National Rail and Transportation Institute
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Other name | NRTI |
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| Type | Deemed to be University |
| Established | 2018 |
| Endowment | Public |
| Chancellor | Ashwani Lohani |
| Address | National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) Campus, Lalbaug, Vadodara - 390 004, Vadodara, Gujarat, India |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | https://nrti.edu.in logo = |
The National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI) is India’s first railway university located in Vadodara, Gujarat. This institute is located in the National Academy of Indian Railway (NAIR) having about 55 acres of campus.
ABOUT
The National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), a vision of the Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is India’s first university focussed on transport-related education, multidisciplinary research and training. A Deemed to be University under the de Novo category, NRTI is specifically established to create a resource pool of best-in-class professionals for the railway and transportation sector.
NRTI will offer multi-disciplinary programmes designed to cater to the needs of India’s transportation sector. The Institute will follow a demand-driven curriculum, while aligning with industry priorities. To ensure best-in-class delivery of education, NRTI will follow a highly experiential and unique inter-disciplinary pedagogical approach, that incorporates the latest technologies such as live classrooms and online programs, and is delivered by high-quality faculty with global exposure.
NRTI is focused on developing global and national partnerships with top universities and organizations from across the world. This will enable access to the latest pedagogy and program design, and prevailing transportation related domain knowledge, innovations and research developments. NRTI has adopted an interdisciplinary approach for research of transport systems—it is bringing together academicians, scientists and engineers from various backgrounds, and plans to leverage its academic and industry partnerships and collaborations.
SALIENT FEATURES
- Established as a deemed to be university under the de-novo category in 201ndia's 1st Rail and Trnsportation institute
- India's 1st Rail and Trnsportation institute
- Multidisciplinary techno-commercial curriculum
- Residential program with modern hostel for boys and girls
- Global academic and industry partnerships
- State-of-the-art green campus spreading in about 55 acres
- All the programs are accredited by UGC and AICTE
- Dedicated placement cells for students at the end of their course study
- Various Internships to make students job ready
- Massive Research facilities available by Centres of research and innovation in technology with industry collaboration
- All research labs like Mobility Labs, Intelligent Transport System Labs, High Speed Rail Labs with latest cut-edge technologies are provided by the Indian Railways
- Upcoming multidisciplinary research themes include public transport operations and management, transport economics and policy, rail technology and infrastructure development, and, sustainability and behavior change
The university specialized in transport-related education, multidisciplinary research and training.[1] Established in 2018 as a deemed to be university under de-novo category.[2] NRTI is a brainchild of prime minister Narendra Modi, currently offering its flagship undergraduate programmes in Transportation Technology and Management.
Schools
- Management & Leadership
- Engineering & Applied Science
- Transport Planning & Design
- Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences
- Transport Policy & Law