The Campus and Local
Travel Information
How to Reach IIT Kanpur
IIT Kanpur campus is
spread over 1055 acres of land located off the Grand Trunk Road about 16
km west of Kanpur city. It is a residential campus offering
accommodation to about 350 faculty members, about 700 support staff
members, and about 4000 students. A list of campus amenities can be
viewed
here
.
Arrival by AIR
Participants coming to
Kanpur by air are strongly recommended to fly into Lucknow Airport.
Lucknow airport is located about 90 Kms. from IIT Kanpur. You can hire
taxis at the airport. The typical cost will be between Rs. 1000 and Rs.
1600, depending on the vehicle used. It takes about two hours to drive
from the Lucknow airport to the IITK. It is not recommended to fly to
Kanpur airport.
Arrival by TRAIN
Kanpur Central Railway
station is well connected to most cities in North, East and Central
India. It is located on the Delhi-Kolkata train route and all major
trains between these cities usually pass through Kanpur. IIT Kanpur is
located at a distance of about 16 kilometers from the Kanpur Central
Railway Station. It is possible to hire taxis (about Rs. 400) and
autorickshaws (about Rs.200) to IITK from the railway station. It takes
about 40 minutes to drive from Kanpur Central railway station to IIT
Kanpur.
At the entrance to the campus, you may be stopped by the security. Let
them know that you are here for the
International
Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biology
and they will let you in. Once you are inside the campus, you should ask
for directions to the Visitor Hostel. Proceed to the Conference control
room in the Visitor Hostel and the volunteers will direct you to your
accommodation.
Arrival by Road
Kanpur is connected on NH2 running between Amritsar and Kolkata and
connecting cities like Delhi, Agra, Allahabad, Patna. It is about 480 km
from Delhi through this highway. Kanpur is also connected to Lucknow on
NH25 and is about 90 km from Lucknow. Kanpur is connected to Delhi (440
Km) through another parallel highway NH81 passing through Ghaziabad,
Aligarh.
BBC weather forecast
for Kanpur
