National Institute of Technology - [NIT], Rourkela - Hostel Details

One of my female friends shared her hostel life experience at NIT Rourkela. Here is a glimpse of what her hostel life looked like

• She was allotted B block of KMS hostel, which has the biggest and most spacious rooms among all hostels of the institute.
• The institute has a variety of eateries including 1 night canteen and 1 day canteen
• The hostel has a number of rules and regulations, one such being the late entry rule wherein if you don’t enter the hostel by 11:00 PM, you have to enter your name in the late entry register. This cannot happen more than thrice a month else your parents will be informed.
• Breakfast options are limited such as bread, eggs, bananas, cornflakes, milk, and tea. These items are supplementary to an additional menu 
• The lunch menu is great for non-veg lovers while the dinner is very pathetic.
• Although washrooms are cleared daily, hygiene and cleanliness need to be improved.
• Festivals like NITR, Garden Fest, and Hall Fest make the hostel life more vibrant and happening.
• There is a common room with indoor sports facilities and other leisure facilities.

Overall hostel life at BIT Mesra is decent for girls with a few restrictions.

NIT Rourkela hostel rooms are decent with enough space to house 2 students. From the 3rd year, students are allotted single-occupancy rooms.

• A typical room in an NIT Rourkela hostel has all basic amenities like a table, chair, bed, fan, and light. 
• Additionally, there is a provision of free Internet facilities and also DCC.
• Students can spend their leisure time in the common room which has facilities like indoor games, TV, a library room, and a common mess.
• Food served in the mess is decent which is related weekly. Once a week, the menu comprises special dishes. There is a day canteen offering juice, milk, tea, coffee, sandwich, eggs, etc
• The midnight cravings are catered to by night canteens that provide tea, snacks, Maggi, and other stuff. 
• There are decent sports facilities like a badminton court and also a garden.

Hope this was helpful!

The menu, as well as the mess staff, changes every year so you won't get bored with the dishes and the taste. Here is how a typical mess menu of a day looks like 

• Breakfast: Common items + 2 breakfast items (1-oily and 1-non-oily item)
• Lunch: Veg: 4 days (2 days-paneer, 1 day-mushroom, 1 day corn). Non-Veg: 4 days (1 day fish, 1 day egg, 1 day prawn curry, 1 day chicken)
• Snacks: Veg: 1 day paneer. Non-Veg: 1 da yegg.
• Dinner: Veg: 5 days (2 days mushroom, 2 days paneer, 1-day corn, and paneer). Non-Veg: 5 days (1 day mutton, 1 day egg, 3 days chicken)

A special lunch and dinner are served weekly.

Common items:

• Common items Breakfast: Cornflakes + milk/ bournvita +milk/milk/tea/coffee; egg bhurji/paneer bhurji/boiled egg; bread, butter, and jam; bananas.
• Common items Lunch: Rasam/Sambar/Kara kulambu/Vattakulambu; Toor dal; Dalma/Chana dal/Masoor dal/Moong dal; Tomato chutney/pickle/salad/chips/papad/curd/dahiboondi/dahibrinjal/dahiraita; roti/chapatti; rice. 
• Common items Snacks: Tea/coffee/milk/nimboopani; bananas/water melon/fruit salad/other fruits; biscuits. 
• Common items Dinner : Rasam/Sambar; Dal; Roti; Rice.

The food quality depends upon the caterer of the hostel. The mess secretary is also a student so students can customize the menu as per their needs. 

The two girls' hostels available at NIT Rourkela are C.V.Raman Hall of Residence and K.M.Shaw Hall of Residence. During your admission into NIT Rourkela, you will be allotted one of these two hostels.

C.V. Raman Hall of Residence- 

1. It has four blocks- A,B,C and D with single seater rooms. These rooms have a LAN port, two tables, and shelves where you can keep your belongings.
2. The rooms are bright and airy with curtains.
3. The problem is that because of the high admission rate to NIT Rourkela and the lack of rooms for so many students, two students share a single room with one bed for each.
4. The washrooms and mirrors are clean. You will get a shoe stand near your room. The third floor has a wide and nice terrace. The corridors are spacious.
5. The mess food varies with the caterer who provides the service at the time.
6. Postgraduate students share rooms during the first year. In the second year, they are allotted single rooms.

Kiran Majumdar Shaw Hall of Residence-

1. It also consists of 4 blocks. Two blocks have single seater rooms, while two have 3 seater rooms. The rooms are very spacious. You get shelves for your books and cupboards for your clothes.
2. It is smaller than C.V. Raman Hall but has a better mess.
3. P.G. students get a 3 seater room during their first year and a single seater in their second year.

The girls hostels at NIT Rourkela are not the best, however, they are quite decent. The best part is that you will enjoy your time over there and make endless memories.

NIT Rourkela has amazing accommodation facilities with a few disadvantages too. 

Pros

• NIT Rourkela students are provided with a LAN port per room that operates from 5:30 pm to 8 am and the entire day on weekends.
• There are paid laundry services. Although I will recommend washing the expensive pieces of clothing yourself.
• Students are allotted double rooms for 3 years and single rooms in the final year. 
• The campus has a night canteen that operates till 1 am. There is also a day canteen too that runs from 10 am to 7 pm.
• The hostels have enough sports facilities like volleyball or badminton.
• Students are also provided DC++ for downloading stuff. 
• The hostels even have a garden and cycle stand to park your cycles.

Cons

• The food served in the mess is not really good, especially on weekdays. 
• Rourkela experiences an extreme climate during summer so you will have to make arrangements for cooling. 
• Students are prohibited from bringing two-wheelers on campus.

So NIT Rourkela hostel facilities have more pros than cons.

There is no ‘best’ hostel because every student considers his own hostel better than others because it's the place he spent the best years of his life and gave him precious memories. Also, NIT Rourkela does not have hostels but Halls of Residence. That being said, my sister, an ex-student of NIT Rourkela considered her hall, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Hall of Residence the best hall in NIT Rourkela.

• This hall is closest to the entrance and is surrounded by lush greenery.
• The hall serves the best food on campus. Mostly students of other halls complain about the quality of food served but here students enjoy their dinner time the most.
• This hall is the most maintained and furnished hall on the campus because of limited borders.
• The hall is the smallest and therefore it's easy to maintain its beauty. You will find a variety of flowers and plants in its garden. 
• The boarders of this hall are from diverse courses and departments. This ensures a versatile hostel life. the seniors are there to guide the juniors all the time.
• KMS has the most spacious rooms of all the halls on campus. 
• The hall is the perfect place to escape to during extremely hot climates. The tall trees at Central Avenue are a perfect shade.
• The hall is in close proximity to various departments like EC, EE, CS, etc. 

Overall, KMS is the best hall of residence in NIT Rourkela that offers a peaceful and serene experience.

Hostel life at NIT Rourkela is very happening and vibrant. You will make a lot of new friends here and create memories. The students are instilled with a sense of freedom and this makes the experience more thrilling. You start enjoying the company of your newly found family.

• The hostels are decked with modern facilities such as LAN ports.
• The mess is also well-maintained with enough cooling systems.
• Students are involved in sports activities such as badminton with their friends in the evening.
• Group study at night is a common sight here. You can approach your friend even in the middle of the night to clarify any doubts.
• The midnight cravings are taken care of by the delicious snacks served in the night canteen at subsidiary rates.
• There are around 4 huge festivities within the hostels throughout the year that contribute to the dynamic hostel life.

Overall being a hosteller at NIT Rourkela is fun and you should look forward to it.

NIT Rourkela provides excellent hostel facilities for both girls and boys. Let us have a brief look at the facilities

Rooms and Accommodation - They have 10 hostels for college students. It is divided into two for both girls and boys. They do not have special facilities for postgraduate students. The rooms are spacious and need to be shared with two or three batchmates.

Other Activities – Students can enjoy their leisure time by playing outdoor and indoor games. They encourage sports like basketball, badminton, etc. The central part of the attraction is the music room, which pleases the musicians. The gym facilities are also available inside the hostel.

Food and Maintenance – They provide decent mess food, which includes non-vegetarian food, for six days a week. They Ensure cleanliness on both campus and in the hostel and laundry services are also available here