u/Huge-Hat4566

Hey everyone

Most of us want to live inside campus in hostels like students of other NITs and IITs do. We also worked hard like them, but still, we are being deprived of basic infrastructure in our college.

Since we don't have a formal student union to channel these requests, the safest and most constructive way to move forward is through our CRs. They already have a good, professional equation with the professors and the administration.

Instead of making a big fuss or complaining individually, maybe we can request the CRs from different branches to bring up these basic points in front of college authorities.

The best place to bring this to the CRs' attention is the newly made WhatsApp group for Counselling Support.

Since that group is already very active and managed by the CRs it’s the perfect spot to discuss this calmly and get their input on how to present it to the faculty.

I am leaving the link to the Counselling Support group right here so everyone can join and keep the discussion constructive:

https://chat.whatsapp.com/GYOKyE6kbqcHK4E8xqD6Ma

If you think this is a reasonable way to handle it, please share this post with your batchmates. It’s just about having a calm, professional dialogue to make our campus a bit better for everyone.

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Hey everyone

I wanted to gauge the room on the whole hostel situation here. For those who are staying outside in PGs or flats: If the college actually provided proper, functional hostels inside the campus, would you move in? Or do you prefer living outside just to escape the college rules?

Honestly, I feel like we are missing out on a massive part of the engineering college experience. If you look at almost any other IIT or NIT, campus hostel life is literally mandatory—even if you are a day scholar from the same city.

Living outside has its freedom, sure, but think about what we lose:

The Community & Bonds: Hostel life is where you actually make lifelong friends, pull all-nighters together before end-sems, and build inter-branch connections. Living in isolated PGs completely fragments the student community. Everyone just goes back to their rooms after classes.

The Commute & Convenience: Waking up 15 minutes before a 9:00 AM lab and just walking to class is a luxury we don't have. Commuting daily through the city traffic just to attend classes is exhausting and wastes so much time.

Campus Culture: If everyone leaves the campus by 5:30 PM, the campus basically dies. Club activities, sports, and casual hangout culture can't thrive when half the college has to catch an auto back to their PG before dark.

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Whenever we sask why the college is a mess the standard answer from seniors is always that pofessors and core coordinators are eating the money but we never ask how.

To make a real UGC complaint we need more than just hostel rumors. I am asking fest cores, club heads, or alumni who actually handled the money for club or fests.

If you know how the game is played here, please drop a comment or DM this burner account. No names needed just give me the patterns so we know what to write in the complaint.

Let’s stop just crying about it and actually get some facts.

I am writing this from a burner account because at my college, NIT Raipur, speaking up is a one-way ticket to being targeted by the administration. We have no Student Union, no collective voice, and zero basic facilities. We are basically paying to live in a state of systemic neglect.

Here is the ground reality:

The Basic Survival Crisis: There are almost no hostels on campus. But even if you live inside campus there isn't a single shop on campus for essentials—no pens, no notebooks, no printing facilities. The only place to eat is a snack shop called "Pie Chai." That’s it.

Health Hazards: The water quality is bad here so many of us have to spend our own money on bottled water just to stay hydrated. A few months ago, a number of students fell sick simultaneously due to poor food and water quality in hostel H. Students stayed silent out of fear of being targeted.

Infrastructure for "Show": We are an NIT, yet our clubs have no space.

•The Dance Club practices in a public park.

•The Drama Club practices in front of the sports complex.

•The Photography Club literally has to showcase their work in the parking area.

Corruption: We know large sums are donated by alumni and granted by the government. Yet, club funds are allegedly siphoned off by core coordinators and professors. Fests are organized using whatever "leftover" scraps remain.

We aren't asking for luxury. We are asking for clean water, a place to buy daily items and for our funds to actually reach the students.

Please advise on how to move forward without getting targeted