The Kolkata campus of the Indian Statistical Institute is located in a sprawling 30-acre estate on the Barrackpore Trunk Road (B.T. Road) in the Baranagore suburb of Greater Kolkata. It consists of two approximately equal parts - the office complex and the residential complex, - separated by a public road. This road (Girish Chand Ghosh Street) connects B.T. Road with Gopal Lal Tagore Road, a road which runs along the western boundary of the main campus. The office complex bears door numbers 202, 203 and 204, and the residential complex, 205 and 206. You may take a virtual tour of our Kolkata Campus here.
The principal buildings in the office complex are the Main Bulding, the Geology Building, the Library Building, the Administration Building and the Amrapali. The residential campus at 205 and 206 B.T. Road premises includes, apart from several staff quarters, the Guest House, the Medical Welfare Unit, the Boys' Hostel, the Research Scholars' and ISEC hostel, the Ladies hostel, and parts of several service units. Some residential quarters are located in Deluxe Garden, an enclaved located on the west side of the Gopal Lal Tagore Road, near the office campus. ISI also owns Gupta Nivas, a property located on the east side of B.T. Road, north of the office campus. This building has a remarkable history, but is no longer in use.
A part of the SQCOR Unit of Kolkata is located in the city office. The central office of this unit is located in Amrapali, while the SQC Training & Promotional Unit is located in the Geology Building.
The ISI campus lies five kilometers North of the Shyambazar five-point crossing. If you are coming from the airport, drive towards Dunlop Bridge (via Nager Bazar and Chiria More). If you are coming from the downtown area or one of the railway stations, you will have to drive past Shyambazar and Chiria More. As you approach Dunlop Bridge, the boundary wall of the ISI campus will be visible on your left. The residential campus is at the Bus Stop called Bon Hooghly and the office campus is at the Bus Stop called ISI or Statistical. The Bus Stop further to the Statistical Bus Stop is Dunlop Bridge, which is an important landmark. Dunlop Bridge is also a useful way of describing the general destination when you are asking for directions.
If you miss the ISI gates and reach the Dunlop Bridge intersection, take a sharp left turn into Gopal Lal Tagore Road. The ISI campus will be on your left.
Kolkata is connected by air, rail and road to all the metropolises and most major cities of the country. Also, one can fly direct to Kolkata from several international airports.
Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) is located in the northern fringes of the city and is at a distance of about 14kms from the airport. One could take either a prepaid taxi or a city taxi to reach the Institute. There is also a large fleet of OLA, Uber and other app based taxi operators providing service in our area. The Institute is commonly known as ISI and is very near to the Dunlop Bridge crossing.
The Institute is close to three major railway stations Howrah, Sealdah and Kolkata. The Howrah railway station is about 13 kms from ISI campus. One will have to get out of the station and reach the prepaid taxi stand and hire a city taxi. Sealdah is about 7kms and prepaid and meter taxi services are available from the station to the Institute. Kolkata station is about 5kms away and taxi services are also available from this station to the Institute. The Institute is also well connected by bus services from all the three railway stations. If one happens to reach Kolkata by bus, bus and taxi facilities are available from all the major bus terminals to the Institute. The name of the stoppage is ISI or Statistical and lies between Bonhooghly and Dunlop Bridge on Barrackpore Trunk Road.
Kolkata is warm and humid most of the year around. However, the winter months, say, from November to February are cool, sunny, dry and very pleasant. Monsoon hits Kolkata generally in the second week of June and lasts till the end of September. During this period it rains regularly. The total rainfall during the season is about 20 cm.
The temperature in summer goes up to about 37 Celsius and the relative humidity up to 100%. During winter months the temperature ranges from about 10 to 20 Celsius and the relative humidity is around 50%. Light woolen clothing is necessary during winter in Kolkata.
