IIIT Delhi Campus Facilities - Hostel Fees, Infrastructure, Address

IIIT Delhi has been operating from its permanent campus in Okhla, Phase III, since August 2012. The 25 acre campus, has facilities for teaching and research, hostels for both boys and girls and provisions for sports. The Academic Complex has a total of 10 lecture halls. There are two lecture halls with a capacity to seat 180, one of capacity 160, two of capacity 60 and five of capacity 30. The Faculty and Research wing has a capacity of 50 faculty offices and 8 research labs, along with the PhD rooms and M.Tech labs. The Library and Information Center has a common study area for students on the ground floor, the library is located on the first floor and also has several labs on the upper floors. The vibrant and colourful Dining and Recreation Centre houses the student’s mess, a cafeteria and facilities for extracurricular activities, such as a music room, table tennis and pool tables, and a gymnasium. The hostel area consists of a Boys’ and Girls’ hostel with a total capacity of around 550 students. The hostels have options of single, double and triple occupancy rooms, all of which are are air conditioned. The hostels have their own badminton courts and a well-equipped common room. Infrastructure to support high quality research includes an internet access of 1 Gbps bandwidth; a data centre with 40 servers and 45TB storage, latest software and peripherals. With over 18 clubs to choose from and two extremely popular academic and cultural fests the students at IIITD are highly motivated and holistic in their pursuit of excellence. The institute recently organized an independent TEDxIIITD bringing the finest young leaders and their ideas worth spreading to the campus

IIIT Delhi provides accommodation to students wishing to reside in the hostels. At present there are two hostels, one for the boys having 372 seats and another for the girls with 164 seats. Each room in both the hostels is provided with furniture needed by a student - bed, table, chair, bookshelf, cupboard, etc. The rooms are provided night time air conditioning in summers, and heating in winters (Schedule for AC available online. High speed Internet connectivity is also available in hostels. 

There is a common mess for the boys and girls which functions during the working semester.  Air conditioning is provided in the mess during lunch time.  During the winter and summer vacations, a special mess is run for students who are required to stay in the hostels for pursuing academic, sports or cultural activities. It is compulsory for all hostel residents to avail the mess facilities. Day-scholars can eat in the mess by paying the meal cost as notified. In addition to the common mess, there are two cafeterias, one located in the academic building and the other in the common mess building which cater to the needs of the students and faculty. All hostel students are completely free to move around the campus at all times, and some of the study areas are open 24x7 for benefit of students.

Each hostel also has a Hostel Committee which is an advisory body comprising the Dean (Student Affairs) and the elected student representatives as its members. The Hostel Committee also coordinates with the Mess Committee for the running of the mess. Students can relax in the evenings or on holidays, or spend their leisure time in the Common Room which is equipped with a TV, newspapers and magazines. Sports and other recreational facilities are available on the upper floors of the dining building.

An external security agency has been contracted for providing security at the hostels. The services of the security personnel are monitored by the GM-Facility Management Services (FMS). Besides, a Mess Committee is formed out of representatives from hostel committees and day scholars. The Mess Committee monitors the quality, taste and hygiene of the food served in the mess. They also interface with the mess vendor to provide him with the feedback of students and effect changes in the weekly menu. Periodical review and inspection of the quality of food items also form part of their duties.

Key Conduct Rules regarding Hostel :

• Any act of intimidation or violence, willful damage to property and drunken riotous behavior constitute an offence.

• Smoking, use of narcotics, consumption of alcoholic beverages and gambling are strictly prohibited.

• Damage caused to any room or common areas of the hostel, unless due to natural wear-and-tear, may be charged to individuals causing the damage or residents collectively.

• Hostel residents are not allowed to keep motorised vehicles on the campus.

• Hostel residents are not allowed to leave the campus after mid-night.

• A non-resident cannot stay in the hostel overnight

• Cooking in the rooms is prohibited.

• A student's parents and other same-gender guests may visit the student in his/her room from 8 am – 8 pm. Any other visitor can only be met in the common room of the hostel.

Contact: Hostel related communications shall be done via only admin-hosteliiitd.ac.in. E-mails sent to any other email id will not be entertained.