MNNIT Allahabad - Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology - [MNNIT], Allahabad - Hostel Details

After the admission of students in M.Tech at MNNIT Allahabad, the institute allows Raman Hostel for the first-year students, which is situated near Optron Chowk, 600m away from Patel gate of the institute. The points below give a brief overview of the hostel and the facilities provided by the institute in it.

• The Raman Hostel has 3 floors and 100 rooms in total. There are 2 washrooms on each floor, situated diagonally opposite to each other.
• The students in M.Tech and Ph.D. get access to a TV hall and a reading room. The TV hall is situated on the 2nd floor and the reading room is situated on the 1st floor.
• They have two badminton courts, one on each side. But, on most days, there are cycles parked on the courts. A small park is also made as a common entity for the students of both Raman and Tagore hostels.
• Tagore hostel has a canteen in the outer part of the hostel, which is available to all. In the Raman hostel, there is a small shop to carry on with basic needs like pen, copy, groceries, cold drinks, files, mobile recharge, etc.
• There is 24-hour access to the hostel for students. But, students need to sign a register if they have to go out after 12 AM midnight.
• The rooms in Raman hostel are good enough for 3 students each, but 4 students are accommodated in every room in the first year. There are 4 beds, a table, and a chair for students in each room. Other than that, each room has two fans and two light sockets, and 3 sets of LAN ports and wardrobes.
• In the second semester, few students leave the institute for a job or other purposes. So, three students are allotted to each room from then.
• Each washroom in Raman hostel has 5 bathrooms and 6 latrines of both kinds. There are 4 front wash basins too. No washing machine is provided in the hostel.
• Coming to the second year of M.Tech, students are allotted a PG hostel which is near the Computer Science department. It has 2-seater rooms, but the rooms are slightly more congested than those in Raman Hostel.

This is the overall condition and facilities provided to M.Tech students in MNNIT Allahabad, which is quite decent with required facilities for students inside the campus.

One of my friends was a former student of this institute. He once told me that everyone always considers the window users at the hostel; thereby, he prioritized the Linux users not to face any internet-related issues.

• My friend considers the conditions related to the proxy net, which is not the regular one. He mentioned that utilizing proxy settings basically changes the internet settings of “Fast Internet”.
• The most important thing is that the college can monitor internet surfing; besides, they also limit your Internet usage.
• However, DC++ settings were very ancient, and it was there approximately 3-4 years back. But as everything is now streamed online, thereby usage of DC has been drastically reduced.
• It can be mentioned that there are approximately 8-10 proxy settings by which you can surf the internet. But the problem is that only one has no limits; however, it is not allowed in the hostel and the surrounding areas.
• The Internet becomes slow during the evening time, that is from 7 pm to midnight. This institute provides a Squid proxy setting to its students, which is basically a visit more and gets easier. , if you visit one particular website daily, this setting will automatically allow you to visit the site, even at a low internet speed.

However, my friend was a gamer; he was not so interested in doing Facebook and YouTube. Thereby, he finds the following solutions:

• You can use VPN.
• It is better to use the internet at Night.
• If you utilize college internet effectively, then it is important to know the basics of Putty. You can use other IP addresses on their computers or laptop.

It completely depends on your usage perspectives. However, most of the students do not think so deeply and remain constant to their understandings only.

If you are planning to apply to MNIT, the course fee depends on the course you wish to take as the fee differs from course to course. The table below should provide you with some information on this.

In a few courses like B. Tech, you might have to pay the fee semester-wise than for the complete year. This fee structure also includes a hostel fee, but you might have to pay separately for the mess which costs more or less about INR 13,000 per semester. You might get refunded with INR 2000 or 3000 from this at the end of the year.

Hostel and campus life are subjective things that will vary between individuals; there is no metric to comparatively quantify the same. I can give you some idea about the hostel and campus life at MNIT Jaipur and MNNIT Allahabad based on what I heard from my friends at the institutes. 

Comparison:

• Location: This is the best thing about MNIT Jaipur as it is located in the best locale of Jaipur, Malviya Nagar. This is one of the most happening places in the city and you would enjoy proper city life. In comparison Allahabad is a smaller and more old school town, so you may not enjoy proper city life. But then, this is subjective of course.
• Campus: You will get uninterrupted fast internet access. The campus has 9 boys hostels and 3 girls hostels. There is one mega boy’s hostel with 1000 bad capacity and one mega girl’s hostel with 600 beds capacity. All others are medium-sized (200-300 student capacity). In the first year, students share with two or four other students in their rooms. After that single rooms are allotted.
• Weather: The climate of Jaipur is harsh and hot most of the time. Allahabad, being in the plains, should have a comparatively pleasant climate.
• Food: The mess food at MNIT Jaipur is tasteless and pathetic.
• Other facilities: The computer center of MNIT Jaipur is really very good and is of a very high standard.

Based on what I heard from my friends at these two institutions, it seems that MNIT Jaipur offers a better hostel and campus life.