Overview
The Institute is located on a 14 acre site on a hilslide in Goregaon (east), 15 minutes by public bus from the Goregaon railway station in Mumbai’s suburban and 20 minutes drive from Mumbai’s national and international airports. The architecture of the campus is inspired by the historical Elephanta and Jogeshwari caves and includes office and residential buildings for research and administrative staff, seminar rooms, auditorium, library, computer centre, cafeteria and guest house.
The students and staff of the Institute are provided accommodation on campus. The whole campus is connected through LAN and WiFi, and the institute has Internet leased line of 150 mbps for Internet connection. The Internet service is free and available 24×7 with backup ISP.
Classroom and Seminar Halls and Auditorium:
The institute has four class rooms and two seminar rooms, one conference hall and one auditorium equipped with the facilities like Projector, Document Camera, Wi-Fi, Digital class and Video conferencing system. The seating capacity of Auditorium is around 500.
Hostel and Guest House:
Students are provided hostel accommodation on the campus. The institute also has a guest house with 50 rooms.
Recreation facility:
Recreation facilities include Club library, table tennis, badminton court, lawn tennis, jogging track, fully equipped gymnasium, swimming pool and a children’s park within the Institute’s premises.
Computer Centre and Library:
The IT facilities at IGIDR Include a state-of-the-art Computer Center and the IGIDR library is one of the leading professional research and reference libraries in the country.
Disabled-friendly and Barrier-free Environment
The campus has barrier free access and disabled-friendly facilities. Barrier free access is provided through ramps, scissor lifts, and passenger lifts. These provide access to parking areas, the entire administrative block, seminar halls/classrooms/conference hall, auditorium, library, cafeteria, research blocks (faculty offices and computer centres), and washrooms. Ramps for barrier free access also connect the student hostel and the guest house where the dining hall is located.
Dedicated rooms in the hostel building have been provided for disabled-friendly students. A special disabled-friendly restroom has been provided in the administration block.
Other Facilities
The employees and students are covered under group mediclaim. A visiting doctor is also available on working days for consultation for the benefit of people residing on campus. The Institute also has subsidised canteen facilities for the students and employees.
IGIDR does not have any other study centre. The institute does not offer any distance learning programme.
