Tally, the Indian business accounting and inventory management software, popular with small and medium

corporates, is growing beyond national boundaries into neighboring geographies. Proof – if that is needed – comes
from the just –announced tie-up with leading IT trainer and talent developer, NIIT, to create a talent pool of business
software professionals with expertise in Tally.ERP 9, not just in India but across the Middle East, Africa, China &
Asia- Pacific .

It is estimated that India alone needs some 1.3 million business software trained manpower annually to serve over 8
million IT –fuelled SMB units. But the partnership seeks to address the burgeoning need for Tally-savvy professionals
outside India as well.

Bharat Goenka, Managing Director, Tally Solutions says, “This will leverage the tremendous potential that the Tally
product has generated across industry, and empower an upwardly-mobile SMB segment with aptly-skilled
manpower.”
“This alliance will lead to creation of highly-skilled and comprehensive business software professionals for the SMB
sectors in India and overseas,” adds Vijay Thadani, CEO, NIIT Limited.

Since June 2009, both companies had collaborate to offer „Beginner Training Programs on Tally.ERP 9‟, at select
Education Centres. Under the global alliance, NIIT will now extend its offering to comprehensive programs in
Business Software with the „Diploma in Tally.ERP 9 & Business processes‟ - a program for Commerce students. The
program will cover Tally.ERP 9 that enables professionals to manage businesses with ease and efficiency. Further
programs envisaged include a series of programs namely, “Tally for Entrepreneurs”, “Tally for Functional Heads”
such as Purchase, Manufacturing, etc.

In the first phase, NIIT and Tally will launch the Program in Nigeria, Ghana, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, besides
India. The program will be then taken to other countries. “We are looking at training 1,00,000 high quality ERP
professionals over the next 3 years, with the current set of programs” says Avinash Gupta, President, Tally
Solutions.
Sep 1 2010

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