Arrival
Please note that if you have been individually informed about transport schedules, that information
supersedes the information given here.
A. Participants of the school who are stationed at Bangalore must report to the IIA campus at Koramangala
by 08:30 on the 19th July10. Please see the IIA website for directions, and send us your cellphone number if any
if you have not entered it in the application form.
B. For those participants who will arrive in Bangalore from out of town by either train
or air, on the 19th July or earlier,
and who have communicated the train/flight number, scheduled arrival time and location
to us at
astrostat@iiap.res.in,
pick-ups will be arranged by IIA from the following points:
*Bangalore City station
*Bangalore Airport
In the case of the train stations, the vehicle will be
waiting in the parking lot of the station, with the " Astrostatistics IIA" sign on its windshield.
At the airport, the driver will be at the exit of the departure area, holding "Astrostatistics IIA" sign.
Look for this sign and identify yourself to the driver.
Please inform us of any delays in arrival as soon as you find out (see cell number below).
Please email your cellphone number if any to
astrostat@iiap.res.in
if you have not entered it in the application form.
For those who have communicated arrival on the 18th July, accommodation will be arranged in the IIA guest house.
In case of any difficulty, the IIA Travel Section staff, Shri Rajendran can be reached on his cell phone at
9449597572.
Please note that we will attempt to combine passengers
who arrive within small intervals of each other. This may entail a wait of upto an hour
- please bear with us regarding this. Please feel free to call Rajendran if you do not find
a person from IIA.
A vehicle will transport participants from the IIA campus to the
observatory some time during the day on the 19th of July. Breakfast and/or lunch will be available at the
IIA campus before departure to the observatory.
In case of any difficulty, the IIA Travel Section staff, Shri Rajendran can be reached on his cell phone at
9449597572.
C. Participants who have communicated arrival at Jolarpettai railway station will be picked up by a vehicle from the
Vainu Bappu Observatory and transported to the Observatory. The vehicle will await your arrival at the exit
to the station. Please email your cellphone number if any to
astrostat@iiap.res.in if
you have not already entered it in the application form.
In case of difficulty, the VBO Observatory-In-Charge, Anbazhagan P. can be reached on the cell phone
9787462052.