Azad Hall of Residence

Azad Hall of Residence
Founded	3rd March 1954
Motto	प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया
Office
Warden	Prof. Nikhil Kumar Singha
Asst. Warden(s)	Prof. Hemakesh Mohapatra(Mess) Prof. Bibhudatta Sahoo(Maintenance) [1]
Hall President	Dhruv Rai
SSM	Tushar Khokhar
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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Hall Council members are selected each year by the warden of the hall to ensure smooth conduction of hall related activitiies within the hall. These activities include Hall maintenance, welfare activities, grand dinners, festival functions, alumni meets, etc. Hierarchically, the Hall President and Second Senate Member(4th years) work in coordination with the General Secretaries(3rd years) and the secretaries(2nd years) to ensure the smooth functioning of the hall.

The Hall Council Members of the academic session 2020-21 and 2021-22 are as follows -

Designation	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23
Hall President	Mr. Devendra Patidar	Mr. Himanshu Dang	Mr. Dhruv Rai
Second Senate Member	Mr. Chetan Deshmukh	Mr. Rishabh Srivastava	Mr. Tushar Khokhar
General Secretary - Social & Cultural	Mr. Abhay Jain	Mr. Tushar Khokhar	Mr. Divyanshu Gupta
Coordinator - Social & Cultural		Mr. Smarak Pradhan	Mr. Lakshya Kumar Meena
General Secretary - Sports & Games	Mr. Himanshu Dang	Mr. Aditya Tiwari	Mr. Somdarshan Atre
General Secretary - Technology	Mr. Ayush Akarsh	Mr. Dhruv Rai	Mr. Mayank Singh
General Secretary - Maintenance		Mr. Yash Saini	Mr. Kunal Sulaniya
General Secretary - Students' Welfare	Mr. Utkarsh Sinha	Mr. Jaiminee Joshi	Mr. Shailesh Singh
General Secretary - Library & Mess		Mr. Sandeep Ruhela	Mr. Pratham Agrawal
General Secretary - Alumni Affairs		Mr. Abhishek Mahalunge	Mr. Suvigya Saxena

Hall Captains[edit | edit source]

To represent Azad Hall of Residence in the Gymkhana General Championships, every year the Hall Council Members appoint Captains of each event held in the General Championships. The Captains(4th/5th years) work closely with the vice-captains(3rd years) and secretaries(2nd years) throughout the event starting from selection of the event team to ensuring all activities of the event are conducted smoothly and timely. Captains bear the responsibility that best of the members of hall pertaining to the corresponding event participate in the event and perform their level best in the event.

The Hall Event Captains for the academic session 2022-23 are as follows -

Sports

Event	Captain
Cricket	Mr. Aparajey Singh
Hockey	Mr. Himanshu Dang
Football	Mr. Devendra Patidar
Basketball	Mr. Raj Srivastava
Table Tennis	Mr. Pratyaya Bhattacharya
Lawn Tennis	Mr. Yash Jhunjhunwala
Volleyball	Mr. Yakul Garg
Bridge	Mr. Deepak Somani

Captains - Social & Cultural

Event	2021-22	2022-23
Dramatics	Mr. Abhyudaya Nilosey & Mr. Dewang Gogte	Mr. Arnav Bhutda & Mr. Atharva Shinde
Choreography	Mr. Sudhanshu Baldawa & Mr. Deepak Somani	Mr. Shivam Pratap Singh & Mr. Vivek Anand
Short Film Making	Mr. Varun Gupta	Mr. Amandeep & Mr. Parth Jaiswal
Hindi Elocution	Mr. Abhyudaya Nilosey	Mr. Yash Saini & Mr. Saumyak Raj
English Elocution	Mr. Amay Varma	Mr. Amay Varma
Debate	Mr. Shikhar Mohan	Mr. Debaditya Mukhopadhyay
What's The Good Word	Mr. Anshuman Agrawal	Mr. Vatsal Venkatkrishna
General Quiz	Mr. Pratyaya Bhattacharya	Mr. Animesh Jha & Mr. Varun Balakrishna
Painting, Sketching & Cartooning	Mr. Utkarsh Sinha	Mr. Abhishek Kumar
Thermocol & Clay Modelling	Mr. Abhay Jain	Mr. Abhishek Kumar
Groups	Mr. Advait Nagle & Mr. Pranjal Shukla	Mr. Smarak Pradhan & Mr. Jaswanth Gopa
Eastern Vocals	Mr. Pranjal Shukla	Mr. Jaswanth Gopa
Western Vocals	Mr. Dewang Gogte	Mr. Dewang Gogte
Eastern Instrumentals	Mr. Advait Nagle	Mr. Arya Uttamchandani
Western Instrumentals	Mr. Advait Nagle	Mr. Smarak Pradhan

Technology

Event	Captain
Data Analytics	Mr. Pranjal Shukla
Case Study	Mr. Divayum Gupta
Opensoft	Mr. Yash Soni
Product Designing	Mr. Mustafa Khan

Amenities[edit | edit source]

• 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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

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

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

Azad Hall Anthem[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

2018 - 2019[edit | edit source]

Sports and Games[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Mess time-table[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]