Azad Hall of Residence
Azad Hall of Residence | |
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Founded | 3rd March 1954 |
Motto | प्रणिपातेन परिप्रश्नेन सेवया |
Office | |
Warden | Prof. Nikhil Kumar Singha |
Asst. Warden(s) |
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Hall President | Mr. Ambuj Sharma |
SSM |
Mr. Kartik Jain |
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
Hall Council members are selected each year by the warden of the hall to ensure smooth conduction of hall related activities 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 | 2023-24 |
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Hall President | Mr. Devendra Patidar | Mr. Himanshu Dang | Mr. Dhruv Rai | Mr. Saurabh Nagarkoti |
Second Senate Member | Mr. Chetan Deshmukh | Mr. Rishabh Srivastava | Mr. Tushar Khokhar | Mr. Yogender Arya |
General Secretary - Social & Cultural | Mr. Abhay Jain | Mr. Tushar Khokhar | Mr. Divyanshu Gupta | Mr. Shresth Agrawal |
Coordinator - Social & Cultural | Mr. Smarak Pradhan | Mr. Lakshya Kumar Meena | Mr. Abhinav Shrivastava | |
General Secretary - Sports & Games | Mr. Himanshu Dang | Mr. Aditya Tiwari | Mr. Somdarshan Atre | Mr. Ankit Kr. Yadav |
General Secretary - Technology | Mr. Ayush Akarsh | Mr. Dhruv Rai | Mr. Mayank Singh | Mr. Ashwini Biswal |
General Secretary - Maintenance | Mr. Yash Saini | Mr. Kunal Sulaniya | Mr. Manne Chimyang | |
General Secretary - Alumni Affairs | Mr. Abhishek Mahalunge | Mr. Suvigya Saxena | Mr. Bhoumik Mhatre | |
General Secretary - Students' Welfare | Mr. Utkarsh Sinha | Mr. Jaiminee Joshi | Mr. Shailesh Singh | Mr. Aditya Sharma |
General Secretary - Library & Mess | Mr. Sandeep Ruhela | Mr. Pratham Agrawal | Mr. Pranjal Chouhan |
Hall Captains
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 -
Event | Captain |
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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 |
Event | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
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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 |
Event | Captain |
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Data Analytics | Mr. Pranjal Shukla |
Case Study | Mr. Divayum Gupta |
Opensoft | Mr. Yash Soni |
Product Designing | Mr. Mustafa Khan |
Maths Olympiad | Mr. Komal Kalyan Narla |
Quiz | Mr. Anshuman Agrawal |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Mess time-table
References
- ↑ "List of Wardens". IIT - KGP. Retrieved 12 September 2015.