Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya

In 2017, the Cabinet of India led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the setting up of India's first university exclusively focused on transport-related education, multidisciplinary research and training,^[1] called National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI). It was established in 2018.^[2]

In 2022, NRTI was subsumed by Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya.

List of current programs offered are as follows:

Technology Stream:

B.Tech. Programs (Regular Students):

• B.Tech. in Civil Engineering (Specialization: Rail Engineering)
• B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering (Specialization: Rail Engineering)
• B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering (Specialization: Rail Engineering)
• B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering (Specialization: Rail Engineering)
• B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (Specialization: Transportation and Logistics)
• B.Tech. in Aviation Engineering
• B.Tech. in Maritime Engineering

Internships at the end of every year is a part of the curriculum, that offer for practical exposure. In addition, all the undergraduate students compulsorily have to submit a thesis/project at the end of their degree.

M.Tech. Programs (Exclusively for Working Industry Professionals):

• M.Tech. in Intelligent Transport System
• M.Tech. in Railway Engineering
• M.Tech. in Bridge and Tunnel Engineering
• M.Tech. in Roads and Highway Engineering

Management Stream: MBA (Regular):

• MBA (Logistics and Supply Chain Management)
• MBA (Ports and Shipping Logistics)

MBA (Exclusively for Working Industry Professionals) :

• MBA (Logistics & Supply Chain Management)
• MBA (Multi-modal Transportation)
• MBA (Metro Rail Management)
• MBA (Aviation and Operations Management)

Ph.D. Programs (Exclusively for Working Industry Professionals) :

• Ph.D. in Engineering
• Ph.D. in Management

Further, additional programs are being conceived, based on stakeholders' inputs.

Elements of the logo design:

• Symbols representing all modes of transportation (Land, Water, Air), showcasing the transportation sector (Railways, Roads and Highways, Metro, Aviation, Aerospace, Ports, Shipping, Maritime, Waterways, etc.)

• The "Banyan Tree" or "Vad Vriksha" from Vadodara, symbolizing both knowledge and sustainability.

• A continuous "wheel" of progress, depicting momentum and innovation.

• The Sanskrit śloka "अदम्यम् उत्कृष्टतायाः अनुसरणम्", translating to “Relentless Pursuit of Excellence”

Eligibility and Process

For Regular Students, admissions to the university are only offered through following ways:

• For B. Tech. - Admissions will be offered via a national-level i.e. JEE (Main), while allocation of seats will be through JOSAA and CSAB.
• For MBA - Admissions will be offered via CAT, MAT, XAT, CUET - PG conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA)
• For Working Professionals - GSV conducts its own Entrance test followed by Personal interviews.

Being a Central university, GSV follows Government Regulations with respect to reservations.

At this moment GSV has approximately 40 Regular and around 50 Visiting Faculty.

As of September 2025, a total of around 1070 students are pursuing their higher studies with GSV under B. Tech., MBA, M. Tech. and Ph.D programs. The students are from 22 different states of India.

GSV has collaborated with companies in various industries. A representative list of the collaboration are as follows:

• Airbus
• SAP
• CII
• DPIIT
• Karmayogi Bharat
• DFCCIL
• CONCOR
• Nokia
• Plasser India
• Jacobs
• Nippon Koei
• Indian Army
• Indian Air Force
• Indian Navy
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Indian Maritime University
• Monash University, Australia
• St. Petersburg State Transport University, Russia
• IIT - Bombay
• IIT - Gandhinagar
• IIT - Jodhpur
• BITS Pilani

• Aug 2022: Established as a Central University by the act of Parliament.^[3]