Centre for Teachers Training and Research Institute

National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research Kolkata (NITTTR Kolkata) is a Public Deemed university situated in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was one of four such institutes established by the Department of Education, MHRD, Government of India, as fully centrally funded autonomous institutions, the others being at Chandigarh, Bhopal, and Chennai. These institutes were created to provide pre- and in-service training to teachers and staff of Degree and Diploma level training institutions and to improve the quality of the technical education system. In 2003, the Government of India accorded national status to NITTTR Kolkata along with its three sister institutes. 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 two-year M.Tech Post Graduate Degree Programmes in Manufacturing Technology, Multimedia & Software Systems, Mechatronics Engineering, and Structural Engineering, affiliated with Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology (MAKAUT). It has extension centres in Guwahati (established 1999) and Bhubaneswar (established 2000), and serves as a nodal agency for national technical education projects.