Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to deepen maritime sector curriculum with emphasis on shipbuilding: Minister

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya (GSV) held its 2nd Court meeting in Rail Bhawan in New Delhi last week, which was chaired by the University Chancellor, Mr Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology. He said: “GSV has made tremendous progress with its industry-driven approach within 3 years of its operationalisation, becoming a role model for the country. While continuing its strong focus on Railways and aviation sectors, GSV shall deepen the curriculums in bridge and tunnel engineering, maritime sector with emphasis on shipbuilding, contribute more to upskill the defence forces and Railways, and to perform applied research for integrated transport planning.”

Prof. Manoj Choudhary, Vice-Chancellor, GSV, presented a detailed progress and status report. All the members praised the excellent progress of the university in such a short time, particularly its collaborations with industry, executive training for Railways, defence forces and PM Gati Shakti for civil services. The members of the Court offered several suggestions and collaborative inputs for future progress in bridge and tunnel engineering, shipbuilding, railways, defence sector logistics and supply chain. The Vice Chief of Army Staff advocated for affiliating sector related academies of the Indian Army with the university as well as enhancing scope and scale of the training programs. The university shall design and conduct the probationary training for IRMS officers from this year and work with industries to set up more Chair Professorships.

On the occasion, BISAG and GSV announced a MoU to give further impetus to PM Gati Shakti, while AMD announced financial support for the incubation facility at GSV. Additional campus infrastructure is being built, for which a master plan will be prepared. The land has been already acquired. The Annual Reports and Annual Accounts of the university for 2024-2025 were also approved, to be tabled before Parliament.

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, India’s leading university in the transportation and logistics sector, was established as a Central University by an Act of Parliament in 2022. Working under the Ministry of Railways, the university covers the entire transportation sector including Railways, Highways, Ports, Aviation, Maritime, Shipping, Inland Waterways, Urban Transport, and the complete logistics and supply chain networks, highlighted an official release.

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