Bengaluru city (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore) is
the capital of Indian state Karnataka (Souh India) and it is
very well directly connected by Air from major national and
international airports and by major airlines. There are
several hotels around JNCASR, including international chains
such as Marriott, Holiday Inn, Radisson, Hilton etc. and
reachable by 30 mins drive from airport (Uber service is
inexpensive and great!),
Bengaluru is known as the Garden City of India. It is also the
Science City of India with internationally reputed higher
education and research Institutes such as Indian Institute of
Science (top academic Institute in India and international
ranking in the range 250-300), National Centre for Biological
sciences (NCBS), Institute for Stem cell technology (Instem),
Raman research Institute (RRI), Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO), National Institute of Mental Health and
Neurosciences (NIMHANS), Brain Research Centre, International
Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Indian Institute of
Management and a large number of public sector undertakings.
It is also known as the Silicon Valley of India, with major
software and IT companies such as Google India, IBM, Infosys,
Wipro, Cisco, Adobe, TCS, Accentre, Oracle, Cognizant, Dell,
Honeywell, Hp etc. Bengaluru also hosts several reputed Pharma
and Biotech establishments (Biocon, Syngene, Astra Zeneca,
Aurigene, Anthem, GSK, Thermo Fischer, Eli Lilly, Novo
Nordisk, Cedora life science).
From tourism point, it has several cities that host UNESCO
heritage sites – Mysore palace, Hampi, Halebeedu,
Sravanbelagola, Brindavan Gardens etc with one day visit per
site.