Welcome to the IIT Roorkee Campus!
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Welcome to the IIT Roorkee campus! We are very glad to receive you at our lush green campus. Kindly find the following information required upon your arrival. Note: You are allowed to enter the campus only after fulfilling conditions listed in SOP (and you have to follow safety guidelines issued by Govt. of India throughout your travel). Where to report Once you arrive at the IIT Roorkee campus, please report at the main entrance gate of the institute from where the institute ambulance will take you to the Institute hospital for General check-up and then you will be taken to institute allotted residence where you will be in home quarantine for 14 days. How to reach IIT Roorkee The closest airport is Dehradun (70 km) but it has very limited flights. Landing at New Delhi Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, could be a more viable option. The distance from New Delhi airport to IIT Roorkee is about 200 km which can be covered in following modes. In any case of travel by road or train, AVOID agents. Taxi (Delhi to Roorkee) You can hire "Ola cab" outstation from your mobile app. It will cost approx. INR 5000 for a compact sedan or mini. You need to pay the taxes and tolls apart from what the app shows. A taxi can be arranged from Roorkee to pick you from the airport if you book in advance (at least a day before your arrival). The cost would be approx. INR 4000. In such a case you can contact any one of the following travel agents: Raj Travels +91 9837241590 Choudhary Travels +91 9837094975 Ganga Travel Service: +91 9760024232 Gautam Travels: +91 9837139329 Roorkee Travels: +91 412070244 Saini Travels: +91 9837058018, +91 9412258018 Sharma Travels: +91 9837388032, +91 9410747232 Vishal Travels: +91 9837072860 Voyage Tours & Travels: +91 9219405763 Khan & Shireen Travels: +91 9289899161 Bus (Delhi to Roorkee) There are air-conditioned buses from IGI Airport to the Inter State Bus Terminal (ISBT) at Kashmiri Gate (a location in New Delhi). If you are exiting from the Terminal 3, you can find these shuttles at the extreme of your left. If you are exiting from the Terminal 2, you have to walk to your right to find the bus terminal. The ticket costs approx. INR 100 which can be bought inside the bus. These buses stop at the periphery of the ISBT Kashmiri Gate. At the ISBT Kashmiri Gate AVOID any agent or getting into any private bus. The government run buses start from the inner part of the terminal. Proceed towards Uttarakhand or UP Transport bays and catch a Volvo bus leaving for Dehradun/Haridwar/Rishikesh. The ticket costs approx. INR 700. There are several other types of buses which may not be convenient. These buses will drop you at the Roorkee bus station. At the Roorkee bus station, catch an e-Rickshaw (a battery-operated cart) to enter the campus of IIT Roorkee. It should cost around INR 20. Please refer to “Where to report” for the final destination. Train From the IGI airport, you can catch the airport metro to reach the New Delhi Railway station. Trains between Delhi and Roorkee require advance booking. In case of any trouble in the railway station, please talk to the “Station Master” who is supposed to take special care of foreign nationals. For more details with maps and train timings, please refer to https://www.iitr.ac.in/institute/pages/How_to_reach_IIT_Roorkee.html Useful contacts Miss. Maram Hasan (Student from Syria) Student Coordinator for International Students Pursuing Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering Email: [email protected] Mobile: +91 7351160528 Mr. Waseem Akthar International Relations, IIT Roorkee Email: [email protected] Mobile: +91 8535004989 Mr. Shivam Yadav International Relations, IIT Roorkee Email: [email protected] Mobile: +91 9897733755 Mr. Samardeep Singh International Relations, IIT Roorkee Email: [email protected] Mobile: +91 9990726227 Mr. Sanjeev Sharma International Relations, IIT Roorkee Email: [email protected] Mobile: +91 8868089761 Dr. Himadri Phukan Executive Officer International Relations, IIT Roorkee Email: [email protected] Mobile: +91 9411111997 Professor P. Arumugam Dean (International Relations) Email: [email protected] IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India Office: +91 1332 284471, 5712 Mobile: +91 8979890366 Feel free to contact us for any assistance/query. .