Bangalore: To mark the 60th anniversary of China as a People’s Republic, the Chinese Society of Educational Development Strategy honoured India’s leading IT trainer NIIT for its contribution to the IT training industry in the mainland, the company said Thursday.

As the most influential IT training brand in China, NIIT also bagged education awards for being among the top 10 training institutes, in student placement in training industry and most influential brand in franchising, the company said in a statement.

NIIT China president Prakash Menon was presented the award in Beijing late Wednesday.