IIT Guwahati Hostel Fees 2025, Facilities, Rooms, Food, Photos

IIT Guwahati has two girls’ hostels namely Subansiri and Dhansiri.

Subansiri Hostel: Named after the largest tributary of the Brahmaputra, this hostel was Inaugurated in 2003. The occupants are research scholars, UGs, and PGs. It houses more than 50O students and has all the necessary amenities to make its occupants feel at home. Some amenities include - Canteen, Juice center, TV room, Library, Badminton court, TT table, and more.

These will help you get a break from the academic rush. Various events like the hostel day, freshers' party, farewell, and the world cups, make the hostel life dynamic and lively.

Dhansiri: This hostel is quite similar to Subansiri although it was inaugurated in 2014. The only difference is that Dhansiri is far away from the academic building while Subansiri is closer to the academic building. 

Common things include a LAN cable in each room and double occupancy rooms.

Yes, parents are allowed in the hostels of IIT Guwahati at the time of registration. Parents visit their children to help unpack their stuff and organize them,

However, parents are not allowed to spend the night at hostels and thus ask your parents to book a hotel to avoid any sort of inconvenience. Usually, the rules in the girls' hostel are more strict than the boys' hostel and only mothers are allowed inside their hostels.

What you can do is, book a hotel room for your Prerna on tracing Guwahati. There are many hotels near the railway station. After completing the registration and accommodation formalities, let your parents go back to their hotel while you can stay in your room for the night. You can have lunch together by paying at the hostel mess.

Brahmaputra Hostel is the best hostel in IIT Guwahati. A few amenities offered here that make it the best hostel are

• It has clean and hygienic washrooms and toilets.
• The food served in the mess of Brahmaputra hostel is better than any other hostel in IIT Guwahati.
• The rooms of this hostel are bigger than other hostels.
• There is excellent harmony between the occupants of this hostel which sets a rather friendly ambiance
• It is the biggest hostel of IIT Guwahati.
• It has excellent sports facilities including 3 big playgrounds to play football and cricket and also carrom and table tennis facilities.
• Apart from the mess, It has two canteens and also two juice centers which are not there in other hostels.

All these amazing facilities make it one of the best hostels of IIT Guwahati.