The IRTE National Road Safety Awards have been instituted to acknowledge extraordinary contributions by individuals and organisations towards development of positive road culture and effective traffic management in India. These awards will be given away biannually under the following categories:

Organisation Development in State Policing with Special Focus on Traffic
Management & Road Safety

Officers in Police, Transport Departments, Municipal Bodies and Individuals
who have Contributed to Traffic Management & Road Safety

Institutions & Organisations that have Instituted Schemes & Programs for
Building Up Infrastructure in Promoting Road Safety & Traffic Management.

In the year 2000, the awardees included:

Mr. H.J. Dora,IPS; Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, towards organisation development in state policing with special focus on traffic management and road safety in the state of Andhra Pradesh

Mr. M.N. Reddy,IPS; Joint Commissioner of Police, Bangalore, towards traffic management & road safety in Bangalore

Mr. Sudeep Lakhtakia,IPS; Commissioner of Police, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, towards infrastructure development for traffic management & road safety in Hyderabad

towards infrastructure development for traffic management & road safety in Delhi

Dr. N.S. Srinivasan; Transport Planner, Chennai, towards infrastructure development for traffic engineering, traffic education & road safety in Chennai

MARUTI UDYOG LTD, automobile manufacturer, Delhi, towards infrastructure development in driver training, enforcement technology, and promotional schemes in road safety education and pollution control

ASHOK LEYLAND, automobile manufacturer, Chennai, towards infrastructure development in driver training

EICHER MOTORS LTD, automobile manufacturer, Delhi, towards initiating the cause of safety in transportation of school children

SHELL INDIA PVT LTD, oil company, Mumbai, towards facilitating University students participation in traffic management & pioneering concept of safe bus stops and petrol stations

Mr. Mukund Sriram Upadhye,IPS; Deputy Commissioner of Police, Delhi,
IRTE members who had recently received international awards were also felicitated

Padmashree Dr. Mrs. Shanti Ranganathan, Director, TTK Hospital, Chennai, for being honoure the UN-Vienna Civil Society Award for Drug De-addiction.

Dr. Mrs Kiran Bedi,IPS, Joint Commissioner of Police, Delhi, for being honoured with the Joseph Beuys Foundation Swiss Award for Holistic & Innovative Management.