Entry to IIT Bombay Campus

Participants are requested to come to the IIT Bombay "MAIN GATE". The security personnel have been informed about the arrival of WiSCDS participants. Please ensure that you carry your institute/company identification card. In case you are carrying a laptop please ensure that you declare the laptop to the security at the Main Gate and and get a Gate Pass issued for the same.

How to get to IITB

IIT Bombay is located at Powai, which is an eastern suburb in the North-Eastern part of Mumbai.

Mumbai is in the form of a long narrow island, almost a peninsula, thrusting south wards into the Arabian Sea. It can be broadly divided into four zones.

• South Bombay (Colaba, CST,Fort, Chruchgate, Nariman Point etc.)
• Central Bombay (Dadar, Bombay Central, Worli etc)
• The Western suburbs (Bandra, Juhu, Andheri, Borivali etc)
• The Eastern Suburbs(Kurla, Chembur, Ghatkopar, Mulund, Kanjur Marg, Vikhroli etc.)

There is also New Bombay (Vashi, Turbhe etc.) across Thane Creek on the mainland.

Public Transport

Mumbai has one of the most efficient and reliable public transport network. One can travel by Autorickshaws / Taxis to reach IIT from the nearest stations(Autorickshaws, however do not go further south than Sion and Bandra). For longer distance, you can use either the BEST Bus Network or the Mumbai Local train System.

Suburban Railway Transport

Those coming by Central Railway Suburban train will have to get down at Kanjur Marg, Vikhroli or Ghatkopar which are the nearest stations from IITB. If you are coming by the Western Railway Suburban train you will have to get down at Andheri, Bandra, Goregoan or Malad. For local train timings, bus routes, and auto-rickshaw and taxi fares, please visit http://www.go4mumbai.com

Stations for Through Trains Coming to Mumbai

• Central Railway - CST, Dadar, Kurla, Thane.
• Western Railway - Mumbai Central, Dadar, Bandra, Andheri,Borivali, Kurla

There is a terminus at Kurla where some Central as well as Western Railway Trains terminate. There is no convenient bus route from Kurla terminus. An autorickshaw is the best option. However it would be more economical to take a suburban train from kurla to Kanjur Marg and then take an Auto.
Local trains are the faster mode of transport. But they can be quite populated during peak times.The nearest local train station is Kanjurmarg. Auto fare from Kanjurmarg to IIT Bombay is around Rs20/-. Only slow local trains halt at Kanjurmarg.

CST/ Dadar /Thane/ Kalyan:

Take a slow local train from CST to Kanjurmarg station
Take an auto from Kanjurmarg to IIT Bombay

Borivali/ Bandra/ Andheri /Mumbai Central:

Take a slow local train to Dadar
A station/train change is required from Western line to Central line.
Take a slow local train to Kanjurmarg station
Take an auto from Kanjurmarg station to IIT Bombay

Churchgate:

Take a taxi from Churchgate station to CST / VT local side railway station
Take a slow local train from CST to Kanjurmarg station
Take an auto from Kanjurmarg to IIT Bombay

LTT:

Take an auto rickshaw from LTT to Kurla station
Take a slow local train from Kurla station to Kanjurmarg station
Take an auto rickshaw from Kanjurmarg station to IIT Bombay

In the map

• 20 - Main Gate, IIT Bombay
• 31 (VMCC) - Victor Menezes Convention Centre (Venue)
• H11 - Hostel 11 (for female participants)
• H1 - Hostel 1 (for male participants)
• H9 - Hostel 9 (for male participants)

How to reach Hostel 1/9/11 from Main Gate, IITB

You can reach Hostel-1/9/11 by any of the following means:

• If you are coming by taxi/auto-rickshaw, then after security check, you can continue with the same taxi/auto-rickshaw to Hostel 1/9/11.
• If you get down at the main gate, then you can use 'Tum-Tum' (local campus transport) or auto-rickshaw which may be available at the main gate. For boarding 'Tum-Tum' you have to buy tickets at the security (Main gate). It will cost you Rs. 8. Auto-rickshaw will cost you around Rs. 14.