Directions to Computer Science and Engineering Department Buildings from IIT Bombay Main Gate

Recommended reading time: 5 minutes. It will payoff for itself especially if you come during the monsoon, or during the vacation period on a hot summer, sultry day.

This page gives general information for getting to the main gate (check "How to get to IIT Bombay?" and scroll to the end for the airport section.)

That said, odds are that you will get lost after reaching the main gate. That's where this page comes in.

Directions to Kanwal Rekhi Building:

  1. First, see the google maps version to get oriented
  2. Next check this schematic map especially if you are in a car or going to park.
  3. At the main gate, ask for directions to "cray-sit" building. This is the building across from (BOTH) Canara Bank (Gulmohar Bldg) and Hostel 10 (aka Ladies hostel). Google Maps should guide you but won't be verbose about this.
  4. Parking lot is right next to the bldg.
  5. The office is on the first floor. Ask for me.
  6. Dial 022-25767901 for phone help (work days).
  7. If you are here on the weekend, the entrance is through a covered parking lot next to uncovered parking lot.

Extra details if you are paranoid (You can skip this section if you trust Google Map or the driver.)

  1. Coming to IIT:The main gate (called Gate #2) is the 2nd gate from the Gandhinagar flyover (most likely access from the Eastern Express highway). It is also the 2nd gate from the Western Express highway (most likely access from the airport). The first gate (known as Lakeside Gate at Punchkutir is just past the last chance to see the Powai Lake). You can't miss the lake coming from the airport, but the Lakeside Gate is very obscure and you will miss it.
  2. Once you reach the Main Gate: Drive/walk along the (currently nameless) road starting at the main gate. Stay on the road until you reach the first major right (this intersection has the Canara Bank (Gulmohar) building, and it is about 600m from the main gate.) If you reached the main building, you have missed the intersection (the intersection is hard to miss.)

    At the Canara bank intersection, you can actually see the Rekhi bldg but you will need to take this first major right which is a wide (also nameless) road lined with large raintrees, and with a brick sidewalk on the left side (after you make the right). Walk/drive another 300m on Raintree road, and take the first left, turning through 120 degrees (yes Lucy, that's a huge turn!). Then follow this narrower (nameless) road until you see a building on your left. Opposite the building is the lecture hall complex.