Powai (pronounced [pəʋəiː]) is a residential suburb located in central Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is situated on the banks of Powai Lake, and is bound by the hills of Vikhroli Parksite to the south-east, Chandivali to the south-west, the L.B.S. Marg (old Mumbai-Agra road) to the north-east and the Sanjay Gandhi National Park to the north beyond the lake. The Jogeshwari-Vikhroli Link Road, one of the city's busiest thoroughfares linking the western and eastern suburbs, passes through Powai. The place also hosts thousands of devotees every year during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival for the visarjan processions.
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The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, established in 1958 and currently the second oldest campus of the Indian Institutes of Technology as well as the Indian Institute of Management Mumbai, established in 1963 are both located here, as is a campus of the Bombay Scottish School. Powai is also home to residential complexes of the Income Tax department, Customs and NTPC, as well as those of ex-servicemen.
Powai houses schools and colleges, some of which are S M Shetty School and College, Gopal Sharma School and Chandrabhan Sharma College. Chandivali has Sinhgad College of Management. The new school includes Pawar Public School towards Chandivali.
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Towns around Powai
- Mumbai5.4 km SW
- Dhārāvi8.4 km SW
- Airoli10 km E
- Thāne11 km NE
- Borivli14 km N
- Navi Mumbai15 km SE
- Kalher19 km NE
- Kharghar19 km SE
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