University of Hyderabad (UOH): Day 2

In the last 36 hours I have been here I have managed to look around the place and now know more about my where-abouts.
The place where I stay is called the participants hostel. It is close to the academic zone (Not sure if they call it by the same name here). The room is designed to accommodate two people, but since IAS is bearing the charges for accommodation, three of us have been alloted the same room. The room is otherwise spacious and even has an ethernet port. The weather here seems to have resolved to fry me alive. It has been quite some effort to make sure I drink enough water to ensure that I do not get dehydrated. I now spend most of my time in Dr. Chaturvedi’s room which is located in the school of physics in the science complex. The science complex houses the school of physics and the school of life sciences– the school of chemistry seems to be present some-where-around. As is the case with most universities the academic buildings here are found on a single road but the departments are quite a distance apart from each other. The university has two other places where one can get food, the students canteen and the shopping complex.I happen to pass by what is called a shopping ‘complex’, the thing has around 7-8 shops, the ATM and a medical clinic. At first sight the place it self appears to be a little messy. The hostel for the residents is located en-route from the participants hostel to the shopping complex. The road, which is now called by me as the academic road also leads to the shopping complex. There also seems to be a lake beside the guest-house complex, quite a murky one, but does attract a few birds. Will be looking around the place a little more as days go by. On the academic front there seems to be little progress, I have been trying to read a work by Wooters et al which discusses Wigner functions on a finite field. Part of my work here will be to try and obtain Wigner functions for the same case but from a different, purely algebraic approach. Dr. Chaturvedi left for Europe today, he has promised to stay actively in touch with me through email. To add to the trouble my laptop seems to be screwed up, does not seem to switch on. Hoping to un-pack the camera and get some pictures soon. That more or less summarizes a sort of the-not-so-eventful today.