Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli

As majority of the students studying different programmes in the University Departments are hailing from places away from Tiruchirappalli, the University provides hostel facilities for the needy students at an affordable cost. At present, there are eight hostels in the University. Among them, four hostels are meant for boys and the remaining four hostels are for girls. While the Sindhu Hostel is located at the Khajamalai Campus, all the other hostels are in the Palkalaiperur main campus. Totally, there are 1460 students staying in the hostels. Among them 694 are boys and 766 are girls. The hostels were started over different periods of time: Sindhu Hostel: 1974; Cauvery and Ponni Hostels: 1993; Porunai Hostel: 2003; Mullai, Kurinji and Vaigai Hostels: 2008; and Bhavani Hostel: 2009. Among all the Hostels, the Porunai hostel is meant exclusively for the male research scholars. There are separate integrated dining halls for boys and girls. The hostel rooms are provided with fans, good lighting, adequate water facility, recreation centre, playing ground, news papers and magazines. Each hostel is provided with a television and cable connectivity. Similarly, all the hostels have Wi-Fi facility and thereby the students can access internet from their respective rooms using their lap-tops. The hostels are provided with a good hygienic cooking facility and spacious dinning halls. There is 24 hours watch and ward for women’s hostels. Each hostel is provided with hot water facility in the bathrooms. The hostels have Grievance Redressal Committee and Purchase Committee which meet once in a month. The hostels are provided with telephone facility to receive calls from outside.

As the majority of the students studying different programmes in the University Departments are hailing from places away from Tiruchirappalli, the University provides hostel facilities for the needy students at an affordable cost. At present, there are eight hostels in the University. Among them, the four hostels are for girls. While the Sindhu Hostel is located at the Khajamalai Campus, all the other hostels are in the Palkalaiperur main campus. Totally, there are 1460 students staying in the hostels. Among them 694 are boys and 766 are girls. The hostels were started over different periods of time: Sindhu Hostel: 1974; Cauvery and Ponni Hostels: 1993; Porunai Hostel: 2003; Mullai, Kurinji and Vaigai Hostels: 2008; and Bhavani Hostel: 2009. Among all the Hostels, the Porunai hostel is meant exclusively for the male research scholars. There are separate integrated dining halls for boys and girls. The hostel rooms are provided with fans, good lighting, adequate water facility, recreation centre, playing ground, news papers and magazines. Each hostel is provided with a television and cable connectivity. Similarly, all the hostels have Wi-Fi facility and thereby the students can access internet from their respective rooms using their lap-tops. The hostels are provided with a good hygienic cooking facility and spacious dinning halls. There is 24 hours watch and ward for women’s hostels. Each hostel is provided with hot water facility in the bathrooms. The hostels have Grievance Redressal Committee and Purchase Committee which meet once in a month. The hostels are provided with telephone facility to receive calls from outside.