CATERING IN DELHI

1.Each hostel has a capacity of around 400 students though some hostels can house 600 students^{[citation needed]}. However the women's hostels have a much smaller capacity. Each hostel has its own mess, a common room where residents can watch television and read magazine and newspapers and a visiting room where residents can receive their guests. In

2.addition, each hostel has its own computer room facility, although its use has declined severely in past few years because increasingly, students now own personal computers in their rooms. All the hostel rooms are provided with an internet connection, a facility which has caused much debate among the faculty of the institute over the allegation that students spend much of their

3.time on web-surfing and LAN gaming instead of completing their assignments and projects. No such facility is although provided in the residential apartments and their residents use the facilities of an assigned hostel.

4.Every hostel has a warden,who is a faculty of the college, and a caretaker. Hostels are in general self managed by students, with the warden not interfering in the hostel affairs, other than the clearing of bills and budget. A House Secretary is elected by the students for managing the affairs of the hostel, who is assisted by a maintenance secretary, a cultural secretary(called cultu) and a sports secretary. Elections for the different positions are held in the end of March. There are 13 representatives(called reps) of the hostel, each representing one of the clubs of the Board for Cultural and Recreational Activities(BRCA), Board for Student Publication(BSP) and Board for Student Welfare(BSW). There are captains for each of the sports teams of the hostels that include Crick