National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Kolkata

National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research Kolkata (NITTTR Kolkata) is a Public Deemed university situated in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was the first among four such institutes, the others being at Chandigarh, Bhopal, and Chennai, established by the Department of Education, MHRD, Government of India as fully centrally funded autonomous institutions for providing pre- and in-service training to teachers and staff of Degree and Diploma level training institutions, and for conducting activities related to quality improvement of the technical education system. In 2003, the Government of India accorded national status to the institute. On March 11, 2024, NITTTR Kolkata received Deemed-to-be University status under the Distinct Category from the Union Ministry of Education, enabling it to award its own degrees. The institute offers AICTE-approved M.Tech programmes in Manufacturing Technology, Multimedia & Software Systems, Mechatronics Engineering, and Structural Engineering, leading to degrees from MAKAUT. It has extension centres at Guwahati (established 1999) and Bhubaneswar (established 2000), and its mandate extends to technical and vocational institutions in SAARC and ASEAN countries.