Campus
The Institute is located on a 14-acre (57,000 m2) site on a hillside in Goregaon (East), 15 minutes by public bus from the Goregaon railway station in Mumbai’s suburban rail system and 20 minutes drive from Mumbai’s national and international airports. The campus, whose architecture is inspired by the historical Elephanta and Jogeshwari caves, includes office buildings for research and administrative staff, several seminar rooms, a 500 seat auditorium, a library, a computer centre, a cafeteria and a guest house where visiting scholars are accommodated.
The students and staff of the Institute are provided accommodation on campus. There are also some recreational facilities which include a 20 metre swimming pool, a tennis court, an indoor badminton court, a table tennis room, a small jogging track, a fully equipped akhaada(pseudo gym) and a children's park at the Institute.
The Institute also has an Alumni Association, which conducts an annual meet in the month of January. All the ex-students can get in touch with the alumni cell at .
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