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Rohit Kochar

Parag Rastogi WITH

NIIT

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Dedication

To my dad, my mom, my wife Madhavi, and my little daughter Mriga, who always inspire me.

—Rohit Kochar

Acknowledgments

I owe many thanks to my family for being there when it mattered. They have always inspired me to stay focused while writing this book. Thanks a lot for all they have done for me.

I would also like to thank Sripriya and Mridula at NIIT for showing complete trust in me. They were patient with my working style, and their valuable input while reviewing the book and constant guidance helped me in successfully completing the book. A very special thanks to both of you for all the help throughout the writing of this book. Thanks also to Vinita Kumar for encouraging me to write this book.

I would like to extend a special thanks to Nivedita Shah, who helped me in testing and creating the professional projects.

—Rohit Kochar

About NIIT

NIIT is a Global IT Solutions Corporation with a presence in 38 countries. With its unique business model and technology creation capabilities, NIIT delivers software and learning solutions to more than 1,000 clients across the world.

The success of NIIT's training solutions lies in its unique approach to education. NIIT's Knowledge Solutions Business conceives, researches, and develops all the course material. A rigorous instructional design methodology is followed to create engaging and compelling course content. NIIT has one of the largest learning material development facilities in the world.

NIIT trains more than 200,000 executives and students each year in IT areas by using stand-up training, video-aided instruction, computer-based training (CBT), and Internet-based training (IBT). NIIT has been featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest number of students trained in one year.

NIIT has developed more than 10,000 hours of instructor-led training (ILT) and more than 3,000 hours of Internet-based training and computer-based training. IDC ranked NIIT among the top 15 IT training providers globally for the year 2000. Through its innovative use of training methods and its commitment to research and development, NIIT has been in the forefront of computer education and training for the past 20 years.

Quality has been the prime focus at NIIT. Most of the processes are ISO-9001 certified. NIIT was the twelfth company in the world to be assessed at Level 5 of SEI-CMM. NIIT's Content (Learning Material) Development facility is the first in the world to be assessed at this high maturity level. NIIT has strategic partnerships with companies such as Computer Associates, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems.

About the Authors

Rohit Kochar holds a bachelor of engineering (electronics and telecommunication) and an MBA (finance and marketing). He has worked in the information technology industry for eight years and has a wide range of experience in the field of programming and database design. Rohit is currently leading Web Folks, a company that is involved in developing Web-based solutions using the latest technologies. His role mainly involves developing the architecture for the software solutions developed by Web Folks. Rohit has also been actively involved as a subject matter expert in various NIIT projects related to Internet technologies and databases. In addition, he has been working as a consultant for developing courses in .NET technology.

Parag Rastogi has an engineering MBA from BITS, Pilani, and XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has wide experience in consulting and management of large projects and has trained with and worked for organizations such as National Informatics Centre, Tata Infotech Ltd., ITC Infotech, and Kurt Salmon Associates Consultants. Parag is currently employed at a consulting firm and working for implementation of projects in retail, healthcare, and distribution businesses. He co-authored a book on data-mining solutions for biological and medical databases.