NIIT Limited, which produces customised learning tools for companies, is to establish a European delivery centre in Dublin, creating 110 jobs over five years.
The company, which is headquartered in Gurgaon, India, employs about 3,000 people in over 40 countries.
The new roles will include engineers, creative writers and digital media experts as well as trainers, multilingual customer service support and project managers.
Making the announcement, Minister for Jobs Richard Bruton, who has met senior NIIT executives in New Delhi on two recent trade missions said, “A key part of our Action Plan for Jobs is achieving greater diversity in our multinational investment. As part of that, we have doubled the number of trade missions, and increased the number of IDA staff in key foreign growth markets.”
Sapnesh Lalla, president of NIIT’s corporate learning group said: “Ireland was our country of choice for its extremely conducive business environment, strategic location, availability of multilingual creative and technical talent, and investment potential.”
We are honoured and very grateful for the support and cooperation that has been extended to us by the Government of Ireland, Minister Bruton, and the IDA. Our vision is to build NIIT Ireland as one of the finest global centres for bespoke content development, training management and delivery excellence,” said Sapnesh Lalla, President Corporate Learning Group at NIIT.
