Vadodara opens gate of opportunities with India’s first Railway University

Vadodara, December 22: Progressing speedily towards infrastructure and development, the Indian Railway in the coming years has escalated its stature at a considerable level. Accomplishing a big dream, Indian Railways opened gates for India’s first railway university in Vadodara. Prime Minister Narendra Modi being the brainchild behind this ambitious project, the Indian Railway University promises to provide professional education and training in the railway sector.

 

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal along with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani dedicated the university to the people of the country. India’s first railway university and is only third such in the whole world after Russia and China. The university takes a first step by enrolling the first batch with 103 students from 20 states in two fully-residential undergraduate courses.

The university has initiated in providing two under-graduate programmes. These are B.Sc. in Transportation Technology and a BBA programme in Transportation Management. These are the university’s flagship 3-year full time programmes which are highly multidisciplinary and experiential in nature. Furthering its base, the university aims to start the master’s programme from 2019-20 academic session in areas such as Transportation and Systems Design, Transport Systems Engineering, Transport Policy and Economics, among others.

The enrollment of students has widely being diversified with 17 girls and 86 boys coming from 20 states. The 103 students have been shortlisted for the two under-graduate programmes with 41 students are admitted in BBA (Transportation Management) while and 62 students are in B.Sc (Transportation Technology) programme.

The building’s construction of the university has been designed on the lines of Pratap Vilas Palace of the erstwhile Gaekwad state. As an interesting add-on, The National Academy of Indian Railways is also situated in the same campus. Till the time the greenfield campus for the university gets ready, both the institutions will run from this campus.

The Ministry of Railways has sanctioned Rs 421 crores for the university and its curriculum’s development for the next five years.