NITTTR, Chennai has been meticulously planning and executing teacher training activities as well as educational research, since its inception decades ago. It has expanded its wings to overseas trainees too, incorporating technical teachers, researchers, administrative and HRD personnel, trainers and so on since 1982.
The training courses for overseas professionals commenced with one such programme in 1982 and grown to the level, wherein, this prestigious institution organizes around eight such programmes per year, each of two months duration of intensive training, to achieve the set objectives in this sphere of the task.
In addition, special training programmes are also conducted for Bangladesh teachers for the past couple of years. More such programmes are also on the anvil, depending upon the requests from various countries. All of these programmes are fully sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.
Centre for International Affairs (CIA) plans, coordinates with the various academic departments and centers of the Institute, liaise with Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India, Indian Embassies in various countries to obtain the eligible participants, works with various academic departments and centers, in the organization of various programmes for overseas participants.
CIA, also obtains the accounts for the various courses, conducted by various departments and centers of NITTTR, Chennai, examines them, consolidates the final accounts and submits to MEA, for obtaining the grants.
CIA processes the necessary course advances and submits them to MEA for advance grants. In addition, making necessary entries, online, in all forms, to MEA as well as to Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FRRO), from time to time, for all courses.
All Logistic activities are coordinated by the CIA, in respect of all courses for overseas programmes, right through, from beginning to end.