NWNCQFT: General Information for Participants

This information sheet gives general information about various facilities/shops etc on the campus of IIT Kanpur as well as restaurants in Kanpur (click below).

Banking	Medicines	Telecom Center
Bookstores	Photocopying	Important Telephone Numbers
Physics Department Offices	Post Office	Tickets: railway & air
Medical Emergencies	Restaurants in The City	Transport
Library	Snacks etc	Institute Websites
Maps:	Shopping Center

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Shopping Center

The campus has a shopping center; five minutes walk from the guesthouse, which has a variety of shops. Most of the shops are open from 10:00 --10:30 am till 8:30--9:00pm. The shops are generally closed on Sundays. It has two bookstores, 2 photocopying shops, two general stores, a medical shop, a barbershop, a sweet shop, a bakery shop, a dry cleaning shop, a computer shop, travel agent and a restaurant among others. If you cannot find an article you want, try also a general store.

�State the bank of India, post office, a telecom center are also nearby. A dentist and an eye specialist are available there in specific hours.

�There are a large number of shops at the gate. It is about 25 minute walk from the guest house. You can also take a rikshaw to the gate. Many of these shops are closed on Mondays however.

Bookstores

The two bookstores are open from about 9:30 am till 9:00pm. They stack a range of stationery items and books (mostly texts). Transparencies and transparency pens are available here. There is a 10 % discount on books.

Photocopying

There are two photocopying shops in the shopping center and these are open from about 10:00am till 9:00pm. The central library also has a shop. See Library.

�Library

The Institute has a Central library, which is open from 8:00am to 12 midnight on working days. The library has been instructed to allow participants to make use of it: you may however need to show the batch).� The High Energy Physics and Mathematics books are on the second floor and the journals are on the third floor listed alphabetically. There is a photocopying shop on the third floor which photocopies on a payment basis. Second floor has electronics search facilities and also card catalogue.

Banking

The campus has branches of two national banks: the State Bank of India and the Union Bank of India. The Banks have an additional ATM machine each near hall 4.

Medicines

There is a reasonably good medical shop in the shopping center (Sunday closed). There are also a number of medical shops at the gate. While most of these shops are closed on Mondays, you may find an open one.

Medical Emergencies

The health center is open 24 hours a day for medical emergencies. It has been instructed to look after the health problems of the participants. Call 7777 or 7666.

Post Office

There is the post office behind the shopping center.

Telecom Center

There is a telecom center near the shopping center (left of the post office) [Hours:10am-10pm]. There is one more near security office. You can call STD/ISD and send faxes.

Tickets: railway & air

Tickets can be made, changed, or cancelled at PEARL INTERNATIONAL TOURS PVT Ltd in the shopping center.

There is a rail-ticket counter of the Indian Rail at the gate.

Snacks etc

You can get tea/coffee and snacks at (1) The Campus Restaurant (2) The SAC cafeteria both till ~ 10 pm (3) snack center near Central Library (till ~ 6 pm) (4) Hall 4 canteen (behind the guest house)(5) canteens inside the campus.

Fruits/Juices: the closest place to get fruit/juice is near hall two-three entrance (till ~7 pm). Fruit is also available at the gate.

Transport

There are taxis available from the guest house: ask the counter. You can also book a taxi to go at a specific time: Some numbers are: 2591088,5094,5095, 5096

The fare to railway station is ~ 200/-. The fare to Lucknow air-port is ~ 1000/-