Indian Roads Congress
The Indian Roads Congress (IRC) is the premier technical body of Highway Engineers in the country. The IRC was set up in December, 1934 on the recommendations of the Indian Road Development Committee best known as Jayakar Committee set up by the Govt. of India with the objective of Road Development in India. As the activities of the IRC expanded, it was formally registered as a Society in 1937 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. Over the years Congress has burgeoned and grown into a multi -dimensional many faceted organisation, devoted to the cause of better roads & better bridges in the country.
The Congress provides a National forum for sharing of knowledge and pooling of experience on the entire range of subjects dealing with the construction & maintenance of roads and bridges, including technology, equipment, research, planning, finance, taxation, organisation and all connected policy issues. In more specific terms the objectives of the Congress are:
To promote and encourage the science and practice of building and maintenance of roads
To provide a channel for the expression of collective opinion of its members regarding roads
To promote the use of standard specifications and to propose specifications
To advise regarding education, experiment and research connected with roads
To hold periodical meetings, to discuss technical questions regarding roads
To suggest legislation for the development, improvement and protection of roads
To suggest improved methods of administration, planning design, construction, operation, use and maintenance of roads
To establish, furnish and maintain libraries and museums for furthering the science of road making
To publish, or arrange for the publication of proceedings, journals, periodicals and other literature for the promotion of the objects of the Society
To accept subscriptions, subsidies, donations, endowments and gifts in furtherance of the objects of the Society
To invest and deal with the funds of the Society or entrusted to the Society, to acquire and hold any movable or immovable property, and to borrow or raise money for the furtherance of the objects of the Society and to sell, lease, exchange, or otherwise deal with the same
To grant pay, prizes, honoraria, or scholarships (including traveling scholarships) for meritorious work in furtherance of the objects of the Society
To do all such other lawful things as may be, incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects
