Helen Newton Turner Workshop
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Symposium Venue
The Symposium will be held at the CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
The physical location is:
NCL Auditorium
Dr. Homi Bhabha Road (Pashan Road)
Pune, Maharashtra
India
The location is indicated on the map below (green arrow). The weather in Pune is expected to be pleasant and dry in November with warm days (average max. temperature 32 deg C) and cool nights (average min. temperatue 16 deg C).
The following is from the book 'Pune, Queen of the Deccan' by Jaymala Diddee and Samita Gupta.
'Pune has many sobriquets: Queen of the Deccan, Oxford of the East, Pensioners' paradise, Detroit of India and now, the IT capital of Maharashtra. Each defines a new milestone in its long and chequered career.
A medieval city of indigenous origin, Pune has seen many ups and downs. It has been attacked and virtually razed to the ground several times only to rise again with renewed vigour. Pune's urban design is thus a rich tapestry of historical events. First a fortified garrison town under Bahamani control, it was later transferred to Chhatrapati Shivaji when Kasba the old core came into prominence. The city of peths, a quaint cellular urban form, was developed by the Peshwas. It symbolizes the culture of Brahmanical dominance. The British take over in 1817 gave the place a dual identity. The City of wadas - a product of traditional Maharashtrian culture and ethos and the Camp - a colonial transplant with an orderly development of clearly delineated functional zones: with bungalows and parade grounds, recreation spaces, shopping areas and some monumental public buildings. Post-British Pune thus developed two distinct identities: the 'City' as the citadel of the Marathi speaking people from all over Maharashtra and the Camp which became a melting pot for people from all over India. Today, the Camp functions as the Green Lung for the overcrowded city.
Pune has emerged as the
most vibrant new metropolitan centre in Western India.'
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