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 WiSSAP participants. Please ensure that you carry your institute/company identification card. In case you are carrying a laptop please ensure that the security issues you a Gate Pass 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.

AIR PORTS

International flights land at Sahar Airport which is about 7 kms from IIT. The Domestic Airport- SantaCruz is about 10 kms. Pre paid taxis are available at the Airports. Autorickshaws are also available for IIT. (APPROX.TAXI FARE - Sahar Air Port ----- Rs.100.00 , Santacruz ------ Rs.200.00)

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.
For Bus routes, visit :
Navigator 1 or
Navigator 2

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.

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 20 Rs. 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

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