Vimannagar

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Viman Nagar (Marathi: विमान नगर lit. Airport City) is a residential and retail neighborhood in the Eastern Metropolitan Corridor of Pune, regarded as one of the affluent regions in the city.^[1] Viman Nagar is in proximity to the Pune International Airport and constitutes the eastern necklace of the city along with Koregaon Park and Kalyani Nagar.

During the Pre-independence era, the neighborhood was known as Dunkirk Lines. It has residential complexes, corporate offices, fine-dining restaurants, and shopping malls. The locality provides easy accessibility to work and leisure for its residents ^{[citation needed]} and also contains educational institutions like Symbiosis Law School, Pune. For these reasons it has one of the highest property rates in real estate in Maharashtra.^[2]

Viman Nagar is located 7.5 kilometers North off the Pune Railway Station and 0.5 kilometers South off the Pune International Airport.

• Northbound: Pune International Airport
• Westbound: Yerawada
• Central: Lohagaon
• Southbound: Vadgaon Sheri
• Eastbound: Kharadi, Hadapsar, Wagholi

The Pune-Ahmednagar Highway (Maharashtra State Highway 27/MH-SH-27) passes through Viman Nagar.

Viman Nagar is home to the following International Chain of Hotels:

• Hyatt Regency
• Novotel
• Ibis
• Four Points by Sheraton
• Lemon Tree Hotels
• The Hotel Hindusthan International

• Symbiosis Institute of Design
• Symbiosis School of Liberal Arts
• Symbiosis Law School
• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management
• Symbiosis School of Media & Communication

• Pune International Airport
• Viman Nagar Joggers' Park, Pune
• Aga Khan Palace
• Fly India Paramotor Club (Paragliding)
• Phoenix Market City
• Udaan Bio-Diversity Park by Zensar^[3] has collaborated with the Pune Municipal Corporation^[4] for transforming a 2 acre plot into a Bio-Diversity Park at Vimannagar on lease Basis.
  • The park attracts more than 300 visitors a day comprising leisure walkers, picnickers, and students.^[5]
• Viman Nagar Rollerskating Rink
• Symbiosis International school, which also hosts notable sports fields:
  • Named after a notable starting shooting guard of the SIS inter-school team, the "Shivansh Dutt Basketball Court" is positioned north-east of the campus. Shivansh went on to pursue his passion of playing Basketball in the city of Edmonton, Canada after graduating.
  • The "Ansh Kapadia Football Ground", named in honor of a Symbiosis International School alumnus football player, is located east of the campus. Ansh subsequently went on to play in Toronto, Canada.

• BRTS
• Pune Metro
• Phoenix Marketcity

• CNG pumping stations
• Water meter pilot project