IIT Bhubaneswar - Indian Institute of Technology - [IITBBS], Bhubaneswar - Hostel Details

All students who have registered for full-time courses in the institute have to live in the

hostel. The rules and regulations of the institute govern the hostels.

• In the beginning, for at least six to eight months, as a fresher, you will live in double-occupancy rooms. This is to make sure that you and other fellow newcomers are not affected by homesickness and isolation.

• IITs attract students from a broad variety of backgrounds from across the nation. It promotes cross-cultural relationships. This will help you to socialize and create a sense of security with others.

• All the allotted rooms have a set of furniture and fittings in each room. They consist of a bed for each inmate as well as a table, chair, ceiling fan with a regulator, and light fitting.

• From the second year onward, you will be able to live in separate rooms with single occupancy in the hostel. The basis for such an allotment is to encourage students to focus more on their studies.

• Throughout your stay in the hostel, you are not allowed to exchange rooms or furniture and fittings with other students. To do so you should get an allowance from hall management.

• The hall management consists of the warden, assistant warden/wardens, the council of wardens or hall councils, and hall managers.

IT Bhubaneswar has a residential campus and every student is required to stay in the hostel. Be it a B.Tech, M.Tech, Ph.D., or MSc student. Although a student is allowed to stay with his/her parents only in special circumstances if the Dean or Director allows. But it is necessary that your parents should reside inside the institute campus or within a reasonable distance from campus. In case a student is married he or she can apply to stay outside the campus.

IIT Bhubaneswar has two hostels one for girls and one for boys. SHR (Subarnrekha Hall of Residence) is the girl’s hostel and MHR (Mahanadi Hall of Residence) is the boy’s hostel. Two more hostels are being made. Both the hostels are very well built and have modern facilities as it is a newly built campus. Every student is given a single-seater room with a bed, a table chair, and a cupboard. Both the hostels also have gym and TV rooms. The LAN provides high-speed internet.

In IIT Bhubaneswar, presently the Mess is being run by Gauri Catering Services which is based in Kanpur.

If we talk about all the IIT Students, the price range starts from Rs.100.40/- per day which totals to Rs. 3012/- per month. Although, a one-time payment of Rs. 14000/- is to be paid initially when the semester begins and the remaining balance is further calculated at the end of the semester on the basis of the number of leaves taken by the students. This way, if there is any remaining balance left of the student, it will get adjusted in the next Mess Bill.

The mess price for outsiders, faculty, and staff are as follows:

• Breakfast: Rs. 30/-
• Lunch: Rs. 40/- for vegetarian food and Rs. 50/- for non-vegetarian food.
• Snacks: Rs. 10/-
• Dinner: Rs. 40/- for vegetarian food and Rs. 50/- for non-vegetarian food.

IIT Bhubaneswar ranks 17th in the Engineering category by NIRF 2019. It was established in 2008 by the government of India. The campus is located in the city itself. It has hostel facilities, Mess facilities, gym, sports grounds and courts, Clubs, canteens, cafeteria, multi-purpose store, dispensaries, etc.

IIT Bhubaneswar has hostel facilities for MTech students for boys and girls both in the campus. Students will be able to purchase Mattress, Bed Sheet, Pillow and Pillow Cover, Mosquito Repellent, Bucket, Mug, Notebooks, Bags, etc. The Hostel has a capacity of 800 male students and 200 female students. The hostel rooms are for a single occupant. It has ATMs with 24x7 security for the campus and has wifi connection in each room. Like other IITs the campus have their own Gymkhana club which organizes regular events like sports, music, tech, etc. they also have cultural events, fests, workshops, etc. The campus has its own Healthcare team of professionals and also has separate dispensaries for boys and girls.

Hostels in IIT Bhubaneswar are pretty much well maintained, as is the case with most of the new IITs. Hostel facilities are available for both girls and boys. There is a single room allotted for every individual. Each room has all essential amenities, such as a bed, study table, chair, and a cupboard. Washing machines and water purifiers are also available on each floor. There is also a Lift facility for 8 storey hostels. For safety measures, CCTV cameras are installed in the outer premises of the hostels. Canteen facilities are available inside hostels and other places within the campus premises. 

Hostels are equipped with 24*7 Internet facilities through LAN and Wi-Fi for academics and research purposes. There are also common rooms inside the hostels which have small libraries (other than academics) and labs for using high-speed Internet. All hostels have proper gym facilities. There are also courts for basketball, volleyball, badminton and table tennis, Lawn tennis, etc. ATM facility is available inside the hostel and as well as on campus. A small shopping complex is also there inside the campus for basic and academic necessities like books/stationery to tech gadgets. 

The campus contains a well-built guest house, where parents/relatives of the students can stay during their visits. There is also a pharmacy inside the campus for medical emergencies. 
 

Yes, hostels are provided to M.TECH students at IIT Bhubaneswar, Earlier, both these hostels were outside the main campus of IIT Bhubaneswar because the campus was still being constructed. From 2019 July onwards IIT Bhubaneswar gives accommodations to MTech students in the permanent campus in Argul. Two new hostels came up last year with the names Brahmaputra Hall of Residence and Ganga Hall of Residence. The Brahmaputra Hall of residence accommodates all the boys from MTech, MSc, and Ph.D. branches to go along with the BTech first-year boys and the Ganga Hall of Residence accommodates all the girls. Each MTech student has his/her separate rooms inside the hostel and the hostel is equipped with all the facilities ranging from washing machines for laundry to the gymnasium.