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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 Science Public Health Law
6 Department of Law
This Department fulfills the role as the heart of IRTE, as it contributes to equipping all other departments of the
IRTE, as well as the M.Sc. students with required information such as legal instruments, codes of practice and
allied research related to all domains of traffic management and forensic science.
This Department also develops and conducts courses in the field of road accident investigation and traffic
management. For the Bureau of Police Research & Development (BPR&D), this Department has already
conducted 85 Courses for Police Officers from across the country in “Road Accident Investigation”. The recently
launched Road Safety Court of Justice at the College of Traffic Management is a part and facility of the
Department of Law.
It was under the aegis of this Department, that the IRTE supported the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
(MoRTH), Government of India towards framing the new Motor Vehicles Driving Regulations, on a pro-bono
basis. These Regulations were notified in 2017 and form the very basis of safe and disciplined road usage.
The Department of Law is assisting the United Nations Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (Working party 1) at
the UN in Geneva towards researching and promoting Resolutions and legal instruments for Vulnerable Road
Users in Southeast Asia.
