MUMBAI, India, January 8 /PRNewswire/ --

- Tata Interactive Systems (TIS) and Leading Learning Architect, Gordon Bull Join Hands to Offer Learning Consultancy to Organizations With the Objective of Providing a Strategic and Business Perspective to Learning Initiatives

TIS and Gordon will offer free consultancy in pre-booked slots over the 2 day Learning Technologies event at their stall (No.38) on learning business issues and challenges organizations are currently facing. Each 20 minute session will be personalized based on questions / issues mailed in to TIS and Gordon and will aim to provide practical solutions and advice to deliver better learning solutions.

Gordon Bull said, Working with Tata Interactive Systems, we aim to help clients identify and achieve key business targets linked to their learning initiatives. The focus on getting things right before setting out to develop solutions has long been an issue in learning interventions and the importance of linking business measures to these interventions is even more critical in these challenging times.

Talking about the new approach, Alan Samuel - Vice President, TIS, UK, says, The combination of Gordon's expertise and experience and Tata Interactive Systems ability to provide complete learning solutions, will allow us to add value and business benefit to our client's learning initiatives.

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About Tata Interactive Systems (TIS)

Tata Interactive Systems (TIS), a global leader in e-learning, is a part of the $70bn Tata Group. Truly international, TIS has a presence across the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East, India, and mainland Europe. TIS offers corporations, universities, schools, publishers and government institutions a diversified and innovative bouquet of learning and training solutions including Simulation-based Learning Objects (SimBLs(R)), Story-based Learning Objects (StoBLs), courseware and curriculum design, special-needs education, assessments, electronic performance support systems (EPSS), mobile learning, game-based learning along with other corporate training and consultancy services. Our multi-disciplinary expertise and 18 years' experience across domains helps us design e-learning programs that are unique to clients' requirements and specifically crafted to boost knowledge retention and application.

TIS is the only e-learning organization in the world to be assessed at Level 5 in both the SEI-CMM and P-CMM frameworks. TIS' quest for excellence is reflected in numerous prestigious industry awards, including a Performance Centered Design Award, an ASTD Award, IT Training Awards, Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards, APEX Awards of Excellence, BETT Awards, and Business World-NID Design Excellence awards.

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Further information from: Sonal Chhaya Tata Interactive Systems +91-22-6643-8000 sonal_c@tatainteractive.com Tata Interactive Systems 4th Floor Leela Business Park Andheri East Mumbai 400 059 INDIA Tel: +91-22-6643-8000 Fax: +91-22-6643-8800

Further information from: Sonal Chhaya, Tata Interactive Systems, +91-22-6643-8000, sonal_c@tatainteractive.com; Tata Interactive Systems, 4th Floor Leela Business Park, Andheri East, Mumbai 400 059, INDIA, Tel: +91-22-6643-8000, Fax: +91-22-6643-8800