Dr. Heinrich Hellstern , Director of HEKS (Development Agency in Switzerland), by his Noble gesture assisted in starting, the CSI Technical Training Institute at Nettur in 1959. It became a non-religious organization which catered to all sections of the society by adapting a new name NTTF, Nettur Technical Training Foundation, in the Year 1963.

NTTF is the living symbol of indo-Swiss co-operation aimed at promoting a purposeful technical education for the youth in India. In its mission, the foundation was actively supported with generous assistance from the Swiss government, HEKS and Swiss development co-operation, a development agency of Switzerland. The Government of India and the state Government have also extended their support. Now the foundation implements its programme of technical training in Mechanical, Electronics, Information Technology, Computer Engineering and Mechatronics streams. NTTF offers various employment oriented programs, right from the craftsman’s level to Postgraduate programmes through its 20 training centers located at Bangalore, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Dharwad, Gannavaram, Jamshedpur, Pune, Tellichery, Trivandrum, Tumkur, Tuticorin, Vellore and Gopalpur.