Practical Information
The local name of the city is Brahmapur. Currently, there are two campuses of IISER Berhampur. The transit campus is located in the city and is easily reachable. The address on the conference webpage is the address of the transit campus. The permanent campus is located on beachside, and the conference will be held in permanent campus. If someone arrives at transit campus, trasport can be arranged (at any time) to shift to the permanent campus.
The nearest airport is Bhubaneswar international airport (Biju Patnaik Airport BBI). There are regular flights from the major Indian cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Guwahati etc.
We will arrange transport to pick up speakers from the Bhubaneswar airport (BBI). It is around 3 hours road drive from Bhubaneswar airport to the IISER Berhampur guest house. The route is very scenic (specially after monsoon) and the famous Chillika lake is almost at midway. Daytime journeys are quite enjoyable.
Nearest Railway station is Brahmapur Railway station which is well connected with all Indian cities. In particular, there are very frequent trains on the Visakhapattnam-Brahmapur-Khordha-Bhubaneswar route.
In case of any issue or trouble, please contact volunteers: Mr. Nimish Kumar Mahapatra (9090687065) and Ms. Malavika (9400442463). In case of any emergency, feel free to contact organizers: Prem Prakash Pandey (9692097088) and Azizul Hoque (8403008016).
Important informations:
1) Lectures will be held in the block 7 of the academic block.
2) All the meals will be served at the Guest House of the Institute. The timings are given in the schedule.
3) There will be conference trip on 23rd November.