Gati Shakti University Bill introduced in Lok Sabha, check details here
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The Bill seeks the conversion of the National Rail and Transportation University, a deemed-to-be-university, into Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, an autonomous central university.
On Monday, a bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha seeking the conversion of the National Rail and Transportation University, a deemed-to-be-university, into Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, an autonomous central university. The Central Universities Bill, which was introduced by the Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, also seeks to expand the scope of the university from beyond the railways to cover the entire transport sector to support the ambitious growth and modernisation in the field.
“The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022 seeks to amend the Central Universities Act, 2009, inter alia, to provide for the establishment of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya as a body corporate under the said Act,” the Education Minister said in the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the Bill.
He further added that the establishment of the Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya will address the need of talents in the strategically important and expanding transportation sector and will meet the demands of trained talent to fuel the growth and expansion of the sector.
The Education Minister further added that the proposed university will reverse the brain drain and will lead to creating critical capability and capacity by developing masters' and doctoral degrees in transportation.
The university will carry out critically-needed research and development by creating innovative technologies to encourage local manufacturing and substitute the imports of expensive technology, equipment and products.
The university will also take additional measures to provide high quality teaching, research and skill development in diverse disciplines related to transportation, technology and management, including establishing centres in India and abroad, Mr Pradhan said. The University is named after the government's flagship Rs 100 lakh crore PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan for multi-modal connectivity.
The Gati Shakti Master Plan is essentially a digital platform bringing together 16 ministries, including roadways and railways, for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects. It seeks to incorporate infrastructure schemes of various ministries and state governments, such as Bharatmala, Sagarmala, inland waterways, dry and land ports, UDAN.
