The Ahmedabad’s long and prosperous historical past has bequeathed it a rich architectural legacy. With passage of time the old walls of the walled city have crumbled, but some of the ornamental gateways still stand. Carved wooden houses and narrow streets in the city poles still hum to the brisk business transactions of traditional Ahmedabad.

Ahmedabad shows little evidence of the years of British supremacy in India. There is no colonial architecture as in other big cities like Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, although it was a thriving textile city in British times. The city’s centuries old textile mills still stand today as proud sentinels proclaiming Ahmedabad’s pre-eminence in the world of textiles.

It is renowned as a great textile and commercial centre and as the Manchester of India. With growing wealth and affluence, the textile magnates have added new architectural embellishment to their city. The ancient skills of temple building were revived with the construction of Jain temple, superbly carved, sculpted and ornamented in white marble. It is also associated with Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace and non-violence, whose Ashram is now a place of national pilgrimage. Life in the city reflects today the variety and continuity of its traditions. The crowded bazaars here are famous for colorful handicrafts, hand printed, block-printed clothes, brass utensils, wooden chests and silver jewellery. Modern institutions of learning like the Indian Institute of Management, the School of Architecture and the National Institute of Design provide new skills to the young. Space Applications Centre, ISRO commonly called ‘Satellite’ and Physical Research Laboratory are the leading famous scientific research organisations here. More information on Ahmedabad may be seen on the website http://www.ahmedabad.com

The venue for XXII INCA Congress is fixed in the precincts of ATIRA (Ahmedabad Textile Industry Research Association) and AMA (Ahmedabad Management Association). Both the campuses are situated adjacent to each other and are located in the centre of the western part of Ahmedabad. All technical sessions, poster sessions and exhibitions are planned in AMA campus while registration, inaugural session, Todar mul lecture and cultural evening will take place in ATIRA campus. Associated map of Ahmedabad shows the layout of the campus. More details are available on the congress website.

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