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Departments at the College

Department of
Department of Department of
Driver Training &
Traffic Engineering Traffic Enforcement
Road Safety Education
Department of Department of Department of
Forensic Public Health Law

3 Department of Driver Training & Road Safety Education

The driver training programs at IRTE are an
amalgamation of the best practices, driving techniques
and standards, customized to suit the requirements of
the driver in the current driving environment. Training
Modules are based upon the need of the driver/rider
with reference to the vehicles they drive, type of road
environment they operate in, provision of legislation in
those areas as applicable, as well as the driver's
demographics. Tools and systems of training are
supported by extensive research conducted through
camera-based audits of the roads and the driving
environment as well as surveys and interviews of
drivers.

This Department caters to training of Driving
Instructors, Motor Licensing Officers, and Road
Transport Officers as well. College is perhaps the only
institution in the country where Training of Trainers is
held.

Government of Haryana has authorized this
Department to train and assess commercial vehicle
drivers as a pre-condition to renew their licenses. The
Department has provided such support the Transport
Departments of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
and Maharashtra.

Over 7,50,000 drivers have received post license
training at IRTE with a pre-assessment before the
training and a post assessment on completion.

Since the Indian legislation only provides for a
responsibility of road usage on motorized drivers and
riders only, all the other stakeholders such as
pedestrians, bicyclists, animal, and man pulled
vehicles, those guiding animals on the road are
vulnerable in the absence of receiving any formal
awareness on road laws and ethics. This Department
caters to highway literacy programmes for these
vulnerable road users significantly.