Dr BR Ambedkar National Institute of Technology - [NIT], Jalandhar - Hostel Details

NIT Jalandhar has three girls' hostels. 

GH1 - First year students are given accommodation in GH1. It has double sharing and four-sharing rooms. GH1 has a mess inside the hostel and it provides breakfast, lunch, snacks, and dinner. GH1 has LAN facilities. It has a tv room and a reading room. 

GH2 - Second-year students are accommodated in GH2. It has two seater and four seater rooms. The mess facilities are similar to that of GH1. Most BTech students are allotted four-seater rooms. The hostel y=timing is 10 pm. GH2 has both LAN and WiFi facilities.

MGH - Final year, third year and PhD students get accommodations in MGH. It only has double-sharing rooms. PhD students stay in one-seater rooms. MGH has WiFi facilities. The mess is combined with GH2. 

Overall, the hostel accommodation at NIT Jalandhar is good.

NIT Jalandhar has 7 standalone hostels apart from mega hostels. These are named as:

• Hostel 1 and 2

• Hostel 3-7E

• Mega hostels

Hostel 1 has no internet facilities whereas Hostel 2 has a LAN facility.

You cannot use A/C or coolers in the first year. But the fans that are installed will be more than enough. From the second year you can avail A/C and cooler facilities.

No, freshers don’t get a single room hostel. During the first year you have to share the room with 3 other boys. From the second year you can opt for a single room.

There are three hostels for girls at NIT Jalandhar namely GH1, GH2 and MGH. My friend was in GH1, which is the first-year hostel. Some rules that girls need to follow here are:

• Bring your own cutlery and crockery

• Bring your own mattress, pillow, blanket, linen, curtains, bucket, mug and table lamp.

• Girls are not allowed to leave Hostel premises after 8:00 pm

• You will have to mark your attendance in person.

• You cannot change your allotted room

• Follow the instructions mentioned in the notice board

• Any complaints should be reported in writing to the Caretaker with a copy to the Warden.

Apart from these rules, the girls hostel follows a strict schedule for every meal.

• Breakfast: 07.30 am to 09.30 am (On working days) 08.30 am to 10.30 am (On Sunday, Saturday and other holidays)

• Lunch: 12.30 pm to 02.30 pm

• Evening snack: 05.30 pm to 06.30 pm

• Dinner: 08.00 pm to 09.30 pm

Note: Food cannot be taken by the residents outside the Dining hall.

NIT Jalandhar has two hostels

1. Hostel 1- First-year students 

2. Hostel 2- Second-year students 

Hostel 1- Some of its features are:

• Decent infrastructure

• Good lawn. 

• Washing machines

• The mess food is above average

• TV room and a TT table 

Hostel 2- It has all the similar facilities. The only distinguishing feature between the two is that 

For internet, Hostel 1 has no LAN and Wi-Fi facilities but Hostel 2 does.

 NIT Jalandhar

NIT Jalandhar has 7 old hostels and one Mega hostel. The Mega hostel has 3 blocks with a capacity of 800 each.

• Hostel 1 and 2 are for first-year students only.

• Hostel 4 and 5 is for postgraduates 

• For girls, there are 2 old hostels and one mega hostel

• Hostel 6 and 7 have very small rooms but are pretty famous for their food.

• Old hostels don’t have Wi-Fi connections but only LAN ports.

• The rooms at Mega hostel are bigger and newer. The food is also better here. 

• The timings rule is more strict at old hostels than at Mega hostels.

IIT Delhi

IIT Delhi has an air-conditioned common mess for both boys and girls.

• During vacations, a special mess is run for both boys and girls

• It is compulsory for all hostel residents to avail the mess facilities.

• Apart from the common mess, there are two cafeterias, one located in the academic building and the other in the common mess building which caters to the needs of the students and faculty.

• One can roam freely across the campus at any time of the day.

• The hostel has a Common room for people to spend their leisure time. It is decked with a TV, newspapers, and magazines.

• Sports and other recreational facilities are available on the upper floors of the dining building.

I hope the above points gave you a clear understanding of the hostel facilities of the two institutes.

For NIT Jalandhar hostel, all you can pack is some clothes and items of basic need. Most of the basic necessities can be met by the NIT Jalandhar General Store which has toiletries and other essentials. Apart from clothes, you should also pack:

• Shoes

• Slippers

• Odomos

• Mattress

• Extra snacks

• Badminton rackets if you want to play

• Bed sheets 

• Blankets

• Pillows

These are some major necessities that you can bring from home. Other miscellaneous items can be bought from the shops within the campus.