Azad Hall of Residence

Azad Hall of Residence
Founded	3rd March 1954
Motto	प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्र्नेन सेव्या :
Office
Warden	Prof. Jitendra Kumar
Asst. Warden(s)	Prof. Hemakesh Mohapatra(Mess) Prof. Bibhudatta Sahoo(Maintenance)
Hall President	Himanshu Dang
SSM	Rishabh Srivastava
Office No.	+91 3222 2 81110
Website	-
Infrastructure
Capacity	600+
Gender	Male
Sharing	single, double, triple
Details
Canteen	Ravi Da, Nescafe, Juice Center
Shops	Sam D, Xerox Shop

History

Azad Hall of Residence is named after India's first education minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. It is famous for having started the tradition of Illumination, or ILLU as today's KGPians know it. Azad Hall is always reputed for its stellar performances in Soc-Cult events, especially Dramatics and Choreography.

Location

Azad Hall of Residence is one of the three halls in the PAN loop. It is the farthest from the institute main building and is the closest to the Tech Market and B.C Roy Hospital among all UG Halls.

Hall Council

Designation	2020-21	2021-22
Hall President	Mr.Devendra Patidar	Mr.Himanshu Dang
Second Senate Member	Mr.Chetan Deshmukh	Mr.Rishabh Srivastava
General Secretary Social & Cultural	Mr.Abhay Jain	Mr.Tushar Khokhar
General Secretary Sports & Games	Mr.Himanshu Dang	Mr.Aditya Tiwari
General Secretary Technology	Mr.Ayush Akarsh	Mr.Dhruv Rai
General Secretary Alumni Affairs		Mr.Abhishek Mahalunge
General Secretary Maintenance		Mr.Yash Saini
General Secretary Students Welfare	Mr.Utkarsh Sinha	Mr.Jaiminee Joshi
General Secretary Library & Mess		Mr.Sandeep Ruhela

Amenities

• Cultural Room
• Music Room
• Auditorium
• Library
• Basket Ball Full court
• Badminton Court
• Cricket Field for net practice
• Football Field
• Hockey Half court
• Volley Ball court
• Table Tennis Room
• Gym
• Weight Lifting
• Common room

Accommodations

There are a total of 424 rooms for the accommodation of the students of Azad Hall, with 260 single rooms, 20 double sharing rooms, 142 triple sharing rooms and 2 four sharing rooms. Also, the hall provides 2 double-bedded AC guest rooms with television and attached bathrooms having geyser installed.

Khoj

KHOJ: The Ultimate Treasure Hunt is the Largest and the most exciting event for Freshers, organized by Azad Hall of Residence, IIT Kharagpur.

The onset of July brings with itself new life to the IIT campus. Blooming with it come the innocent first years, unknowing and curious to explore the beautiful campus. Their wish is fulfilled by the Azad hall of residence by organizing KHOJ, a campus treasure hunt for inspiring the first years to explore the campus with friends as a game and make it one of the most memorable event of their stay in IIT KHARAGPUR. It was started in 2000. KHOJ is the first and the biggest event organized exclusively for the first years. Boys and girls of the campus equally participate in it with full zest and zeal. The students are required to form a group of five, and then the teams are given clues of a place in the campus. They are required to unlock the clues, reach the required place and then find the code hidden somewhere at that place. This is done many times until a team unlocks all the clues and is declared the winner and prizes rain in the event with many teams getting prizes just based on their luck! Though the winner of the event may be one team but the enthusiasm the first years show makes everyone a winner. The event brings with itself joyfulness in the entire campus and gives a first year opportunity to interact with his/her batchmates and the campus. The event continues to grow every year bearing a testimony of the saga of the AZAD HALL OF RESIDENCE.

Alumni Contributions

1)Mr. Supriyo Sircar(1987) - Basketball Ground

2)Mr. Bhaskar Dutta (1970) - Music Room

3)Mr. Subhendu Mandal (1995) - Football Ground

Azad Hall Anthem

Azad Hall of Residence is the only hall in IIT KGP to have a Hall Anthem and an Oath of Fire. Hall Anthem is composed by 1982 alumnus Anup Verma (ECE | AZ).

नया है आज सवेरा

निरभ्र व्योम के हम आज़ाद हैं पंछी

सीमाओं से रहित क्षितिज

स्वप्निल है गंतव्य हमारा

सर्वोत्तम आज़ाद हमारा

एक नीर के हम वासी हैं

कंधे से कंधा मिलाते

हम आगे ही आगे चलते ही जाते

एक डोर से हम बंधे हैं

एक पथ पर संग चले हैं

रुकने का नाम नहीं लेते हैं हम

स्वर्णिम है यह भाव हमारा

स्वप्निल है गंतव्य हमारा

सर्वोत्तम आज़ाद हमारा

सर्वोत्तम आज़ाद हमारा

Oath of Fire

जीवन की एक मशाल हो

निर्भिक अपनी चाल हो

यह ज्योति भुझने दे नहीं

हो मेरी या तेरी सही

कि हार मानेंगे नहीं

और बैर पालेंगे नहीं

लहू का हर कतरा मेरा

आज़ाद के कण से बना

ना हो अकेले तुम सुखी

हम भी अकेले है दुःखी

मिल सब बने ज्वालामुखी

और हो हमारा एक नारा

कि स्वप्निल है गंत्वय हमारा

सर्वोत्तम आज़ाद हमारा।

General Championship

2018 - 2019

Sports and Games

Gold in Sports and Games General Championship.

Event	Ranking	Points
Bridge		5
BasketBall		4
Badminton		10
Chess		5
Cricket		10
Football		10
Hockey	4th	2
Squash		4
Table Tennis		10
Weightlifting		6

Technology

Silver in Technology General Championship.

Event	Ranking	Points
Hardware Modelling		100
Open Soft		60
Chem Quest		45
Biz Quiz		45
Tech Quiz		45
Data Analytics		30

Social and Cultural

Bronze in Social and Cultural General Championship.

Event	Ranking	Points
Stage Play		40
Hindi Elocution		25
Debating		25
Eastern Instrumentals		25
Choreography		100
Groups	4th	30
What’s the good word		30
General Quiz		40
Thermocol and clay modelling		100

List of Notable Alumnus

• Arun Sarin
• Raj Kamal Jha
• Raj Tilak Roushan
• Gaurav Taneja
• Deepit Puryakastha

Mess time-table