(n:gage): You mention NIIT as having their own models for HR
initiatives which stood in good stead against best consultancy firms
offerings. Can you site some of their unique processes with
examples.
Archana: I consider myself exceptionally lucky for having worked in
companies both in Public and Private sector which were role models in HR.
NIIT had HR in its DNA. The line manager was more an HR manager than a
business manager. NIIT was facing a business slow down when I joined in
2004. The business margins were ever so thin that it warranted collating all
in-house wisdom for all HR initiatives rather than deploying consultants from
outside.
NIIT had a School of Education and Employee Development (SEED) which was
a residential premises imparting Technical, Non-Technical and Behavioural
trainings through bootcamps and class room trainings. All faculty was drawn
from NIIT and the trainings were extremely relevant, performance enhancing
and growth focused.
n:gage | August 2017