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Nettur Technical Training Foundation
Nettur Technical Training Foundation cision tool and die-making to augment the rapid indus-
trialization of post-independence India.
On 24 November 1959, Mr. Kaderkutty, managing di-
rector of Western India Plywoods, Valapattanam, Kan-
nur, formally inaugurated the training center at Nettur.
The first batch of tool and die-maker trainees, 16 boys,
were admitted in November 1959. The first batch ap-
peared for NCTVT (National Council for Training in Voca-
Motto Techno education for global competence tional Trades, presently known as NCVT) in January 1962
and completed the four-year course in 1964. The initial
Established 1963, Nettur, Thalassery
plan was to keep the duration of training to 3.5 years, but
Type Technical Education the same was later extended to four years from the very
first batch.
Location Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Alfred Frischknecht, Swiss technical expert, was the
Acronym NTTF first appointee of the HEKS to establish the first training
Centre at Nettur, Kerala. He was a great visionary with a
Website http://www.nttftrg.com/
passion for talent and a staunch believer in the concept
Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) is a promi- of self-help. He took charge as the first principal of the
nent private educational trust in India, with campuses all Nettur centre and successfully surmounted all the
over south India. It was established in 1963 with Swiss teething problems and gave a strong foundation to the
co-operation, in order to provide purposeful quality ed- institution. After seven years in India, he joined HEKS
ucation with excellent employment opportunities, with headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland to be in charge of
qualifications that are widely accepted by industries in development projects.
India and abroad. NTTF has one of the most rigorous Di- It was realised from its inception that the institution
ploma Programmes in India with emphasis on practical would be a costly one to set up and still costlier to main-
and hands-on knowledge. NTTF graduates are renowned tain. The Church of South India placed some of its land
for their practical skills in the industry. NTTF imple- and buildings at Nettur, Tellicherry at the disposal of the
ments its programme of technical training in mechanical institute. Some buildings were reconditioned and a few
engineering, electronics, information technology & com- new ones were constructed by NTTF. The donor agencies
puter engineering and mechatronics streams at post- assured the necessary funds, supply of adequate machine
graduate, graduate, post diploma, diploma and certificate tools and accessories and deputation of technical experts
levels. It operates 16 training centers, located at Banga- from abroad.
lore, Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Dharwad, Gannavaram, 1964 saw the establishment of a training centre in
Jamshedpur, Pune, Tellichery, Trivandrum, Tumkur, Go- Dharwad, Karnataka again on property donated by the
plapur, Tuticorin and Vellore. CSI church of Karnataka. Another center was established
in the same year in Vellore, Tamil Nadu. The headquar-
ters was moved to Peenya, Bangalore after the establish-
History ment of a world-class toolroom and training center in
The Nettur Technical Training Foundation - successor to 1978.
the CSI Technical Training Institute - was established on
Quality Policy
12 April 1958 as a joint venture between Church of South
India and HEKS (Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen der "Systematic Training with continual improvement, re-
Schweiz),[1] Switzerland, with the objective of promot- sponsive to customer needs & changing technology."
ing technical education. Per HEKS website, the initial
funds for the project was raised as offertory collections Time Line
from the regional established churches in Zürich, Aar-
The seed sown 50 years ago, the decision to start tool and
gau, Basel and Schaffhausen. It was realized that there
die-making courses at Tellicherry, has been proved right.
was a future for an institution imparting training in pre-
Though it not a panacea for all the problems in the re-
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nettur Technical Training Foundation
gion, the foundation has successfully developed and pro- • 2008: NTTF Technical Training Centre at Chandana
moted technical training for gainful employment, as an Education Society, Lakshmeswar
alternative to the conventional academic education. • 2008: NTTF Technical Training Centre at JSW,
• 1959: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Nettur, Bellary(Karnataka)
Tellicherry (Kerala) • 2009: NTTF Vocational Training Centre, Savanur
• 1964: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Dharwad
(Karnataka)
• 1964: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Vellore
Aims
(Tamil Nadu) The aims of the foundation are:
• 1978: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Peenya, • To promote technical training in India, particularly
Bangalore (Karnataka) in the field of Tool and Die making, Electronics,
• 1982: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Electronic Technical skills and other allied trades both at
City, Bangalore (Karnataka) Craftsman level, Post Diploma and Post Graduate
• 1982: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Gannavaram level.
(Andhra Pradesh) • To organize the running of the training centre,
• 1983: NTTF PG School, Bangalore Polytechnics or other institutions for technical
• 1997: NTTF Technical Training Centre at GKDITR, education in India , and to assist other to do so by
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) providing funds or by giving technical help as
• 2000: NTTF IT Centre, Bangalore Consultants.
• 2000: NTTF IT Centre, Chennai • To help poor and deserving students with
• 2000: NTTF Technical Training Centre at SIT, Tumkur scholarships to enable to carry out their training in
(Karnataka) establishments of technical or industrial character
• 2001: NTTF Technical Training Centre at OEN India • To arrange for course of lectures, classes, seminars,
Ltd, Kochi (Kerala) and conferences for the diffusion of the technical
• 2001: NTTF Technical Training Centre at Southern and industrial knowledge.
Petro Chemical Industries (SPIC), Tuticorin (Tamil • To establish and maintain hostels or boarding houses
Nadu) for the use of students receiving technical education.
• 2002: NTTF Technical Training Centre at Keltron Ltd, • To establish and run any industry or business as
Trivandrum (Kerala) decided by the trustees and to use the income so
• 2003: NTTF Technical Training Centre at R D TATA derived for the maintenance and running of the
Technical Education Center, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) educational institutions which are under the
• 2005: NTTF Technical Training Centre at J.N. TATA management of the foundation.
Technical Education Center, Gopalpur • To sponsor outreach programs aimed towards the
• 2006: NTTF Technical Training Centre at NOKIA India development of rural India.
Pvt. Ltd, Sriperumbudur.
• 2006: NTTF IT Centre DIOCESE, Alleppey (Kerala)
• 2006: NTTF IT Centre, Shimoga (Karnataka)
See also
• 2006: NTTF Technical Training Centre at Thiagarajar • Educational Institutes in Thalassery
College of Engineering, Madurai (Tamil Nadu)
• 2006: NTTF IT Centre at IRIS Manufacturing Ltd, External links
Chengalpet
• 2007: NTTF Technical Training Centre at • Official NTTF website
Seyanmarsal Vocational Training Center • Official website of NTTF Industries Ltd., the
• 2008: NTTF Technical Training Centre at Keltron commercial arm of NTTF
Campus, Mudadi (Kerala)
• 2008: NTTF Technical Training Centre at VSVN
Polytechnic, Visudhunagar
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