The Institute of Urban Transport (IUT) is a nonprofit organization established in 1997 under the Ministry of Urban Development of the Government of India. The IUT promotes sustainable urban transport through activities like conferences, seminars, workshops, training programs, and technical support to the Ministry. It has over 1,400 individual members and 70 associate members from fields like engineering, planning, and economics. In recent years, the IUT has strengthened its research, publications, training, and database wings to further its mission of advising on principles of sustainable urban transport and building capacity in the sector.

1. Established under purview of the
Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD)
Government of India
INSTITUTE OF URBAN TRANSPORT (INDIA)
IUT SVNIT REGIONAL CHAPTER
(GUJARAT-RAJASTHAN)
Civil Engineering Department, Sardar
Vallabhbhai National Institute of
Technology, Ichchhanath, Surat
MAIN OFFICE
1st Floor, Anand Vihar
Metro Station Building,
Entry adjacent to Gate No 1,
Delhi - 110 092 (INDIA)
Welcome to an introductory presentation by
Prof. Bhasker V. Bhatt
Hon. Treasurer
IUT-SVNIT Regional Chapter
http://iutindia.org/
Established, 11/11/2014

2. About IUT
Established in May 1997
Professional body under MoUD
Premier non-profit making organization
The objective of the Institute is to promote, encourage and coordinate the state of
the art of urban transport including planning, development, operation, education,
research and management.

3. Members of IUT
The membership of the Institute comprises
Academicians,
Architects,
Economists,
Engineers,
Transport Planners,
Town Planners
And
Professionals
from various disciplines
The Institute has more than 65 institutional members, 1400 individual members and 70 Associate Members.
It has association with foreign organizations such as
LTA Singapore, GIZ, UITP
The Secretary,
Ministry of Urban
Development,
Government of
India, is the ex-
officio President of
the Institute
The Governing Council
of IUT has members
from various premier
organizations
connected with Urban
Transport and State
Governments

4. IUT Activities
Professional activities
Lecture meetings,
Seminars,
Workshops,
Information dissemination
and
Training programmes,
The Institute has been providing technical support to the MOUD.
The Institute has been
providing support to the
Ministry in the
preparation of
National Urban
Transport Policy
under the guidance of
OSD UT.
IUT serves as
National level Institute
for
continuous advice and
guidance on
the principles of sustainable
urban transport
Capacity building
Database for use in planning, research, training

5. Strengthened IUT
Five new wings have been set up in IUT;
one each for
Research,
Publications,
Information and library,
Training
and
A ‘knowledge management cum database center’
All with appropriate staffing

6. Website Contents

7. A member of IUT can avail membership benefits such as,
- Access to library, and papers.
- Interact with over 1400 urban transport professionals from India and abroad.
Types
- Individual Membership
- Institutional Membership
Membership
Institutional Membership
Any organization / company / firm /
association / society who have rendered
or are rendering services to Urban
Transport for at least 5 consecutive years
or are connected with objects of the
Institute. Membership fee is onetime fee
of Rs. 60, 000/-
Individual Membership
A graduate in any discipline; above the age of 25
years on the date of his application; experience
of 5 years in a supervisory or managerial
capacity work connected with Urban Transport
or 10 years of service in a senior position of
responsibility in Central / State Governments /
Public Undertakings / autonomous bodies. The
membership fee is Rs. 10,000/- one time.

8. Urban Mobility India (UMI)
UMI 2014 (Nov. ‘14) “Sustainable Transport for Sustainable
Cities”
UMI 2015 (Nov. ‘15) "Transforming Mobility for Liveability"
Annual Major Conference cum Exhibition on Urban Mobility
This year on 08th – 11th November 2016
Theme
“Planning Mobility for City's Sustainability"
http://www.urbanmobilityindia.in/

9. Organization Chart
Shri C. L. Kaul
(Executive Secretary & Acting D.G.)
Retired Deputy Secretary from Government of
India.
Prior to joining IUT had served in various
ministries like Petroleum and Natural Gas,
Cabinet Secretariat, Planning Commission,
Deptt. of Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Information Broadcasting, Ministry of Health &
Family Welfare, Ministry of Parliamentary
Affairs, Ministry of Civil Aviation and Ministry of
Chemical and Fertilizers.

10. Committees
Recruitment & Remuneration (R & R) Committee (2015)
•Director General - IUT - Chairman
•Shri R. K. Singh, Director (UT), MoUD - Member
•One of the two Vice Presidents of IUT - Member
•Dr. K. Ravinder, Hony. Secretary (IUT) - Member
•An outside expert having domain knowledge - Member
•Shri C. L. Kaul, Executive Secretary (IUT) - Convener
Publication Committee (2015)
•Dr Sanjay Gupta - Chairman
•Dr Geetam Tiwari - Member
•Dr P. K. Sikdar - Member
•Dr K Ravinder - Member
•Sh Y. P. Sachdeva - Member
UMI Organizing Committee
UMI Steering Committee
Awards Selection Committee
http://iutindia.org/downloads/Documents.aspx

11. Thanks…
Reference:
All content of the presentation is obtained from the website of Institute of Urban Transport.
Prof. Dr. G. J. Joshi
Professor, SVNIT
Chairman
IUT-SVNIT Regional Chapter
gjsvnit92@gmail.com
Mr. Rajesh J. Pandya
TDO, SMC-Surat
Hon. Secretary
IUT-SVNIT Regional Chapter
rajeshjpandya@yahoo.co.in
Prof. Bhasker V. Bhatt
Assistant Professor in CED, SCET
Hon. Treasurer
IUT-SVNIT Regional Chapter
bhasker.bhatt@scet.ac.in
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