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innovatorVolume: 1 I January - March 2013Message from MDDear All:I just read:‘The greatest gift we can gift a student is the knowledge that they will always be students”.Winning is a Habit and Success is a Choice!May we all smile upon each other and know we are loved.Best wishes!N RegurajManaging DirectorContentsMD’s message 2Editorial 2Management Speaks 3Top Level Appointments 3Cover Story - Power your Passion with NTTFfor a Bright Future 4Interesting Articles - by NTTF staff / faculty 5Focus - Kalasangama 6Events / News in picture gallery 8Contact us 12Techno Education for Global CompetenceFrom the Editor’s DeskDear all,Entire NTTF family deeply regrets the sad demise ofSri. K Varaprasad Rao - Principal, NTTF, Gannavaram. Innovator teamjoins Team NTTF in extending our heartfelt condolences to the bereavedfamily. May his soul rest in peace and may God give his family enoughstrength to bear this loss.It’s Admission time! All of us have put in our efforts in the variouspublicity activities to promote NTTF programs. Let’s continue topromote the NTTF brand amongst all our stakeholders throughout theyear in innovative ways and at every possible opportunity to ensurethat we are deep rooted in the minds of the people. Let’s welcome ournew folks to our training world.Happy to release this year’s first edition with glimpses of eventshappened in the last quarter - like the cultural event: Kalasangama,events happened across our centres, informative articles on careerdevelopment, WorldSkills Competitions and technical innovations,useful thoughts from faculty, announcement of new programs,admission to current programs which I hope would help all our readersto know more about NTTF and its people.I am sure, you will enjoy reading this edition of our ‘Innovator’ and willcontinue to give your valuable inputs for the purpose of this quarterlymagazine.Wishing you all a great year ahead!Anand B[Chief Editor]INNOVATOR2
innovatorVolume: 1 I January - March 2013Management SpeaksOpportunity to participate in WorldskillsInternational (WSI) Competition - Brazil 2015Vocational Education and Training (VET)is a catch word now. All Ministriesare projecting their future need of skilledmanpower. National Skill DevelopmentCorporation (NSDC) is promoting all toachieve the goals set by Government - 500million trained youth by 2020.For the world’s demand of skilled youth,surely, India is a resource centre. Thetechnological developments already inpractice globally are not reflected in theacademic curriculum of our vocationaltraining institutions. The opportunity forthe educators and planners to witness, feel& know what is the latest in skill trainingis highly remote. WorldSkills Internationalhold international competition in morethan 50 skills. Over its 60 year history,WorldSkills International (formerly knownas the “Skill Olympics”) has come tosymbolise the pinnacle of excellence invocational training. Every two years hundredsof young skilled people, accompanied by theirteachers and trainers, gather together fromaround the world to compete before the publicin the skills of their various trades and testthemselves against demanding internationalstandards. They represent the best of theirpeers drawn from regional and national skillcompetitions held currently in 66 countries/regions.NTTF can sponsor candidates in the followingskills:• CNC Turning & Milling, Electronics,Mechanical CAD, Mobile Robotics,Mould Tech, Welding, Poly Mechanics &Automation and Mechatronics• Graphics Designs• IT software application & Web DesignThis year, the global talent search andrecognition in 46 skills covering all theavenues listed above can be witnessed at WSIcompetitions 2013, to be held in Leipzig - Germanyduring 2-7, July’13. Industry & institutionalrepresentatives and bureaucrats need towitness the same and gain knowledge forthe futuristic growth of our nation.Next WorldSkills International competitionswill be at Brazil during August 2015 andnational selection for the same will be byAugust 2014. NTTF is ready to sponsor andextend all support to our bright & skilledtrainees. It is a great chance for our traineesto prepare and compete at National leveltests in any of skills listed above. As astrategy, 1st year rank holders can beearmarked, prompted and trained to takeup tests during their 2nd year of training.Grab this opportunity and demonstrate yourhidden skills to the world!WSI competitions, a pinnacle of skillexcellence can support to raise the imageof Technical Education. The global benchmarking of skill standards, if witnessed canbring in life changing effects for the countryas well as the individuals.K VenugopalDirector & COO - NTTFTechnical Delegate to WSI 2013 - IndiaFor more details visit website:www.worldskills.orgTop Level AppointmentsShrihari UdupaExecutive Director, NTTFMr. Shrihari Udupa, MA in PM & IRfrom TISS, Mumbai joined NTTFas Executive Director in Jan 2013. Hehas over three decades of experience inIndustry and is currently pursuing a FellowProgram at IMI, Delhi.His last assignment has been as Directorfor the global consulting companyPricewaterHouseCoopers Pvt. Ltd. Hestarted his career with Widia India (nowKennametal India), Bengaluru. Thereafter,he has worked as GM-HR for TubeInvestments India, a flag-ship companyof Murugappa Group, Chennai, VP-HR ofWartsila India, a Finnish Power Plant Co.,Mumbai, Senior Director - HR for OracleIndia and President - HR for Adani Group,Ahmedabad.Mr. Udupa has strong conceptualknowledge and has done substantialoriginal work in areas of employeeengagement, talent management,succession planning & leadershipdevelopment, mergers and acquisition,culture building etc. On three occasions,companies where Mr. Udupa headedHR figured among the best employers.He has also been the HR Panel Headfor CII, Bangalore. He has addressednational level seminars on Quality, HR andManagement.Innovator welcomes Mr. Shrihari Udupainto NTTF fraternity and wishes him agreat success ahead.3
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