Hostels There are, in total, 12 hostels (9 for boys and 3 for girls). Recently, a new eight story hostel has been constructed in front of main gate near Himadri House for girls only and the only hostel having lift facility.Many new ones are expected as the number of seats have jumped through the roof. Another new hostel is being constructed behind Satpura hostel. There are also apartments for married students. All the hostels (Known as Houses) are named after various mountain ranges in India—Shivalik, Aravali, Himadri, Jwalamukhi, Karakoram, Kailash, Kumaon, Nilgiri, Satpura, Vindhyachal and Zanskar. The residential apartments are named after ancient Indian universities—Taxila and Nalanda.
Each hostel has a capacity of around 400 students though some hostels can house 600 students[citation needed]. However the women's hostels have a much smaller capacity. Each hostel has its own mess, a common room where residents can watch television and read magazine and newspapers and a visiting room where residents can receive their guests. In addition, each hostel has its own computer room facility, although its use has declined severely in past few years because increasingly, students now own personal computers in their rooms. All the hostel rooms are provided with an internet connection, a facility which has caused much debate among the faculty of the institute over the allegation that students spend much of their time on web-surfing and LAN gaming instead of completing their assignments and projects. No such facility is although provided in the residential apartments and their residents use the facilities of an assigned hostel.
Every hostel has a warden,who is a faculty of the college, and a caretaker. Hostels are in general self managed by students, with the warden not interfering in the hostel affairs, other than the clearing of bills and budget. A House Secretary is elected by the students for managing the affairs of the hostel, who is assisted by a mess secretary, a maintenance secretary, a cultural secretary(called cultu) and a sports secretary. Elections for the different positions are held in the end of March. The period of time surrounding these election processes is greatly popular among students, who delight in the joy of bitching around while campaigning and holding freshers captive for hours on end delivering what is commonly known as "fundae". There are 13 representatives(called reps) of the hostel, each representing one of the clubs of the Board for Cultural and Recreational Activities(BRCA), Board for Student Publication(BSP) and Board for Student Welfare(BSW). There are captains for each of the sports teams of the hostels that include Cricket, Tennis, Squash, Table Tennis, Hockey, Basketball, Badminton, Swimming, Athletics and Weightlifting.
There exists great inter hostel rivalry between hostels as they compete to win the trophies of the different boards by winning the various cultural and sports events that are held throughout the academic year. The BSP, BRCA and the BSA trophy are the most sought after trophies of the college.
Important inter hostel cultural clubs of the college are-
Music club (RHAPSODY)- Rock Night, Eastern Night, Western Night.
Dance and Dramatics Club(DnD)- Duo Dance, Group Dance, Stage Play, Street Play.
Quizzing Club(QC)- Various competitive and non-competitive quizzing events.
English Debating and Literary Club(EDLC)- Parliamentary Debate, other competitive and non-competitive events like word Games and Just a Minute(JAM).
Hindi Samiti(HS)- Parliamentary Debate, various other competitive and non-competitive events including word games.
Fine Arts Club(FAC)- Oil Painting, Mask Making, Charcoal Painting, clay Modelling Competition and other non-competitive events.
Film Series Committee(FSC)- Movie Making Competition. Screening of Popular and social awareness movies in the campus though getting low attendances.
Photography and Hobbies Society(PAHS)- Photography Competition, Skating Competition, Website building Competition, SuDoku Competition.
Indoor Sports Club(ISC)- Various competitions of indoor sports like snooker and chess.
Spic Macay- Various concerts of noted Indian artists in the campus.
Board For Students Publication- Various magazines, both printed and electronic, journalism, reviewing movies and books etc.
[edit] Student Activity Center
The Student Activity Center or SAC is a part of the Student Recreation Zone in IIT Delhi. The SAC is mainly intended for extracurricular activities of the students. The SAC consists of a gymnasium, swimming pool, a pool room, three squash courts, two table tennis rooms, a music room, a fine arts room and a meeting room which is commonly used to organize quizzing and debating events. The SAC also consists of an Open Air Theater in which concerts of various kinds are hosted. Students can also use the radio broadcast facility in the SAC although its use has declined over the years.
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