Over 3,300 Indian road safety practitioners have received iRAP training and India leads the world in the delivery of iRAP training courses. IndiaRAP training is free or low-cost and can be delivered virtually, in classroom format and during interactive site visits.
Star Rating and Safer Roads Investment Plan Training
The IndiaRAP team offers training courses introducing participants to all aspects of the Star Rating and Safer Roads Investment process. The courses instruct participants on the methodology and specifications that underpin IndiaRAP assessments, use of the online safety software, ViDA and include practical exercises and assignments.
Completion of Course 1, or demonstrated experience in surveys, coding and supporting data activities, is a requirement for admission to Course 2.
The IndiaRAP team can deliver class-room training focusing on the Star Rating and Safer Roads Investment Plan methodology through the above two training courses. This training can be delivered at the IndiaRAP office in AITD, New Delhi or at the preferred location of the organization requesting training.
IndiaRAP Training as part of Road Safety Training Courses
IndiaRAP team delivers an introductory session within the Road Safety Audit training courses of the following organizations,
Central Road Research Institute (CRRI): 2-hours IndiaRAP Introduction Session within the 15-days Road Safety Auditors Course. For more information please visit, https://crridom.gov.in/
Indian Academy of Highway Engineers (IAHE): 1-day Training and Interactive Session using Star Rating Demonstrator within the 6-week long Road Safety Audit Course. For more information please visit, http://www.iahe.org.in/
Asian Institute of Transport Development (AITD): AITD delivered Road Safety training under Ministry of Road Transport and Highway’s capacity building program which has trained more than 3000 road engineers. Several training sessions were delivered across India in the following two modules,
- Module-1: 1-hour IndiaRAP Introduction Session within the 1-week long Road Safety Engineering Training
- Module-2: Half-day Interactive Session using the Star Rating Demonstrator within the 1-week long Road Safety Auditors Training
iRAP Training
iRAP offers a range of training opportunities to build the knowledge and skills needed to establish and support a Road Assessment Program (RAP), plan and manage a project and perform an assessment. iRAP courses are often taken by local engineers to complement their civil engineering studies with specialist knowledge. During the past four years, more than 15,000 people have participated in training, workshops and presentations on iRAP content across the world, including thousands of engineers in India. See the iRAP Training Calendar for upcoming live webinars and those available to take at-your-own-pace. iRAP training webinars typically include practical assignments with feedback from the iRAP team and a certificate of completion.
BIGRS IndiaRAP Online Series – World Bank and iRAP help to save lives on Indian Roads
With support from the Bloomberg Philanthropies under the BIGRS 2020-2025, the World Bank’s GRSF and iRAP have partnered to deliver periodic learning events on the iRAP methodology. Every webinar series will put in the spotlight a country with significant road safety lessons to be shared.
This comes after the success of a joint webinar held in December 2019, where iRAP and the World Bank delivered an important key outcomes webinar to share the successes of the initial 2015-19 phase of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety.
The first of the free-of-charge series focussed on India and was held in June 2020. More information on the webinar and recorded sessions are available here.
