NTTF, Nettur, Thalassery - 5 (Thalassery (തലശ്ശേരി))

Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF) is a prominent private educational trust in India, with campuses all over south India. It was established in 1963 with Swiss co-operation, in order to provide purposeful quality education with excellent employment opportunities, with qualifications that are widely accepted by industries in India and abroad. NTTF has one of the most rigorous Diploma Programmes in India with emphasis on practical and hands-on knowledge. NTTF graduates are renowned for their practical skills in the industry. NTTF implements its programme of technical training in mechanical engineering, electronics, information technology & computer engineering and mechatronics streams at postgraduate, graduate, post diploma, diploma and certificate levels. It operates 16 training centers, located at Bangalore, Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore, Dharwad, Gannavaram, Jamshedpur, Pune, Tellicherry, Trivandrum, Tumkur, Tuticorin and Vellore.

History

The Nettur Technical Training Foundation - successor to the CSI (Church of South India) Technical Training - was established on 24 November 1959 as a joint venture of the Church of South India and HEKS(Hilfswerk der Evangelischen Kirchen der Schweiz), Switzerland, with the objective of promoting technical education. It was realized that there was a future for an institution imparting training in precision tool and die-making.

On 24 November 1959, Mr. Kaderkutty, Managing Director of Western India Plywoods,Valapattanam,Kannur, formally inaugurated the training center. The first batch of tool and die-maker trainees, 16 boys, were admitted in November 1959. The first batch appeared for NCTVT (National Council for Training in Vocational Trades, presently known as NCVT) in January 1962 and completed 4 year in 1964. The initial plan was to keep the duration of training period as 3.5 years, but the same was extended to 4 years from the very first batch onwards.

Alfred Frischknecht, Swiss technical expert, was the first appointee of the HEKS. He was a great visionary with a passion for talent and a staunch believer in the concept of self-help. He took charge as the first principal of the Nettur centre and successfully surmounted all the teething problems and gave a strong foundation to the institution. After 6 years he become the Director of HEKS, Switzerland.

It was realised from its inception that the institution would be a costly one to set up and still costlier to maintain. The Church of South India placed some of its land and buildings at Nettur, Tellicherry at the disposal of the institute. Some buildings were reconditioned and a few new ones were constructed by NTTF. The donor agencies assured the necessary funds flow, supply of adequate machine tools and accessories and deputation of technical experts from abroad.

Time Line

The seed sown 40 years ago, the decision to start tool and die-making courses at Tellicherry, has been proved right. Though it not a panacea for all the problems in the region, the foundation has successfully developed and promoted technical training for gainful employment, as an alternative to the conventional academic education.

* 1963: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Nettur, Tellicherry (Kerala)
* 1964: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Dharwad (Karnataka)
* 1964: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Vellore (Tamil Nadu)
* 1978: NTTF Technical Training Centre,Peenya, Bangalore (Karnataka)
* 1982: NTTF Technical Training Centre for Rural Youth & Disabled, Gannavaram(Andra Pradesh)
* 1983: NTTF Technical Training Centre, Electronics City, Bangalore(Karnataka)
* 1983: NTTF School of Post Graduate Studies, Bangalore (Karnataka)
* 1997: GKD-NTTF Technical Training Centre, Coimbatore (TamilNadu)
* 1998: NTTF S.S Nadkarni Technology Centre Peenya, Bangalore (Karnataka)
* 2000: NTTF Information Technology Centre, Hosur Road, Bangalore(Karnataka)
* 2000: NTTF Information Technology Centre, Chennai (TamilNadu)
* 2000: NTTF at SIT, Tumkur (Karnataka)
* 2001: NTTF at OEN – Cochin (Kerala)
* 2001: NTTF at SPIC – Tuticorin (Tamil Nadu)
* 2002: Keltron NTTF Training Centre – Trivandrum (Kerala)
* 2003: NTTF at TISCO, Jamshadpur (Jharkand)

now NTTF is known as EDUTECH NTTF INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED. It has overall 22 centers in India.(Information updated on 7th Aug07, By alumni).

Aims

The aims of the foundation are:

* To promote technical training in India, particularly in the field of Tool and Die making, Electronics, Technical skills and other allied trades both at Craftsman level, Post Diploma and Post Graduate level.
* To organize the running of the training centre, Polytechnics or other institutions for technical education in India , and to assist other to do so by providing funds or by giving technical help as Consultants.
* To help poor and deserving students with scholarships to enable to carry out their training in establishments of technical or industrial character
* To arrange for course of lectures, classes, seminars, and conferences for the diffusion of the technical and industrial knowledge.
* To establish and maintain hostels or boarding houses for the use of students receiving technical education.
* To establish and run any industry or business as decided by the trustees and to use the income so derived for the maintenance and running of the educational institutions which are under the management of the foundation.
* To sponsor outreach programs aimed towards the development of rural India.