New Delhi, India, June 18, 2010: QAI Global Institute (www.qaiglobalinstitute.com), the workforce development and competency building division of QAI has been named amongst the top 16 outsourced learning service providers, across the global, in the 2010 Training Outsourcing Watch List by TrainingIndustry.com.

2010 Training Outsourcing Watch List recognizes 16 outsourced learning service providers, across the globe. The selections are based on various competitive criteria like innovative service offerings, expansion of services into a global marketplace, unique and proven approach to Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions and quality of the applicants' client list. Each participating company undergoes extensive research, including thorough analysis of their capabilities, experience and expertise. The end result is a list that acknowledges companies poised to capture share in the training outsourcing marketplace.

The training industry has undergone unprecedented changes in the recent times. According to Gartner report, global certifications and trainings market is estimated to grow from US$5.59 billion in 2008 to US$13.58 billion in 2013. The current times indicate a need for a comprehensive workforce development strategy. The current challenge and priority for many organizations is to improve the performance of their existing workforce.

QAI Global Institute focuses on strategic workforce development solutions involving, skill assessments, career path definition, competency development and professional certifications to cater to the workforce requirements of clients in various domains like software testing, business analysis, project management, BPO, innovation, IT service management and software engineering.

QAI has trained over 1,40,000 professionals and certified more than 38,000 people globally in over 43 countries. In 2007, QAI Global Institute's Edista Learning platform, was also awarded 'best in class' for providing global eLearning solutions among top 20 companies.

Mr. Tom Ticknor, COO-QAI Global Institute, said, “It is a great recognition for all the strategic workforce development activities we do for our clients, worldwide. Using comprehensive workforce management practices, innovative delivery methods and technology, we have been able to optimize spends on workforce development for our clients, without compromising on the quality of delivery.”

About QAI Global Institute

QAI is a leading global consulting and workforce development organization addressing ‘Operational Excellence' in IT, BPO and knowledge intensive service organizations.

QAI Global Institute, the workforce development division of QAI, focuses on creating international education and training products and services to address the competence development, assessments and certifications to cater to the large pool of manpower requiring skills for increased employability.

QAI is currently servicing over 200 clients in 30 countries and our regional bases are located in US, India, UK, China, Singapore, Malaysia and Canada.

For further details, please contact:

Parul Singh +91-9868729412 parul.singh@qaiglobal.com	Thomas Ticknor +1-407-363-1111 tticknor@qaiworldwide.org