TRAVEL

• TRAVEL IN INDIA

BY TRAIN



• Indian Railways

BY AIR


The international airport at Kolkata is called the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport (Airport code CCU) where one can board international and domestic flights. The airport is along the northern border of the city of Kolkata (slightly to the North East). It is about 17 kilometres from the centre of the city, and about 14 kilometres from the Indian Statistical Institute, the venue of the event.
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• LOCAL TRAVELS

Details about our campus, including the conference venue and guest house, can be found here.

BY TAXI


If you are coming from the airport or one of the railway stations, it is better to hire a taxi from the prepaid taxi booth. In case you are coming from the airport, you will find the pre-paid taxi booth inside the airport terminal. Please mention that you want to go to Indian Statistical Institute near Bon-hooghly (pronounce: Bon-hoog-lee). Bon-hooghly is close to Dunlop Bridge. You have to pay the fare in this booth and the official at the booth will hand over a slip to you. You have to come out of the airport terminal with the slip. There will be taxi parks just outside the terminal where you will be allotted a taxi on production of the slip. These taxis are yellow or white (with some blue borders) in colour. The West Bengal traffic police maintains a site for the pre-paid taxi service.

Our institute hires car from a private operator jetfleet. You can hire cars from them also, but it will be costlier than prepaid taxi service.

You also have the following options to hire a taxi from anywhere in Kolkata:
• uber
• olacabs
• megacabs
• taxiforsure
• bookmycab
In case you need any help, call the following student volunteers:
Subhash Bhagat -- +919851787424
Subhadeep Dev -- +919674604730
Harmender -- +919836759732


BUS TRAVEL


There are a large number of buses and minibuses that pass by the Institute campus. Almost any bus that goes to Dunlop Bridge passes by the ISI gates. The buses that pass by the ISI gates are 11, 32A, 34B/1, 78, 78/1, 78/2, 78A, 78B, 78C, 201, 214, 230, 234, DN9, DN9/1, L9A, L11, L20, L20A, M1, M2, M6, S9, S11, S32, GL32, GLS32, and SS4. The minibuses plying from Howrah to Nimta/Belgharia/Rathtala, from BBD Bag to Dunlop Bridge, from Babughat to Sodepur/New Barrackpore and from Metiaburuj to Srirampur go past the ISI gates before reaching Dunlop Bridge. While riding the bus from the city, the major bus stops on your way (from South to North) would be Shyambazar, Chiria More, Sinthi More and Tobin Road. The Bon-hooghly Bus Stop is just North of the Bus Stop at Ananya Cinema. This is where you have to get down in order to enter the residential campus. The next Bus Stop is ISI/Statistical, which is located just outside the entrance of the main office campus at 204, B.T. Road.
You can always have a look at the Kolkata Map.

BY METRO


The nearest metro stations are Noapara and Dumdum. The details can be found here.

ACCOMMODATION

• Confirmed Accommodation at conference venue (final list)
Names of participants.

• Hyatt Regency -- not very far from airport and our institute
• Grand Hotel -- One of the city's oldest star hotel and right in the heart of the city
• Taj Bengal -- A good hotel but far from our institute and the airport.
• ITC Sonar Bangla -- A little distance away from Hyatt; takes more time to travel to airport and our institute
• Lalit Great Eastern -- Close to the centre of the city
• Hotel Swissotel -- In the new part of the city; but close to airport; it is an international chain.

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