Azad Hall of Residence

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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)
[1]
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
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 -

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
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
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

Mess time-table

Mess menu for azad hall 2018

References

  1. "List of Wardens". IIT - KGP. Retrieved 12 September 2015.