Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has affirmed the Ministry of Railways' transformative activity to set up the main ever NRTU in Vadodara to aptitude its HR and manufacture capacity in the Union Cabinet led by him. This inventive thought, propelled by the Prime Minister, will be an impetus for change of rail and transport segment towards New India.

The University will be set up as a Deemed to Be University under all over again classification according to the UGC [Institutions Deemed to be Universities] Regulations, 2016. Government is working towards finishing all endorsements by April 2018 and to dispatch the main scholarly program in July 2018.

A not-revenue driven Company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013 will be made by the Ministry of Railways which might be the Managing Company of the proposed college. The organization will give budgetary and infrastructural support to the college, and delegate Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor of the college. Leading body of Management, containing experts and scholastics, might be autonomous of the Managing Company with full independence to play out its scholarly and managerial obligations.

Existing area and framework at NAIR at Vadodara, Gujarat will be used. In its full enrolment, it is relied upon to have 3000 full-time understudies. The subsidizing of the new University/Institute is to altogether originate from Ministry of Railways.

This college will set Indian Railways on the way of modernization and help India turn into a worldwide pioneer in transport division by improving profitability and advancing 'Make in India'. It will make an asset pool of talented labor and use cutting-edge innovation to give better security, speed, and administration in Indian Railways. It will bolster 'Startup India' and 'Expertise India' by diverting innovation and conveying ability and cultivate business, producing substantial scale work openings. This will prompt a change of railroad and transportation area and empower the quicker development of individuals and products. Through worldwide associations and getting to bleeding edge advancements, India will rise as a worldwide focus on skill.

The college intends to utilize most recent teaching method and innovation applications (satellite-based following, Radio Frequency Identification, and Artificial Intelligence) to enhance the work execution and efficiency. The close coordinated effort with the Indian Railways will guarantee that the partners' approach Railways' offices, which will fill in as 'experience labs' and they will have the capacity to chip away at tackling genuine issues. It will have 'Focuses of Excellence' displaying top of the line, specialty innovation like High-Speed Train.

Administration of India has taken a vital choice whose effect will be felt through the following century and the choice is that nation's first railroad college will be built in Vadodara" - Hon'ble Prime Minister talking about rail college in Vadodara in October 2016.

As Indian Railways is set to leave on yearning tasks, for example, High-Speed Trains (prevalently known as shot prepare), gigantic foundation modernization, Dedicated Freight Corridors (DFCs), most astounding spotlight on wellbeing and so on., Indian Railways will require an abnormal state of capability and abilities. Further, factors, for example, an extraordinary development in the transportation part in India, expanded prerequisite of qualified labor and upgradation of abilities and capacity required to drive the change of Indian Railways have required a world-class preparing center point.