Rohtak, Haryana, India

🇮🇳 Rohtak is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Rohtak district in the Indian state of Haryana. It lies 70 km (43 mi) north-west of New Delhi and 250 km (160 mi) south of the state capital Chandigarh on NH 9(old NH 10). Rohtak forms a part of the National Capital Region (NCR) which helps the city in obtaining cheap loans for infrastructure development from the NCR Planning Board. Rohtak is the sixth most populous city in Haryana.

Industrial areas and townships As of 2018, Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC) has developed an Industrial Model Township (IMT). MNCs like Maruti Suzuki, Asian Paints, Suzuki Motorcycle, Nippon Carbide, Amul, Lakshmi Precision Screws and Aisin Automotive launched work on projects.

Maruti research and development plant Maruti is developing a mega research and development facility at Rohtak. The progress as R C Bhargava, non-executive chairman of Maruti Suzuki India, says "We will be able to do research and development and testing comparable to anything Japan has. We used to send all our models to Japan for testing; all that can be done here. There will be saving of time and money".

Education • Indian Institute of Management Rohtak is amongst the top management institutes in India and is positioned as analytics hub in India. • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi extension campus also being set up with a budget of Rs 50 crore. • Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences is a government medical institution established in 1960. As of 2009, it was proposed to be upgraded to the level of AIIMS. • State Institute of Film and Television, a film school under the State University of Performing And Visual Arts, established in 2011. • Baba Mast Nath University, private university established in 2012 • Maharishi Dayanand University, established in 1976 and named after the saint Dayananda Saraswati

Media All India Radio has a local station in Rohtak which transmits various programs of mass interest.