With a legacy of training over 35 million people in IT and other career focused programs since 1981, NIIT is now working towards creating a trained talent pool for the digital economy. Mr. Vijay Thadani, Co-founder, NIIT University, said "The industry has been clamouring for a new class of engineers with skills in Digital Transformation technologies. I am pleased to see that the Academic Council of NIIT University, has adopted this cutting-age program. With the rise in demand of innovation-driven product engineers, the time is right for NU to pioneer the adoption of an academic framework and a learning methodology that can provide the industry with such talents thus helping bridge the gap between academia and industry." NU practises Project Based Learning methodology in which students gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge.