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NTTF offers quality courses
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Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) is an educational foundation with more than 45 years of history. It continues to be a symbol of Indo-Swiss cooperation aimed at promoting purposeful technical education for the youth of the country.
The Foundation currently implements various programmes in technical training through its 20 centres in Tellicherry, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Allepey, four centres in Bangalore, Dharwad, Tumkur, Vellore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Tuticorin, Gannavaram, R.D. Tata Technical Education Centre in Jamshedpur, and J.N. Tata Technical Education Centre in Gopalpur.
N. Arul Selvan, Associate Director (Training), NTTF, says NTTF was established with an objective to promote technical training, particularly in the areas of tool making, electronics, computer engineering, information technology, technical skills, mechatronics, manufacturing technology and other allied trades, to help poor students with scholarships to enable them to carry out training and sponsor programmes aimed at development of rural areas.
Revamped
All the programmes offered at NTTF are industry-focused and employment oriented. “All NTTF programmes and related curriculum are updated and revamped under a team of eminent personalities from both the academia and industry.”
NTTF offers various programmes at post-graduate degree, post-graduate diploma, post-diploma, diploma and certificate levels, apart from various non-formal/ vocational programmes.
“The programmes that we offer are open to students who have passed Standard X and also those who have completed their engineering. We also offer in-house training to the personnel of some industry. Currently, we are training the personnel from the Nokia factory in Tamil Nadu, and Maruthi Udyog in Haryana,” Mr. Selvan said. The NTTF has link up with over 50 companies in the information technology, electronics and manufacturing sectors to train their employees.
“What sets NTTF apart from the other training institutes is the fact that we have been maintaining a 100 per cent placement record for the past several years. Also, our programmes are up-to-date with the latest developments in the field.”
He says that at any given point of time, there are about 6,000 students undergoing training at NTTF. More than 2,000 students graduate every year and find suitable employment.
“We have been able to stick to our objectives that include training youth in employable skills through holistic training, inculcate the culture of ‘produce while learning and learn while producing’, keep pace with the technological developments, support industries and institutes in dissemination of technical knowledge and skills, and expand the scope of training nationally and internationally.”
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