Hospitality Information

How to come to IIT Madras?

We will provide transportation from the Central and Egmore stations to the participants who have registered online on the Saarang website and have provided adequate details. Just look out for Coordinators or Volunteers carrying IITM placards or Saarang banners. If you miss them, look for the IITM bus (beige & yellow in color) with IITM written on it in the parking lot.

In case you are not able to spot any of the Saarang volunteers, you have following options:

1. From Chennai Central:
• Hire an auto/taxi to IIT Madras(inside). Inside the campus, get down at the Hospitality Control Room (Mahanadi Hostel-Directions to reach Mahanadi Hostel will be there inside the campus).
• You can catch a bus just outside the Chennai Central. 18B and 19S are the direct busses to IITM (Get down at Gandhi Mandapam/IITM). From the gate there are IITM busses to the hostels, every 20 minutes.
2. From Egmore Station:
• Hire an auto/taxi to IIT Madras(inside). Inside the campus, get down at the Hospitality Control Room (Mahanadi Hostel-Directions to reach Mahanadi Hostel will be there inside the campus).
• Or catch 23C which heads directly to IITM. From the main gate there are IITM busses to the hostels, every 20 minutes.
3. From Airport:

We might not be there for your help. So you can:

• Hire an auto/taxi to IIT Madras(inside). Inside the campus, get down at the Hospitality Control Room (Mahanadi Hostel-Directions to reach Mahanadi Hostel will be there inside the campus).
• Or catch PP21 directly to institute or 21G to Gandhi Mandapam which is at a stone throw’s distance from out gate. From the main gate there are IITM busses to the hostels, every 20 minutes.
4. From CMBT:

Again we might not be there for your help. So you can:

• Hire an auto/taxi to IIT Madras(inside). Inside the campus, get down at the Hospitality Control Room (Mahanadi Hostel-Directions to reach Mahanadi Hostel will be there inside the campus).
• Or catch Bus number 23M or 5E which come directly to institute. From the main gate there are IITM busses to the hostels, every 20 minutes.

NOTE: Picking up of participants is subject to availability of transportation facility. The number of candidates requiring transportation facility should exceed a minimum of 4. Exceptions may be made in special cases.

Accommodation and Food

Accommodation

First and foremost, please ensure that you register your contingent with the hospitality registration link on this website as early as possible. In the absence of such registration we might not be able to serve you in any manner, and you might be forced to arrange for your accommodation and food outside the campus. Since our capacity is limited, we may not be in position to provide accommodation and food facilities to all. In that case the facilities will be provided to only those contingents that have registered online on first come first serve basis.

Upon reaching IITM, you are required to come to the Hospitality Control Room(Mahanadi Hostel) straightaway. This is where you have to register yourself. Nominal charges for accommodation and mess facility will be collected here depending on the number of days you wish to avail this facility.

Please make note that you will be required to share the accommodation. Requests for individual rooms or any other complaints in this regard will not be entertained. Also the accommodation will be restricted only to the students. A maximum of one faculty member will be allowed who will have to share the accommodation with the students at the same charges.

All participants are required to carry their college identity cards and bonafide certificates in order to make avail of the above mentioned facilities. The participants are also expected to follow certain Rules and Regulations to help us maintain the festive atmosphere in the institute.

Food

We will not be providing a meal or registering you at a specific mess, as we have been doing in previous years. There are a variety of canteens inside the campus which provide food at reasonable rates. Apart from numerous food stalls in the festival area several eateries like Cafe Coffee Day, Tiffanys Food Court, Basera and The Campus Cafe are uniformly scattered throughout our campus, and provide snacks and meals to cater to all tastes.

Control Room and Hospitality Desk

We at Saarang, strive to make your short stay with us, as pleasant and comfortable as we can. Whether you are worried about your accommodation, transport, wondering what the events are all about, confused about the schedule or worried about your registrations, we will be at your service 24 hours a day during Saarang.

You are always welcome to contact us at the Control Room(Mahanadi Hostel) for any kind of assistance.

During Saarang, the Hospitality Desk, which forms an indispensable part of the goings-on, is set up just outside the main venue. Event registration and attending to queries about events are among the important tasks performed here.

For event registration at the Hospi Desk, production of ID card is mandatory.

Departure

Please intimate us in advance if you require transportation back to the railway station/airport, specifying the date and time of your departure.

Schedules

The schedules will soon be put up on this page.