Our Hostel
 

Well furnished separate Boy's and Girl's Hostels are available. The Hostel rooms are fully equipped with adequate modern furniture and fixtures. The mattresses, bed linen has been provided by the Institute. The linen is regularly washed in the college laundry so that all rooms remain neat and clean all the time. The facilities for recreation, indoor games, guest room, telephone, 24 Hrs Water and electricity supply is available in the Hostels.

A central modern totally Hygienic Mess for Hostel has been established and all the mess equipment is of stainless steel. Excellent dinning furniture has been provided.

RULES OF HOSTEL

GENERAL
  • The hostel shall be opened to the regular students on the rolls of the Institute. The students who can make suitable arrangements with their parents or guardians for boarding lodging outside the campus may be allowed to do so with the permission of the Director on production of a written under taking from the Father / Guardian that they will take part in all the extra curricular activities of the Institute and for their good conduct.
  • Every boarder must have copy of the rules to acquaint himself with all the rules and regulations of the Hostel. He/She must observe it strictly. Ignorance of rules will not be considered as an excuse.
  • While issuing Character Certificate to the boarders, the opinion of the Hostel Warden will be given weightage. The Hostel Warden will exercise general supervision and control over the Hostel.
  • Boarders must look up the Hostel Notice Board twice a day as sometimes important notices are put up there.
  • No boarder should see the Director for ordinary matters. Hostel Warden is the right person for such matters.
  • All cases of illness should be reported to the Hostel Warden.
  • No student should keep any fire arms, lethal weapons, poisonous things or intoxicants of any kind in the Hostel and a boarder found guilty of having committed breach of this rule, shall be liable to be expelled from the hostel apart from any other punishment that may be awarded on the merit of each case, by the Director.
  • Any meeting to be held in the Hostel premises should have the prior approval of the Director/Hostel Warden.
  • The students shall make proper use of common room. The newspapers, other allied literature and the other articles required for indoor games. Hours of the common rooms will be fixed by the Hostel Warden from time to time. The common room Secretary and Joint Secretary will be responsible for running the common rooms. The Secretary/ Joint Secretary shall be nominated by the Warden in the first instance.
  • While visiting the dining hall, the common rooms and the canteen, the students should be in their proper dress.
  • On each Storey of the hostel, a student amongst the boarders shall be appointed as a Prefect for that wing who will assist the hostel warden in the administration of the hostel affairs.
  • All the boarders shall vacate the hostel rooms before they leave for the vacation so that the annual repairs and white washing are carried out. All the hostel articles issued to the students should be returned to the Hostel Warden / Clerk before the students leave their rooms. They will be held responsible for any loss. The loss will be made good from the defaulters.
  • The messing arrangement will be under the direction of the warden and for his assistance there will be a Mess Committees consisting of the Prefects and one member nominated by the Director.

ALLOTMENT

  • The accommodation consists of 2-seater dormitories. The room allotment shall be made by the Warden.

  • The student must be personally present at the time of allotment of rooms. Rooms to be allotted will be specified immediately before an allotment is made.

  • The students can choose their roommates and make request for allotment accordingly.

  • The boarder shall not be entitled to retain accommodation in the hostel beyond his/her normal period of study.

  • No boarder is allowed to change his/her room without the permission of the warden.

  • The boarder shall have to vacate accommodation as and when asked for.

FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT
Every room is provided with two chairs, a table, two box type bed, book rack, one steel Almirah, one jug, two glass tumbler, one bucket, one mug, tube fittings, six hangers, 2 mattresses, 2 pillows, 2 pillow covers, bed linen etc. He will be responsible for the items given to him/her. Furniture is not to be removed from one room to another. Every boarder is to see that no damage is done to the Hostel Property Fitting and repair charges for any damage (intentional or through negligence) are to be borne by the boarder concerned, besides penalty.

WITHDRAWAL AND REMOVAL FROM THE INSTITUTE HOSTEL.

  • After the general allotment, application for withdrawal from the hostel should be countersigned by the father/guardian and submitted to the hostel warden. Such an application should be presented after hostel dues have been cleared.

  • Even if the boarder has actually vacated his/her room. He/she will have to pay all the hostel dues and fines standing against his/her name upto the day he/she continues to be on the rolls, until his/her name is formally withdrawn.

  • a boarder may be expelled from the hostel by the Director, if the boarder is in the habit of staying away without the permission or is found guilty of misconduct or indiscipline.

  • a) No boarder shall be allowed to stay in the hostel if his/her hostel fee and mess dues are in arrear for more than a month.

b) Students who do not clear their dues such as dues of the hostel mess, canteen, fine, etc. by the prescribed date, will not be registered for the subsequent semester until and unless they clear all their dues and get “ No dues certificate” from the Registrar or the concerned hostel warden. In case of those students who are to leave the Institute after completing their degree requirements or otherwise, their results as well as the Provisional Certificate/ Degree will be withheld till no due certificate is produced.

  • No boarder shall leave the hostel without personally handing over the charge of the room. Loss, if any, will be made good from him.

LEAVE RULES

  • Leave sanctioned for absence from the Institute does not mean leave from the hostel. Leave from the hostel for one or more nights must be got approved from hostel warden.

  • Leave should be personally secured before it is availed of.

  • Students absenting themselves from the hostel without getting the leave sanctioned before hand by the Warden be penalized.

NIGHT ROLL CALL

  • The night roll call will be taken by the storey prefect at 9:00PM in winter and 10:00 PM in summer. Every boarder must be present in his room to avoid inconvenience for taking the roll call. For girls hostel, the night roll call be taken at 7:00PM in winter and 8:PM in summer.

  • A student absent at the time of roll call is liable to a fine to be fixed by the Director. The fine list shall be put on the Notice Board at the end of each month.

  • After roll call no student is allowed to leave the hostel but if an emergency arises, he/she must inform the prefect of his/her block who in turn will inform the hostel warden next morning. The hostel warden, if he/she likes, would verify the cause of his/her leaving the hostel.

  • Absence from the hostel for the whole night without prior permission of the warden is considered as an act of gross negligence and misconduct and will carry heavy punishment. Such cases must be brought to the notice of the Director by the respective warden.

GUESTS

  • Guests are not, ordinarily, permitted to stay in the hostel except father/brother provided he comes from a far off place at an odd hour. The student must get permission for keeping his/her guest in the hostel. The guest so allowed will be kept in the hostel guest room. Their names will be entered in the guest register kept in the hostel.

  • Lady guests are not permitted to stay in the Boy’s hostel. Likewise male guests cannot stay in the girls hostel.

  • A boarder keeping a guest without permission is liable to be fined.

ELECTRICITY

  • Light must be switched off when not in use.

  • The use of electric fans is allowed during the summer season.

  • The use of the electric heaters, electric rods and other similar electric appliances is prohibited.

  • Any student who uses fan without permission shall be liable to fine and charged for the full season i.e. six months.

  • Boarders are warned against tampering with electric installation and for all electric repairs the electrician should call in.

DISCIPLINE AND COMPLAINTS

  • Students are expected to maintain perfect discipline and proper atmospheres of studies in the hostel.

  • All kinds of shouting, hooting, violent knocking or an, other act of movement or behaviour that is likely to cause disturbance or annoyance is strictly prohibited.

  • Maltreating or abusing the hostel employees and canteen staff is strictly prohibited. In case of any complaint against them, the report should be made to the hostel warden.

  • Dealing in general and specially with fellow students should be very courteous and polite. All quarrels and disputes with fellow boarders should be avoided. Students must not law into their own hands but must report all quarrels and disputes to the hostel warden.

  • Teasing, maltreating or indulging in any sort of ragging of the newly admitted students strictly prohibited. Serious disciplinary action will be taken against the defaulting students.

  • A boarder found guilty of having committed a breach of rules shall be liable to be punished by the warden as under:

  • The hostel warden may issue a warning and / or / fine up to Rs. 100/- on a defaulting student.

  • Use of liquor, Alcohol and other intoxicants in the hostels is strictly prohibited.

LAWNS AND CLEANLINESS

  • Students are expected to show a sense of responsibility in the maintenance of hedges and floral growth. They should void crossing the lawns. The passage provided should be used, hedges should not be tempered with and flowers should not be plucked.

  • Cycling in lawns and verandas is forbidden.

  • Spitting at all places should be avoided. Walls, furniture should not be defected with pencil or chalk marks.

  • The washbasin should not be blocked with sand or any other extraneous material. It should be kept clean and soap should only be used for washing purposes.

  • For proper functioning of the flush latrines, the following instructions must be followed:

    • Pull the chain gently after use. The cistern will work satisfactorily only when full. Once empted, it takes a few minutes to fill.

    • To avoid blockage please do not throw datans and rough papers in the latrines.

    • If the cistern is out of order, use water from the tap to flush away waste matter. Always close the taps of the bathrooms or latrines after use.

DUTIES OF STOREY PERFECT

  • He shall take roll call of his/her block as mentioned in these rules and shall report to Hostel Warden about all the absentees at the time of taking the roll call as well as absentees of the whole night. Failure of Prefect to report such cases to the Hostel Warden is gross negligence on his/her part for which he/she can be removed from his/her perfectship.

  • He/she shall ensure that all hostel rules are observed by the students of his/her storey.

  • He/she must stimulate and maintain a scholarship atmosphere in the residential unit.

  • He/she should look to the sanitation of his/her block.

  • He/she must act as a guide philosopher and a friend to the students in his/her storey.

  • He/she shall use persuasive and not coercive methods to put a stop to indiscipline. He/she shall report without delay all cases of misbehavior or breach of discipline to the Hostel Warden.

  • He/she should be available and approachable to all students of his/her block and show interests in their activities.
 
 
 
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