Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022: National Road Transport Institute to be renamed as Gati Shakti University - All you need to know

Gati Shakti University: The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022, will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. The bill was cleared by the Lok Sabha last week which seeks to create the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. Once the bill is cleared by both the Houses, the National Road Transport Institute in Vadodara will be upgraded to a central university and will be known as the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.

Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan staged the bill in Lok Sabha last week for discussion and passage. He said that the objective of the bill is to unify different departments to create a new infrastructure for pushing infrastructure development. 

The university, named after the government's flagship Rs 100-lakh crore PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity, will act as a digital platform, bringing together 16 ministries, including roadways and railways, for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects.

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya: Salient features

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya or Gati Shakti University is all set to be a multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional institute after the rollout of the National Education Policy.  

The plan is to bring together different departments to create a new infrastructure where various transport sector elements railways, roads, waterways, aviation, and ports, as well as information and technology, will coordinate with each other on the Gati Shakti Mission platform.  

 Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya will focus on transport courses, skill development, applied research, technology development, transport economics, and infrastructure financing.

At present, the National Rail and Transportation University, located in Vadodara, is a deemed-to-be-institution.