STUDENT LIFE

The insitute has a student oriented environment conducive to learning. Being away from the city hubnubs, the campus has a serene and calm atmosphere.

The students of all programmes live together in the hostels which helps in developing a healthy and cordial relationship among them. Ragging is strictly prohibited in the campus.

In a majority of comparable institutions of higher education, the students lead an extremely passive existence. The interaction between college and student is almost completely one-way the lecture way. The IIIT is a major exception to this rule. This is one of the few institutes in the country where the students play a pivotal role in the day to day running of the institute. At IIIT, it is the students who take the initiative. Through the medium of elected students parliament, the students run every facet of their lives - their food arrangements, interaction of the student community with the administration of the university, student grievance redressal, and coordination of active sports and cultural activities in the university. In addition to this, the students are the chief participants in organising various festivals and celebrations in the institute. It is a fact that every major event in the university has been organised, handled and coordinated entirely by the student body. The truly unique features of the student responsibility in the IIIT are demonstrated by the important part that students play in the academic functioning of the institute. With the active cooperation and encouragement of the faculty and the administration of the institute, the students work as Teaching Assistants, guiding and aiding the students in the batches that are junior to them. In addition, the students are placed almost completely in charge of the facilities that are offered by the college by way of Lab and Academic committees, supervised by the faculty.

The advantages of such a policy of investing responsibilities in the students a sense are many. It gives them a feel of shouldering responsibility and prepares them for their futures - to become the elite technocrats and leaders of the technology revolution Also, being placed in charge of their own academic and social life enables students to understand better the issues, challenges and compulsions that the administration and the faculty often encounter, creating an atmosphere of understanding and harmony in the institute.

Faculty-Student relationship:
Everyone who belongs to the institute, whether a student, or a member of the faculty, or the administrative staff, works in perfect tandem with the remainder, which closely binds together the entire university. Most of the faculty stay either on campus or close to it. The student faculty relationship is very congenial and it aids the proper development of the student, enabling the student to realize his/her true potential.

Each student has a faculty member as his or her Academic Counsellor, who not only guides them in choosing the right courses but also helps the student in overcoming any problems that he or she might face during the stay at IIIT.

Extra Curricular Activities
For the alll round development of a student, it is essential thqat avenues for partaking in extracurricular activities be available. It is with this view that sports, cultural and literary activities are conducted regularly to enable students to discover and hone their skills in fields that are non - academic of nature. Technical quizzes and contest are also held on a regular basis to promote excellence in technical skills among students. Events such as the Freshmen welcome and Farewell inspire students from all batches to participate, exemplifying the family spirit present in the Insitute.

Cultural and Technical Activities:
For the all round development of a student, it is essential that avenues for partaking in extracurricular activities be available. It is with this view, that extracurricular activities are conducted regularly to enable students to discover and hone their skills in fields that are not academic in nature. Technical activities are also held on a regular basis to promote excellence in technical skills among the student body. These activities are completely organized by the student community.

IIIT throws opens its gates to the outside world twice a year when it organizes Cultural and Technical Fests, which draw huge participation from colleges far and near. These Fests not only enable students to evaluate themselves and realize where they stand with respect to other college students, but also provide a wonderful opportunity for students of various colleges to come together and bring about a confluence of ideas and give birth to bonds of friendship that would help everyone involved in the long run.

Besides these, the sports week is scheduled for the month of March every year. Other activities include the organising of Independece and Republic day celebrations and festivals like Holi, Diwali, Vinayaka Chaturthi, etc.

STUDENT CLUBS:

There are various clubs to organize and manage different events from time to time. This develops a "working together" habit other than the keen competitive edge that it gives to the students. Some of these include:

Open forum:
Weekly Discussions on some of the burning topics which face all of us today are keenly awaited and debated with much vigour. It provides a platform for the faculty and students to get together and share their views. Occasionally, visitors from ouside are also invited to share their views.

Literary Club:
The literary club organizes events like debates, declamation contests, writing contests and talk sessions among other things from time to time. Rock Club:

Rock club
The rock club consists of our amateur musicians and singers and it entertains all of us whenever we have parties or celebrations.

An institutional subchapter of SPIC MACAY- Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth, was inaugurated in the month of December 2001.

Movie Club:
The movie club is responsible for screening some of the latest movies every Saturday for its members.

Besides the above, students taking a particular course frequently get together to discuss the latest developments in that particular field.

Industrial Exposure
The students do their summer internships at companies like Microsoft, IBM, CMC Limited, Exceed India Pvt Ltd., Portal Player Pvt Ltd.,Orillion India, Satyam Infoway Ltd., DSR Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Insight Solutions Inc., Pramati Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Inspira S.L., Samudra Software etc. As a result of this exposure, the students have a first hand experience of what it is like to work in the industry.

Students have also contributed to the Open SOftware Movem,ent through development of software like the ISCII Plugin development for the LTRC and software released under the GPL like Gnome-Paint.