Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya
Former name	National Rail and Transportation Institute
Motto	Gyaanasya Abhyaasam Kuru
Type	Central University
Established	2018; 6 years ago
Chancellor	Minister of Railways
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Manoj Choudhary
Location	Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Campus	Urban
Website	gsv.ac.in

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV), formerly National Rail and Transportation Institute, is a central university located in Vadodara, Gujarat, India. GSV is India's first transport University. It is presently at the campus of the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR).

History

In 2017, cabinet of India led by the prime minister Narendra Modi approved the setting up of India's first university exclusively focused on transport-related education, multidisciplinary research and training.^[1] It was established in 2018 as a Deemed to be University under the de Novo category.^[2] In 2022 it was converted to a central University under The Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2022^[3] and was renamed Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.

Course and curriculum

Undergraduate courses run in semester mode with eight semesters in total, having a duration of four years and are worth 150+ credits.

Every year compulsory internships on offer for practical exposure, one with Indian Railways at the end of every academic years. In addition, all the undergraduate students compulsorily have to submit a thesis/project at the end of their degree.

Admissions

Admissions to the university are only offered via a national-level i.e. JEE (Main) and CUET-UG & PG conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA).

Eligibility and Process

The eligibility to apply for the academic programmes at GSV is as follows:

MBA in Transport Economics & Management or Logistics & Supply Chain Management (UG degree in any stream with Maths or Statistics, and minimum 55% aggregate marks (50% for OBC/SC/ST), Candidates with CAT, XAT or MAT scores are exempted from entrance Test, CUET-PG)

MSc in Transportation Technology and Policy or Transport Information Systems and Analytics or Railway System Engineering and Integration (UG degree in any stream with Maths or Statistics, and minimum 55% aggregate marks (50% for OBC/SC/ST))

B.Tech in Rail Systems and Communication Engineering

B.Tech. in Rail Infrastructure Engineering (12th with PCM, admission on JEE mains score basis) BBA in Transportation Management All Streams (10 + 2 with Math)

B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science(Specialization : Transportation and Logistics)

B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Specialization : Rail Engineering)

BSc in Transportation Technology Science Stream (10 + 2 with Math)

Applicants must have successfully completed their 10 + 2 Board examination with at least 55% marks (50% for OBC/SC/ST) and be below the age of 25 years as on August 1 of the said year of admission.

NRTI follows Government Regulations with respect to reservations, which is as follows:

General - 40.5%
OBC - 27%
SC - 15%
ST - 7.5%
EWS - 10%

Supernumerary seats will also be considered for PwD, Kashmiri Migrants and Ex-Servicemen, as per Government Regulations.

The Merit list Rank for respective categories (GEN, OBC, EWS, SC, ST & EWS) are based on Entrance Test scores and are published on the GSV website post result declaration. Provisionally selected students, along with high ranked waitlisted candidates, are called for counselling at the NRTI campus, Vadodara. If there are any vacant seats after the 1st round of counselling, additional waitlisted students are called in the order of merit for the 2nd round of counselling.

Timeline

May 2018: NRTI given Deemed to be University status by University Grants Commission.^[2]
Sep 2018: Academic sessions starts. 103 students shortlisted on basis of NRTI Aptitude test held in July-2018 for fully residential three year Bachelor of Science in Transportation Technology and Bachelor of Business Administration in Transport Management.^[4]^[5]
Dec 2018: NRTI dedicated to nation by Railway minister Piyush Goyal and Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani.^[6]
Aug 2022 : Converted to Central University by the act of Parliament.

Lok Sabha today passed Central Universities (Amendment), Bill 2022 for conversion of the National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), a Deemed to be University into Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV), a Central University. https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1848087

References

^ "Cabinet approves setting up of India's first rail university in Gujarat". The Economic Times. 20 December 2017. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "UGC approves deemed-to-be university status for NRTI". The Times of India. 13 May 2018.
^ "Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 23 June 2023.
^ "Railway University: Syllabus, courses, admission details here". The Indian Express. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "Railway University to be launched today, two courses to be offered initially". Scroll.in. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
^ "Goyal, Rupani to dedicate India's first Railway University to nation today". Daily Excelsior. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[1] "Cabinet approves setting up of India's first rail university in Gujarat". The Economic Times. 20 December 2017. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[:0-2] "UGC approves deemed-to-be university status for NRTI". The Times of India. 13 May 2018.

[3] "Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2022" (PDF). Retrieved 23 June 2023.

[4] "Railway University: Syllabus, courses, admission details here". The Indian Express. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[5] "Railway University to be launched today, two courses to be offered initially". Scroll.in. 5 September 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[6] "Goyal, Rupani to dedicate India's first Railway University to nation today". Daily Excelsior. 15 December 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

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