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Applications Open now for January 2025 Batch | Applications Close: January 02, 2025 | Exam: February 23, 2025

STUDENT HOUSES & SOCIETIES

Get empowered, be part of our

virtual campus, build real communities

and become future leaders.

Here in IITM BS degree, students, faculty and staff work together to support students make the most of their opportunities.

Student Houses

All students in the programme will be divided into 12 houses named after the forests in India.

Your house is where you seek, share, support and study together and do what you love through clubs and activities.

We invite the Student community to feel at home in their forest houses of Bandipur, Corbett, Gir, Kanha, Kaziranga, Nallamala, Namdapha, Nilgiri, Pichavaram, Saranda, Sundarbans and Wayanad.

Each house accommodates nearly 30 groups of 20 students each where the group members are from the same city or neighbouring cities and house members are from across the country.

Upper House Council & Elections

Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of all 12 houses constitute the Upper House Council that governs all houses.

The Student Elections Committee constituted by Student Affairs conducts free and fair elections every August, where all the house members elect their Secretary and Deputy Secretary for a tenure of one year. The Secretary of the house in turn conducts elections for all groups, where all group members elect their Group leaders. The Secretaries and Group leaders are below 25 years of age.

Our Societies

There are a variety of student run clubs and societies for the students to explore and join. Current list of clubs and societies are given below.

1. Aayam : IITM BS Drama Society Social Media Link drama.society@study.iitm.ac.in
2. Adhyay - The Civil Services Society IIT Madras BS Social Media Link civilservices.society@study.iitm.ac.in
3. AKORD Music Society Social Media Link music.society@study.iitm.ac.in
2. AWS Cloud Club, IIT Madras - cloudcoders@study.iitm.ac.in
5. Veritas Oratory Society Social Media Link oratory.society@study.iitm.ac.in
6. Deva-Bhasha: The Sanskrit Society Social Media Link sanskrit.society@study.iitm.ac.in
7. Amartya - The Finance Society Social Media Link finance.society@study.iitm.ac.in
8. Heighers eSports Society Social Media Link esports.club@study.iitm.ac.in
9. IIT Madras BS chess community - "Shah-Maat" Social Media Link chess.club@study.iitm.ac.in
10. Pravāha: The Dance Society Social Media Link dance.society@study.iitm.ac.in
11. RAAHAT : the Mental Health & Wellness Society Social Media Link wellness.society@study.iitm.ac.in
12. RaSoR : Ramanujan Society of Research Social Media Link research.society@study.iitm.ac.in
13. SAHARA - The Social Welfare Society Social Media Link connectwithsahara@study.iitm.ac.in
14. Sahityika: Literary Society Social Media Link literary.society@study.iitm.ac.in
15. SYNAPSE : The Social Studies, Language Study, Cultural Study, Humanities Study & Social Skills Development Society Social Media Link culturalstudy.society@study.iitm.ac.in
16. WYZ Kids : The IITM BS Quiz Club Social Media Link quiz.club@study.iitm.ac.in
17. Boundless - IITM BS Travel Club Social Media Link boundless.club@study.iitm.ac.in
18. Elan - Fashion Society Social Media Link fashion.society@study.iitm.ac.in
19. IIT Madras BS Film Society Social Media Link film.society@study.iitm.ac.in
20. Diplomacia Social Media Link diplomacia@study.iiym.ac.in
21. JITSIE IIT Madras Social Media Link jitsie@study.iitm.ac.in
22. General Management Club Social Media Link gm.club@study.iitm.ac.in
23. CodeCrafters Coding Society Social Media Link codecrafters.society@study.iitm.ac.in

Our Goals & Initiatives

We nurture Leadership & Organisational skills

Students gain invaluable skills and experiential knowledge during their time in IITM BS Degree.

We offer you space to lead a diverse community of Houses, Clubs or Groups.

We inspire you to conduct events, support fellow students, and participate in team activities.

We enrich your experiences

Alongside your academic activities you can have fun and develop your interests through clubs and extracurricular activities. It helps you build on your social skills and career goals while enjoying a great social life.

We encourage you to express interest in forming any kind of club that will be run by the students for the students.

Come forward and complement your academics with an array of clubs that advocates art, music, dance, culture, entrepreneurship, research, volunteering etc.

We promote equity

Gender, age, physical disability, socio-economic status, religion, or ethnic origin will never be an obstacle. Step forward and proudly be part of our inclusive community of learners from all walks of life. We thrive on diversity and that’s our strength.

We sensitise learners on gender equality and diversity through training.

We assure safe virtual space against cyber bullying through online safety training.

We support Clubs & activities that promote Equity through art, culture, campaigning etc.

We care for your wellbeing

Lack of physical presence, demanding academic schedule, and multitasking can have an impact on your mental wellbeing. Whatever you might be going through, if you feel like you need to talk, you are not alone. Reach out to us.

We provide you access to the Wellness Community Center in the IITM campus for professional help.

We redress your grievances

All complaints of bullying or harassment will be taken seriously by the IITM BS Degree Team. The aim is to provide the support needed to help individuals decide the best course of action, and to resolve the issues raised through formal complaint procedures.

You can raise complaint against matters related to behaviour of staff members or fellow students

Complaints box (students-grievance@study.iitm.ac.in)

We Hear you

Diverse, vibrant, hardworking, determined and self-motivated student community has contributed to continuous development of this pioneering programme.

We look forward to your proposals that would change or modify policies pertaining to student life. (student- affairs@study.iitm.ac.in)