HOSTEL LIFE IN IIT KANPUR
Congratulations to all the selected candidates of JEE 2012, you have done really uptill now.
Since many of you would be having fight for the best IIT to study in, I know there are several better IITs than Kanpur but still it dosent matter when u are in it. Yes there are certain limitations living in a respectively small town than Delhi and Mumbai, but life at IIT kanpur is also fun, no matter here are less attractive girls but still its good to be in campus of IIT kanpur.
This post is for those who want an insight of life at IIT kanpur hostels, still those who wont be coming to Kanpur they also can read and enjoy.
HALL SYSTEM
In IIT Kanpur hall are not given names like name of mountains in IIT Delhi or rivers in IIT Madras. this is little disappointing because it feels cool to have hostel names.
They are called hall 1, hall 5 etc.
Since many of you would be coming for undergraduation here so you would be alloted hall 2, 3, 5 or 10. hall 2 , 3 , 5 are old, oldest being hall 2 but the best. Hall 10 is newly built.
Each hall has its own mess, computer room, reading room, music room, tv room, basketball court, volleyball court, badminton court, table tennis, canteen etc but common to all halls. hall 2 even has a gymnasium and robotics club.
Now the hall feeling is super termendous in IIT Kanpur's campus. Each has its own pride, honor and rivarly between some. In 1980's there were only hall 2 and 3 for fresh undergraduate, so there is a tough rivarly between them which is being superior to them in every field be it science music or dance/drama.
Hall system is very important in IIT Kanpur, beacause sometimes you are known in campus just because of your parent hall.
IIT Kanpur is sitauted atleast 15 km from the main city of Kanpur. So it gets very difficult for students go out of the campus unlike in IIT Delhi where it is centrally located. Only weekends are days where you have enough time to go out with your wingies.
WINGIES: ctually there are certain terms and lingo followed in every IIT(might be in every college). IIT kanpur is no different. actually every hall in IIT kanpur has blocks where every block has three floors. these floors are called as : "bot", "mid", "top".the corridors of each floor is called a wing. and one who stays in wing with us are called wingies.
so, the allocated is really an important thing in IIT kanpur, because for you to get into some positions conducted by student gymkhana activity is important to some but can be easily achieved if the coordinators are fromm ur same hall!(i hope u getting my point-in short POLITICS).
apart from all this life at IIT kanpur in the first year is a real fun and you would never forget your first year of IIT kanpur stay in your life.because there are no worries and plus the support from the seniors:)
MAJOR FOUR:
among the halls several competetions are held time to time.
1. TAKNEEK: it is the inter-hall competetion for technological and entrepreneurship skills. Several event are held in this fest.to name a few WILDSOCCER, ROBOTRON, SOCCON,HOVERCRAFT MAKING, STOCKISM etc. all these events are held to inspire the students to work as a team and win points for your recpective hall. The rules and regulation are laid by the coordinators and are performed in newly built open air theater.it is supervised by science and technological council (SnT).
2. SPECTRUM: it focuses majorly on the video and photography event such as animation making, fashion photography, poster designing etc.it is also one of the festival held in late october. it is supervised by films and media council(FMC) of gymkhana.
3. VARCHASV: it is the inter-hall sports fest of IIT kanpur. every hall has make a team of every sports and compete all other halls. sports like badminton,table-tennis,lawn-tennis,wieghlifting,squash,volleyball,basketball,football etc are included.Swimming is not there,sorry.
it is organised by the sports council of IIT kanpur. it is done in two parts first in I semester other in second sementer of the year.
4. GALAXY: The most awaited and most prestigious inter-hall festival of IIT kanpur. yes it is huge.This fest was started by our ancestors( IITians of 80's and 90's).this is festival for which everybody waits to watch. Even while contesting for hall presidentship candidates tend to write "winning galaxy trophy next year for the hall is the greatest aim of my tenure", yes such is greatness of this festival. it is annual inter-hall cultural festival of IIT kanpur, smaller version of antaragni.for this festival students starts perparing 1 month prior to the festival. the dance people make night outs in a row for a week. all the junta of IIT kanpur comes at night to witness the competetions at the poen air theatre. there are fights to be seen when a technical glitch arises. judges are welcomed for evaluation of the score. the supporters of winning hall sings hall anthem in synchronisation after a win in a certain event, but these are mainly first yearite. it is supervised by cultural council of gymkhana.
there are many other gynkhana activities which i shall write about in my further post. Do comment if you liked it:)
Congratulations to all the selected candidates of JEE 2012, you have done really uptill now.
Since many of you would be having fight for the best IIT to study in, I know there are several better IITs than Kanpur but still it dosent matter when u are in it. Yes there are certain limitations living in a respectively small town than Delhi and Mumbai, but life at IIT kanpur is also fun, no matter here are less attractive girls but still its good to be in campus of IIT kanpur.
This post is for those who want an insight of life at IIT kanpur hostels, still those who wont be coming to Kanpur they also can read and enjoy.
HALL SYSTEM
In IIT Kanpur hall are not given names like name of mountains in IIT Delhi or rivers in IIT Madras. this is little disappointing because it feels cool to have hostel names.
They are called hall 1, hall 5 etc.
Since many of you would be coming for undergraduation here so you would be alloted hall 2, 3, 5 or 10. hall 2 , 3 , 5 are old, oldest being hall 2 but the best. Hall 10 is newly built.
Each hall has its own mess, computer room, reading room, music room, tv room, basketball court, volleyball court, badminton court, table tennis, canteen etc but common to all halls. hall 2 even has a gymnasium and robotics club.
Now the hall feeling is super termendous in IIT Kanpur's campus. Each has its own pride, honor and rivarly between some. In 1980's there were only hall 2 and 3 for fresh undergraduate, so there is a tough rivarly between them which is being superior to them in every field be it science music or dance/drama.
Hall system is very important in IIT Kanpur, beacause sometimes you are known in campus just because of your parent hall.
IIT Kanpur is sitauted atleast 15 km from the main city of Kanpur. So it gets very difficult for students go out of the campus unlike in IIT Delhi where it is centrally located. Only weekends are days where you have enough time to go out with your wingies.
WINGIES: ctually there are certain terms and lingo followed in every IIT(might be in every college). IIT kanpur is no different. actually every hall in IIT kanpur has blocks where every block has three floors. these floors are called as : "bot", "mid", "top".the corridors of each floor is called a wing. and one who stays in wing with us are called wingies.
so, the allocated is really an important thing in IIT kanpur, because for you to get into some positions conducted by student gymkhana activity is important to some but can be easily achieved if the coordinators are fromm ur same hall!(i hope u getting my point-in short POLITICS).
apart from all this life at IIT kanpur in the first year is a real fun and you would never forget your first year of IIT kanpur stay in your life.because there are no worries and plus the support from the seniors:)
MAJOR FOUR:
among the halls several competetions are held time to time.
1. TAKNEEK: it is the inter-hall competetion for technological and entrepreneurship skills. Several event are held in this fest.to name a few WILDSOCCER, ROBOTRON, SOCCON,HOVERCRAFT MAKING, STOCKISM etc. all these events are held to inspire the students to work as a team and win points for your recpective hall. The rules and regulation are laid by the coordinators and are performed in newly built open air theater.it is supervised by science and technological council (SnT).
2. SPECTRUM: it focuses majorly on the video and photography event such as animation making, fashion photography, poster designing etc.it is also one of the festival held in late october. it is supervised by films and media council(FMC) of gymkhana.
3. VARCHASV: it is the inter-hall sports fest of IIT kanpur. every hall has make a team of every sports and compete all other halls. sports like badminton,table-tennis,lawn-tennis,wieghlifting,squash,volleyball,basketball,football etc are included.Swimming is not there,sorry.
it is organised by the sports council of IIT kanpur. it is done in two parts first in I semester other in second sementer of the year.
