Vashi is a residential and commercial node in

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, across the

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of the

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on the outskirts of city of

Mumbai Mumbai ( ; ), also known as Bombay ( ; its official name until 1995), is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Mumbai is the financial capital and the most populous city proper of India with an estimated population of 12 ...

. Vashi is named after the largest village present in Vashi Node.

Overview

Vashi is well-connected node of Navi Mumbai. It is also the first Navi Mumbai station after

Mankhurd Mankhurd (Pronunciation: aːnkʰuɾd̪(ə) is a suburb in eastern Mumbai, Maharashtra Maharashtra () is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Ara ...

which is the last station of Mumbai Suburban city. Vashi is a well-organised sub-urban area that houses many commercial stores and has many residential societies. Vashi has three main and large malls, viz., Inorbit mall Vashi, Center One and Raghuleela Mall. Along with these three malls several other small shopping plazas are also developed across vashi, e.g. Satra Plaza, Vashi Plaza. Vashi is located 20 minutes away from

Chembur Chembur (pronunciation: Help:IPA/Marathi, ͡ʃembuːɾ is an upmarket large suburb in central Mumbai, India. It belongs on the harbour line of suburban railways and offers the best connectivity with Mumbai Monorail, Santacruz- Chembur Link R ...

a suburban area in

and is easily accessible by both road and railways. Vashi also is a terminal railway station for Harbour Line & Trans-Harbour Line. Vashi is well known for it cosmopolitan culture & educational institutes. Turbhe also houses an

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(APMC) market where all the grocery items, food items, Rice, Lentils, Wheet, and different types of Spices are sold at a wholesale price.

Educational institutions

* Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues Institute of Technology *

Oriental Institute of Management Oriental Institute of Management (OIM) is affiliated to Mumbai University University of Mumbai is a public state university in Mumbai. It is one of the largest university systems in the world with over 549,000 students on its campuses and a ...

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Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College Rayat Shikshan Sanstha's Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil College ''(formerly known as Modern College )'' is a college in Juhu Nagar (Vashi) Navi Mumbai. The college was established in 1979 and was affiliated with the University of Mumbai, but is now con ...

* Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School and Junior College

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