AIIMS Patna has a 3 meal plan and a typical weekly mess menu looks like this.

The food is prepared with utmost care and hygiene. The menu always has a variety of dishes and you won’t find the menu boring or monotonous. It caters to the tastebuds of students from all corners of India. This is how the AIIMS Patna mess looks like

This is where the food is served

The taste of food is average and bearable though you will miss homemade food from time to time. However, the food here is much better than at other state colleges. 

Even non-veg food is served here although there are restrictions on the quantity. Tea and snacks are served in the morning as refreshments. 

The canteen also serves tasty food and you can go there for a change. It is managed by Moti Mahal Delux and there is a delivery service too.

All in all, the food in AIIMS Patna is of good quality and better than most top colleges.

IIEST Shibpur offers a good infrastructure to its students. Discussed below are various facilities available at the campus. 

Air Conditioning: It is as per the departments to whom they supply air-conditioners. Some possess ACs in classrooms, some in labs while some in offices. This varies with the department. None of these is provided in the first year.

Sports: 

• The sports department is pretty good with two good grounds and an athletics department, with people trained in sports science. 
• Each hall as well as the hostel has its arrangements for Table Tennis and carrom. In many halls, arrangements exist for badminton and TT. No pool table is provided. 
• There are tournaments for football and cricket. And there is the athletics day and various sporting tournaments organized by different halls of residence. 
• There are two sports grounds named Lords and Oval which are of excellent quality. Even CAB ( Cricket Association of Bengal ) has expressed their interest in them.

Culture: The student culture is about to change as IIEST will take students from JEE Main or even Advance. Quite some time ago, the school always had a good share of other state students which was considered quite large for a government institute.

Campus: The campus is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful in India and there are tons to explore. Seeing everything here needs at least a minimum of 2 years.

Flooding: The place gets regular rainfall due to The Botanical gardens. Yet, flooding is not a problem, usually.

These are the facilities that you can expect at IIEST Shibpur. Hope it was helpful. 

My sister is a student of NIT Delhi and shared her hostel life experience at the institute. Her hostel was located in Rohini almost 22 km away from the college campus. The biggest issue is that the hostel is located in a remote area so it isn't safe for girls to step out late even after sunset. Here are some highlights of the NIT Delhi girls hostel 

• The hostel rooms are spacious, and clean and comprise a bed, a study table, a cupboard, a stool, and a chair. The hostel wardens are friendly and supportive.
• The students from the year to the third year are allotted the YWCA girls hostel while the 4th-year students are allotted the college PG.
• 1st-year girls are allotted 8 seater rooms, 2nd-year girls are allotted 4 and 6 seater rooms while 3rd-year girls are allotted 2 seater rooms.
• Although having 6-8 girls share rooms creates a good bond between them, sometimes there are privacy issues due to overcrowding.
• Festivals of all cultures are celebrated at the hostel like Diwali, Christmas, Holi, Raakhi, birthdays, or Lohri. 

Overall, NIT Delhi girl's hostel life is amazing and gives you a lot of memories to cherish for life. 

The hostel rules imposed on girls at KIIT University are very illogical and unreasonable. The first and foremost rule is the check-in at 7 p.m. Girls are prohibited from even roaming around. 

• One of my friends narrated an incident wherein she wanted to go out for a movie and she falsely filled in the details as her place of visit being Big Bazar. The warden denied permission saying it was too far. 
• Another incident was when she wanted to go out with her friends in the afternoon to attend a function but the warden denied permission. 
• Another issue she faced was when she received mail from her home, the address of which has changed, the authorities refused to accept the Mail and verified little details like the ticket number and its timings. 
• Another illogical incident took place when she had to approach many people just to get her application signed for attending a class outside the campus. 
• The hostel authorities even crib if the students come 15 minutes late from the coaching. 
• Parents are not allowed inside the hostel after 6 pm. 
• The girls cannot even laugh or speak loudly at night and everything they are visiting the mess they have to cover their bodies. 

These were some incidents of illogical restrictions imposed on the girls that stem from a huge communication gap between the college and the hostel authorities. I hope KIIT stops gender discrimination and makes more logical and flexible rules.

IIIT Jabalpur hostels are good. Its rooms are just like any other private college. They are not like other Government college’s hostels.

IIIT Jabalpur has 3 hostels, Hall of residence 1, Hall of residence 3, and Hall of residence 4. 

• Rooms: There are 1 seat, 3 seaters, and 4 seaters room. The rooms of hostels are spacious and big. Hostels do not have a/c facility in their room. There are beds for every single person. Each student also allotted wardrobes for keeping their personal belongings. All the rooms also have Wi-fi facilities with good bandwidth. 
• Canteens: The hostels also have a canteen facility that runs till midnight. 
• Restrictions: There are no strict restrictions on timing. 
• Hygiene and Cleanness: The hygiene and cleanses of the rooms are good. Cleaner comes to clean and mopped the room. These charges are included in the hostel fees. 
• Mess: The hostel has a mess facility. But students mostly don’t depend on the mess food. There are Nescafe, Subway, and other eateries outside the campus. 
• Sports facility: The hostel has a Student Activity Centre known as SAC, where there is a cricket ground, basketball, and volleyball court. Along with that it also has an indoor sports facility. So if you are a sports enthusiast, you will surely have a great time here.

Therefore, if you are thinking of joining IIIT Jabalpur, then surely apply for its hostel. It has a great hostel facility, which is also in good condition.

My cousin completed his B.Tech from Nirma Institute of Technology who stayed in the community hostel named Saurashtra Kadva Patel Samaj situated in Gandhinagar. However, he had friends from various hostels, and here is his insight about the hostels.

Hiramani: This is the most liberal hostel for students in terms of rules and timings. You can return late at night and can indulge in typical hostelling activities like playing LAN games, watching movies on the laptop, etc, as long as you aren’t disturbing others. However, many students complain about the bad quality of mess food.

SGVP: It is a gurukul of Swaminarayan, thus making it quite religious and strict in terms of rules and decorum. Honestly, if you belong to a religion other than Hinduism then you might feel uncomfortable at times. However, the food quality is one of the best as they provide really healthy and tasty breakfast, lunch and dinner. The biggest drawback of this hostel is that there are no doors in the room hence no privacy at all.

Also, check out the following restrictions you have to face if you live in SGVP.

• You have to wake up by 6:30, take a bath, do Pooja and assemble for prayer in the evening and return to the hostel before 10:00 pm.
• You are not allowed to make noise by playing loud games.
• You can not watch any objectionable things on your laptop, because the rector can barge into the room at any time.
• If you break any rule you will have to pay a fine.

Saurashtra Kadva Patel Samaj: Here, my cousin chose to live for 2 years out of his B.Tech journey. The hostel was neat and clean and fees were just 20000 for a year, however, the food was just satisfactory.

Overall, it is highly recommended for freshers to join SGVP because of cleanliness, great food, and discipline. But, if you have budget constraints, the fees might seem high. Nevertheless, it is worth the fees.

A typical hostel room at BIT Mesra is a 10*10 space. It has single occupancy and contains a bed, a chair, a table, and a few racks to keep your belongings. Each room has proper ventilation. The windows face the open grounds which grants easy access to mosquitoes and flies into the rooms. Each room has a tubelight and a fan. Some hostel rooms are comparatively new, while the others are a bit old. However, the rooms are pretty decent and have decent space for a single occupant.

My brother lived in hostel 10, 7 and 5 during his first, second and third year, respectively. The rooms in these were new and pretty decent. During his final year, he stayed at hostel 3 and his room was decent but very old. However, in the same hostel, his friend got a room which looked new.

The rooms at BIT Mesra are good enough and you will find them livable.