National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research Chandigarh

National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research (Formerly TTTI), Chandigarh is one of the four institutes established by the Government of India in 1967 for the development of technical education in the country with focus on the states of the Northern Region.The institute started with long term teachers’ training programmes for polytechnic teachers in 1967 and was also entrusted with the responsibility of promoting curriculum development work for the states in the region. To improve the competence of teachers for implementing new curricula designed by this institute, short term courses are being offered since 1967. The institute established a Media Centre in 1981 for preparing print and non-print instructional materials. The institute also set up the department of Rural Development and the department of Entrepreneurship Development to assist polytechnics in promoting entrepreneurship and community development activities. The Educational Television and Computer Science departments were established in the year 1981 and 1982 respectively. Since 1983, the institute has been guiding and assisting the states in the areas of Educational Planning and Management. Since 1992, the institute started offering Regular Master of Engineering Programmes in (i) Engineering Education and (ii) Manufacturing Technology. In the year 1994, two more programmes namely Master of Engineering in Construction Technology and Management and Computer