Name of the Center: Center for Intelligent Transport Systems

Vision: To be the primer research center for ITS studies in the South Asian Region

Mission: To facilitate and promote inter-disciplinary research in the focus area of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) that cut across broad knowledge domains

Scope and Objectives: Scope of CITS is to promote and facilitate inter-disciplinary research in the focus area of Intelligent Transport Systems that cut across broad areas of research interests and become a leading research institute for CITS studies.

Main objectives are:

•   Contribute towards improving transport services in the country and the region using new technologies to achieve comfortable, safer, timely, environment friendly and fuel-efficient transport operation

•   Increase inter-disciplinary research initiatives and dissemination of knowledge in the study area in terms of research publications, research degrees, training programmes, conferences and workshops

•   Engage in state of the art, inter-disciplinary collaborative research and development work in the area of ITS.