There is a separate room for the first-year graduates and integrated dual degree Mtech and MBA students. The hostel for first-year students is BH-2 (NILGIRI HOSTEL). The process for applying for the hostel is simple. When you visit the college for final verification after you complete all your formalities you get a hostel registration form.

After you got the form, you have to visit BH-2 and simply ask the warden for room registration. The warden will guide you to all the rooms and the best part is you have full freedom to select the room of your choice. You just have to take a look at all the available rooms and get them registered.

Coming to the occupancy of the room, rooms are available for single as well as double occupancy depending on your comfort, though most of the Btech students go for single occupancy. The lobby could be peaceful or loud depending on the students of the nearby rooms.

Firstly, you may know that IIITM Gwalior is the first IIIT to be established by the Government of India by Congress Minister Mr. Scindia and was inaugurated by the MHRD minister Mr. Murli Manohar Joshi. It has nearly 100% faculty members who hold a Ph.D. degree. You may not know even these -

• The former IIITM chairman Dr. MN Buch was awarded Padma Bhushan.
• IIITM G has been constantly rated A+++ and has ranked in the Top 25 among different surveys conducted by the government of India and other private magazines.
• If you plan to study there, you'd get a hostel room to yourself because at IIIT M, every student gets a hostel room for him/herself.
• You can bring anything to the hostel room- be it a washing machine, heater, bikes, AC, etc. Cars however are not allowed.

The scholarship provision is a bit upsetting because it is made available to students from Andhra Pradesh. The website describes scholarships with much finesse and claims to help those in need of the same, however in reality it is not accomplished and those who need it are the ones who are not able to receive it.

The date of arrival of forms, the date of submission, and the procedure of scholarship accessibility are unclear. The merit-cum-means scholarship is awarded to 10 of the first-year students, who are below a certain financial average and have a good JEE Main rank. Some students who have been worthy have suffered because of the mismanagement. All else is good at the institute.

IIITM Gwalior is an autonomous Institute of National importance. It was built and developed in an area of about 160 acres.

• Talking about the hostels, they are taken care of and hygienically maintained as well. The corridor area, mess, and bathroom areas are cleaned and sanitized by the staff on a daily basis.
• The students are allocated single and double occupancy rooms and it depends on their luck because the rooms are distributed by the officials on the first come first serve basis.
• In a girl’s hostel, each female student is allocated a single room irrespective of the branch and year.
• The students are open to various facilities in the hostel premises such as 24x7 Unlimited access to the high-speed internet, there is a common room where table tennis, carrom board, chess are placed for students with a 42 inch LED TV for their enjoyment.

Here is the weekly menu of the hostel BH-2(Fresher's hostel) of the IIITM Gwalior - 

The above menu is charged at just Rs.11,000 for each semester. The Mess food is satisfactory. It is neither too good nor too bad. Sometimes the food is amazing and on some days students will not like it at all.

IIITM-Gwalior is the best choice to opt and if you are getting it, grab the opportunity. It is the oldest IIT of India with its own campus spread over 160+ acres and is totally funded by MHRD. The institute has a decent placement with the average package for M.Tech was around 10.5 LPA. In MBA, the highest was 15 LPA.

If you're not getting IIIT Gwalior, then the order should be as follows: IIIT Lucknow > IIIT Vadodara > IIIT Kota.

IIIT Lucknow was recently established and is making good progress and the placement records are good. If one has to choose between IIIT- Kota or IIIT- Vadodara or IIIT- Lucknow, choose IIIT-Lucknow any day!

IIIT Vadodara doesn’t own a permanent campus but it is known for its coding culture and the placement statistics are far better. Also, final-year students do get an opportunity for an internship to work in Amazon.

IIIT Kota is in the beautiful campus of MNIT, Jaipur spread in an area of 329 acres.

Want to have a fulfilling college life in the sense you want to enjoy being part of a college fest.

The factors which used for ordering the above institutes are:

• Year of the establishment.
• Placements records
• Whether to have permanent campuses or not
• Funding mode
• Connectivity with the neighboring cities

Hence, before opting for any college just ask yourself, in which field or stream you want to get into so that you don’t regret it later. As 4 years duration is not too little to give and graduating from a reputed college with good placement and tag plays a vital role in your upcoming future.

My brother was in the same fix a few years back. After considering various factors he chose IIITM. Here are some of the reasons why he opted for IIITM.

• DAIICT offers ICT and ICT with minors in Computational Science. Almost 40% of the syllabus is basically Communication. The syllabus will be a combination of ECE and IT. If you are sure about Communication then don’t choose DAIICT. 
• While choosing try to factor in the location too. DAIICT is situated in Gandhinagar, which is far away from our city. So, it was a point of consideration for my brother.
• DAIICT is private and changes more fees. 

Here’s what you should know about the placements and fee structure of the three institutes. 

Last but not the least, do not keep faculty as one of your deciding factors. This can be hugely misleading. Visit the official websites of the institutes, weigh in the factors important for you, and choose accordingly. Both these institutes have their advantages. 

Yes, there are quite a few options available for fee reductions for students from a financially weak background. Most students are not aware of this for some reason. These are mainly given out in the form of scholarships or fee waivers and a lot of them are based on your JEE Mains rank and your family’s income.

• If you are from the SC or ST category, your entire semester’s tuition fee will be waived off. 
• Now, if you belong to the OBC or General Category, some other scholarships are available as well. These include some state as well national scholarships that are available. 
• Other than this, the institute itself offers a Merit cum Means scholarship to candidates from a weak financial background. This scholarship is given to 10% of students from the batch. It includes a monthly allowance of INR 1000 for any expenses as well as a complete tuition fee waiver.
• Also, don’t miss the chance of applying to the Merit Cum Means scholarship within the first month of your admission. You will definitely regret this later. This scholarship is given only once and if you do bag it, you will definitely benefit from it for the next four to five years at least. Once this chance is gone, no other cases are considered. If you are interested in applying for it, you should contact the Deputy Registrar of the institute.

Just ensure that you have good JEE rank because scholarships are given based on that.