Union minister of Railways Piyush Goyal along with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will dedicate to the nation its first railway university and third such ‘institution’ in the world after Russia and China on Saturday. The National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI) in Vadodara, Gujarat opened its doors to the first batch of 103 students from 20 states in two fully-residential undergraduate courses in early this year in September.
The National Rail and Transportation Institute is presently offering – Two undergraduate programmes — B.Sc. in Transportation Technology and BBA programme in Transportation Management — started, while masters programme in the areas such as Transportation and Systems Design, Transport Systems Engineering, Transport Policy and Economics, among others in on the cards and likely to begin from 2019-20 academic session. The Ministry of Railways has sanctioned Rs 421 crores for the project for the next five years.
The Student Body in the institution is highly diverse with 17 girls and 86 boys coming from 20 states. 41 students are admitted in BBA — Transportation Management — while 62 students in B.Sc (Transportation Technology) programme.
Authorities are also planning to for new campus and Gujarat Government has been allocated with a task for the acquisition of land.
Approximately 110 acres of land at Pipaliya village in Waghodiya Taluka, District Vadodara has been identified for the university.