National Rail And Transportation Institute Is Upgraded As Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya

Highlights:

• National Rail and Transportation Institute is upgraded as Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. 
• The deemed to be a university will be upgraded to a central university. 
• The university is renamed Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya
• National Rail and Transportation Institute is upgraded as Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya. 
• The deemed to be a university will be upgraded to a central university. 
• The university is renamed Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the introduction of a Bill in Parliament, called the Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022, to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009 for setting up Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV).
• The amendment would help convert a Deemed-to-be University, National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), into Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, a Central University.
• The NRTI offers BBA in transportation management courses, BSc in transportation technology, and MSc in railway system engineering and integration.

• The Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya is expected to be a key enabler for developing the transportation sector, which is strategically critical for the economic growth and development of India.
• The sector needs a steady supply of highly trained personnel and state-of-the-art technology.
• The university's scope will expand beyond the Railways to cover the whole transport sector to support its growth and modernization.