Institute of Road and Transport Technology is an engineering institution in Chithode, near Erode, Tamil Nadu, India. It is run by the Transport Department of the government of Tamil Nadu and listed under category I colleges by the Directorate of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu.HistoryThe Institute Of Road and Transport Technology was established in 1984 by M. G. Ramachandran, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu as an automobile research-oriented engineering college. It is run by the transport corporation of the government of Tamil Nadu and is affiliated with Anna University, Coimbatore. It is located on a 350acre campus.AcademicsThe institute offers following four year undergraduate engineering courses.The institute also offers the following post-graduate courses