 45 years, Ravinder Singh has worked in both public and private sector organizations in the areas of Financial Services, Manufacturing and Consulting. Currently, he is working with USAlD on assignments with some of the small island countries in the Pacific region to assist them to develop appropriate polices and processes to access international climate change funds. Ravinder Singh worked with IQ in the area of Change Management and Business Processes, from 1994--2006 and was its head from 1999 to 2006.
NIIT Limited is an India-based information technology services company. The Company is engaged in providing skills and talent development solutions to individuals, enterprises, and institutions. The Company provides a range of managed training services, which includes curriculum design and custom content development, learning delivery, learning administration, strategic sourcing, learning technology and advisory services. The Company provides specialized solutions, which include customer education, gamification, augmented reality and virtual reality, application rollouts, content curation and learner engagement and talent pipeline as a service. It offers content development, with capabilities that include gaming and simulation, two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) animation, and high-end video. Its content curation solution uses a process-driven approach with structured learning pathways designed to filter content to the learner in a phased manner.