National Workshop on String Theory 2003 : 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	Shopping in Kanpur
Bookstores	Photocopying	Telecom Center
Physics Department Offices	Post Office	Important Telephone Numbers
Medical Emergencies	Restaurants in The City	Tickets: railway & air
Library	Snacks etc	Transport
Maps:	Shopping Center	Institute Websites

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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, 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, a milk bar are also nearby. A dentist and an eye specialist are available there during 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. Most 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 and Saturday. 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. The library will be open from 10:00am till 5:00pm on Sunday and the photocopying unit will be closed that day.

Banking

The campus has branches of two national banks: the State Bank of India and the Union Bank of India. The State Bank of India has an ATM machine (possibly connected to some other cities).

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. You can call also from the faculty building ground floor.

Tickets: railway & air

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

Sita Travels which has a branch at the Shopping Center also handles both the rail and air tickets. Try 7750 to check if the office is open. City numbers are: 352948, 301435, 311458.

Tickets can be made, changed, or cancelled at a counter in the Hall 7. It is opened roughly from 1:00pm to 5:00pm except Sundays. Call Suresh at 7177 to confirm. He also handles air tickets.

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) There is a new snack center near the Computer Center which serves hot packed food like Samosa, Pizzas, Beverages, Croissant, Sandwiches, Frankies (open till 2 am in the night).(5) Hall 4 canteen (behind the guest house).

There is a milk bar near the shopping center open from about 9am to 8:30pm.

Fruits/Juices: the closest place to get fruit/juice is near hall 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: 590045, 591088.

The fare to railway station is ~ 160/-. The fare to Lucknow air-port is ~ 800/-

Private taxis may be booked from the Visitor's Hostel for an extended period. Charges are Rs. 4.50/5.50 (Maruti van/AC Esteems ( with AC running)) per km and waiting charges are Rs 25/hour less 1 hour for journey time.

Physics Department Offices

The Department Office is on the 3^rd floor of the Faculty Building. Most HEP group members have their offices on the 3^rd and 4^th floors.

Institute Websites

Institute: http://www.cc.iitk.ac.in/

Visitor Information: http://www.iitk.ac.in/infocell/visitor/

Various Maps: http://www.iitk.ac.in/iwd/map/

Directory: http://www.iitk.ac.in/tel/www/index.html

Important Telephone Numbers

The numbers of the local organizing committee members are:

Prof. Gautam Sengupta 7139(O), 8663(R)

Prof. Pankaj Jain 7663(O), 8518(R)

Prof. S.D. Joglekar 7014(O), 8314(R)

Prof. V. V. Sreedhar 7306(O), 8302(R)

Please feel free to call us for any problems.

Also,

Physics Office: 7641

Health Center: 7777, 7666 [both 24 hours]

The Library Desk: 7223

Security: 7272

Restaurants in The City

Angithi Restaurant, 26/45, The Mall.

Buddhesen, 26/45, Birhana Road.

Chung Fa Restaurant, 94-B, Canal Road.

Kwality Restaurant, 16/97, The Mall.

Haritma Village Restaurant, 9/3,Macrobert Ganj.

Little Chet Restaurant, 15/198, Civil Lines.

Pandit's Upvan Restaurant.

Foody-Goody Deep, Govind Nagar

Makhan Singh Biryani, Arya Nagar

Delhi Darbaar,Mariyam Pur

Ghosh Sweets, 80 feet Road

Krishna/Agra/JAI Sweets, Gumati#5

Tiwari Sweets and Restaurant , Birhana Road

Dakshin, Swarup Nagar (for South Indian Vegetarian)

Gyan Vaishnav, Gumti #5 (For North Indian Vehetarian)

Host, Naveen Market

Meghdoot, Mall

Landmark, Naveen Market ( 3* place)

Shopping in Kanpur

There are several places for shopping in the city. Kanpur is famous for leather goods

(Meston Road), the famous Lucknow Chikan clothes and sarees ( Naveen Market and Shivalya). There is also a market in Gumti No. 5 for almost all items especially clothing.

Maps:

http://www.iitk.ac.in/iwd/map/

Academic Area Of IIT Kanpur

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