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Teamlease Services, the temporary staffing company, announced that it has acquired a substantial majority stake in the Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT). IIJT is one of India's leading vocational training providers with a national network of over 250 centres and a capacity of 1 lakh concurrent students in courses that include sales, retail, finance, accounting and ICT.

The deal was completed by a combination of buying out existing shareholders (founders and Tiger Capital Management) and induction of new capital into the company. Teamlease has an option to take full ownership of the company at a future date. Post the IIJT acquisition, Teamlease will offer its corporate client base of over 1200 companies three products; Hiring (Permanent and Temporary), Hygiene (Payroll, Benefits and Compliance Administration) and Productivity (Assessments and Training).

Commenting on the acquisition, Manish Sabharwal, Chairman, Teamlease Services, said, "Teamlease is a people supply chain company whose major constraint has been that unemployability is a bigger problem than unemployment. This acquisition builds on our belief that quality supply creates its own demand and the ability to repair our interview rejects creates substantial operating leverage."

"IIJT not only plugs a gap in our products demanded by job seekers, employees and clients but also substantially expands our national employment footprint. Innovation lies at the intersection of employment and employability and this acquisition allows Teamlease to help accelerate India's various labour market transitions by taking training to people and people to jobs," added Sabharwal.

Devesh Srivasthava, Chairman of IIJT, said, "IIJT has been the fastest growing vocational training company in India over the last few years. But taking things to the next level required a partner that brought an employment ecosystem because vocational training consumers - students and parents - are increasingly demanding employment outcomes. As India's largest staffing company, Teamlease was a logical partner."

"We want to leverage TeamLease's larger ecosystem to build the best training organization in the country that is focused on employment outcomes. This association is aimed at reinforcing confidence across all stakeholders for a successful career and association with IIJT," commented Ashish Prasad, CEO of IIJT.

Aligning a supply side ecosystem (assessment, counseling, certification, curriculum, trainer training, course offerings, apprenticeships, etc) with the demand side (recruiting and open position generation), this acquisition makes Teamlease India's largest and fully integrated HR service company. This acquisition is being funded by Teamlease through a combination of internal accruals and a private equity investment from Gaja Capital.

Ashok Reddy, Managing Director, Teamlease Services, said, "Public policy efforts to improve labour market outcomes will need to be complemented by acceleration in the privatization of skill development and employment services. These 250 centres help us manufacture our own employees and position Teamlease strongly for this transition.

Source: IndiaPRWire

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