Jamshedpur, January 06, 2003 Tata Steel has decided to set up a world class Polytechnic
in Jamshedpur in collaboration with a well known technical
training organisation, Nettur Technical Training Foundation(NTTF), of Bangalore.
NTTF has vast experience in the field of technical training and are already running
over a dozen such institutes where students are awarded diplomas in numerous
technical discipline. They also run Post Diploma and
Post Graduate courses in some disciplines.
The Managing Director of NTTF Mr. N. Reguraj came to Jamshedpur and an MOU was signed
on 1.1.2003 between Tata Steel and NTTF. The polytechnic will be known as R D Tata
Technical Education Centre and will be established in the premises presently
occupied by R D Tata High School. This Polytechnic will primarily be
meant for the children of Tata Steel, and outsiders will be admitted only if
all the seats are not filled up by employees' children.
The R D Tata Technical Education
Centre will initially have three disciplines namely, Tool &
Die Making, Electronics, and Mechatronics. All these three branches are in such high
demand that almost hundred percent of the students from other
Institutions of NTTF get placed in Industries by the time they finish their training.
The institute will have 30 (thirty) seats in each of the three
branches, i.e. a total of 90 (ninety) students will
be admitted every year. The selection will be through a common entrance examination which
NTTF conducts on an All India basis for admission to it's Institutes.
This initiative has been taken up by Tata Steel to increase the employment
potential of the children of its employees.
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