The Conference is hosted by the Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP), West Bengal, India.
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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP), is a pioneer institute for quality education in India since 1951. Among the IIT's, it is the oldest, largest and the most diversified institute, with 32 departments and research centres. The institute takes pride in its relentless effort to provide the best platform for both education as well as research in the areas of science and technology, infrastructure designs, entrepreneurship, law, management, and medical science and technology.
Established in March 2005, the Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, provides quality teaching and advanced training in Earth System Science and Technology. The centre offers a two-year Post graduation Programme (M. Tech.) in Earth System Science and Technology, besides MS and PhD programmes. The centre is involved in frontier research in oceanography, atmospheric sciences, and land system studies. The centre is actively engaged in various sponsored research programmes (funded by INCOIS, MoES, DST, CSIR, IFS, SAC, etc.) and is part of the Centre of Excellence in Climate Change funded by DST, Government of India.
IIT Kharagpur is located about 140 km (2 hours and 45 minutes by car) from Kolkata Airport and about 5 km (10 minutes by car) from Kharagpur railway station. Taxicab or autorickshaw can be hired from the railway station to reach the institute. The weather in Kharagpur during February and early March is enjoyable with minimum and maximum air temperatures of 15-16°C and 28-29°C, respectively.
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