CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS
National Rail and Transportation Institute upgraded as Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya:
- The National Rail and Transportation Institute has been transformed into Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, becoming a major university.
- The institution now goes by the name Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.
- The Central Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which amends the Central Universities Act, 2009 to allow for the establishment of Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV), was approved by the Union Cabinet.
- The change would assist in making Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, a Central University, out of the National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), a Deemed-to-be university.
- NRTI offers a BSc in transportation technology, a BBA in transportation management, and an MSc in railway system engineering and integration.
