Why is it compulsory to stay in the hostel at IIIT Vadodara?

If you are an undergraduate student then you must stay at the hostel. Not only in IIIT Vadodara but at any institute students stay in a hostel. If you have a guardian living in a city, then you can stay with them after informing your institute. But it is up to the institute whether they give you persimmon to live outside campus.

You need not worry about the hostel as it is well equipped with all the facilities. It is advised to live there because even if you are not living in a hostel you have to pay the hostel fees.