Rohit Baluja has a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham. Rohit is now a visiting Lecturer at the School of Civil Engineering, University of Birmingham & has been a visiting faculty at the College & School of Military Police, Bangalore and the Sardar Vallabhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad.

 Rohit established the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE)as a not for profit organisation in New Delhi 1991, which has led to the establishment of the College of Traffic Management in the NCR Delhi which is the only single umbrella facility for research and training in all the areas of traffic management. The College of Traffic Management has now been recognised as the Centre for Excellence in Road Safety for the South East Asian Region.

 Rohit is a Member at the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration. As President IRTE, he is Observer at the United Nations Global Forum for Road Traffic Safety (Working Party 1). The IRTE has been granted the Roster Consultative Status by the United Nations Economic and Social Council and have recently signed an MOU with the United Nations towards promoting road safety in South East Asia.