The Centre is an initiative by Joe Victor, who has over thirty years years of experience with Overseas (Australian, American and British) Education.
Joe Victor has pioneered British Education Promotion and Counselling in India; established Regional Offices for UK Universities and Educational Companies; and trained several Education Counsellors and Agents who are currently engaged in Overseas Education consultancy services.

TIETAC is a member of Association of Accredited Advisors on Overseas Education (AAAOE), Chennai.

The key objectives of the Centre are to:

Provide an Education Placement Service to reputed international education providers for promoting their academic programmes to potential students interested in overseas education. The Service is developed to provide comprehensive counselling and an on-line application facility to potential eligible applicants, seeking academic education overseas. 

Provide an Advisory Service as consultants to UK institutions for establishing academic collaborations, student and faculty exchanges, training courses, in-country delivery of academic programmes, and outsourcing educational related projects.

The Advisers in the Team are:

• Mr R Sivakumar, former ECS Manager South India, British Council, Chennai
• Mr Robert Bellarmine - ELT Adviser, ELT expert and Consultant Adviser to the British Council
• Mr L Sundararaman - Projects Adviser, former Project Manager of British Council and a practicing Management Consultant. 

The Centre is managed by J & B Consultants - a Registered Company (Director - Ms Barbara Victor), with a Registered Office in Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, a Counselling Office in New Friends Colony, New Delhi, a Regional Office in Adyar, Chennai and a Satellite Office in Frazer Town, Bangalore.

Mr Sivakumar heads the Regional Office in Chennai, which covers the Southern States of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Pondicherry and Tamilnadu.

The Centre's Advisers have developed excellent contacts with reputed players in the education sector in India and Overseas. These contacts are important resources, which the Centre draws on when identifying appropriate projects for Overseas Collaborations, On-line Learning, Education Promotion, Marketing and Consultancy Services.