Address for correspondence
The Secretariat, ACODS-2012
C/O Prof. R. Padhi (General Chair)
Department of Aerospace Engineering,
Indian Institute of
Science,
Bangalore 560 012, India.
Phone: +91-80-22933036, 22932503
Fax: +91-80-23601279,23600134
E-mail: [email protected]
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Site seeing tour |
Half-day Bangalore Trip:
 A half-day site seeing tour has been arranged in air-conditioned coaches/cabs on Feb 19 (Sunday) for registered participants of ACODS-2012 and
their spouse, kids and friends to visit the historial city of Mysore on additional payment. This trip will cover the famous ISKON temple, Bull & Ganesha
temple, Vidhan soudha & High court buildings (outside view), Tipu Sultan's summer palace, Siva temple @ Total mall (earlier known as Kemfort) and the Lalbagh
garden.
The trip can be booked on payment of 1000 INR (approx. 20 USD) per person at the travel desk of the conference (this payment is not linked with the
conference registration). Payments will be accepted only by CASH in INR until 5 PM of Feb 17. Children below 3 years can accopmany their parents for free, but no
separate seat can be guaranteed. Children above 3 years will be charged full and a separate seat will be provided. No child/infant seat can be arranged...parents
who need such facility should bring their own child/infant seats.
This trip will start around 10:00 AM and will culminate at approximely at 5-6 PM. Arrangment will be made for lunch, and evening snacks, both of
which will include Indian vegetarian food with bottled mineral water (bottled mineral water will be provided inside the vehicle as well).
One-day Mysore Trip:
 A one-day site seeing tour has been arranged in air-conditioned coaches/cabs on Feb 19 (Sunday) for registered participants of ACODS-2012 and their
spouse, kids and friends to visit the historial city of Mysore on additional payment. Mysore is located at about 140 km from Bangalore and offers a host of
attractive things to tourists, including the majestic Mysore palace, the hill-top Chamundi temple, the historical fort of Tipu Sultan (who faught vigorously with
British army and is often linked with first inventor of "Rocket Science"), a nice and beautiful Church (used in some movies), a vibrant Brindavan garden
(again a popular movie shooting spot) etc. People visiting Bangalore usually make a point to visit Mysore. To know more details about Mysore, please visit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysore or
http://www.karnataka.com/tourism/mysore/
The trip can be booked on payment of 2500 INR (approx. 50 USD) per person at the travel desk of the conference (this payment is not linked with the conference registration). Payments will be
accepted only by CASH in INR until 5 PM of Feb 17. Children below 3 years can accopmany their parents for free, but no separate seat can be guaranteed. Children
above 3 years will be charged full and a separate seat will be provided. No child/infant seat can be arranged...parents who need such facility should bring their
own child/infant seats. Please note that this will be a full-day trip starting at 6:00-6:30 AM and will culminate at approximely at 10-11 PM. Arrangment will be
made for morning breakfast, lunch, evening snacks and dinner, all of which will include Indian vegetarian food with bottled mineral water (bottled mineral water
will be provided inside the vehicle as well).
Note:
(1) These trips will be "free" for all invited plenary and keynote speakers and their spouses and children. Such speakers need not pay at the travel counter, but are requested to inform about their intension to travel along with their names as well as the names of their spouse and kids (if any) at the travel counter. This "free" offer is also valid for the IFAC Aerosapce Technical committee members.
(2) There may be other site-seeing options as well, which can be found at the travel desk.
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