NIIT has entered into partnership with EdCast, the award-winning, Al-powered Knowledge Cloud provider with customers that include GE, HPE, Dell EMC and Accenture. The two companies will collaborate in the areas of corporate training and consulting, learning management and administration, and content management and creation for businesses around the world.

NIIT will also receive an Innovation Award at the Future Learning 2020 Summit in Santa Clara, CA. The company is proud to be recognized as an industry leader in innovation, joining other recipients that include Walmart, McDonald’s, Shire, Sprint, SDG Academy, UPenn and others.

The Innovation Awards gala at this year's Future Learning 2020 Summit will honor the most well-respected individuals and businesses making impactful changes within the corporate learning industry Award winners were selected based on the innovative use of personalized learning and knowledge-sharing technologies at their respective organizations.

Shares of the company gained Rs 0.9, or 0.97%, to settle  at  Rs 93.80.  The total volume of shares traded  was  766,152 at  the BSE (Thursday).