Student accommodation in India

• Double seater, common bathUS$750
• Double seater, non-AC, attached bathUS$1,040
• Double seater, AC, attached bathUS$1,390

Rooms are double-seater; no single rooms are offered to first-year students. The fee excludes the refundable deposit of US$100 to US$200, an air-conditioning electricity advance of US$140 where the room has it, and the compulsory annual mess advance. Students admitted in the general Indian category are charged in rupees instead, from Rs 60,000 to Rs 111,000 a year.

• XVI Block - single seater AC, attached bath (limited seats)US$2,030
• XVI Block - deluxe double seater AC, attached bathUS$1,450

The prospectus states the hostel fee is remitted in USD by wire transfer and that messing is mandatory for all first-year UG students staying in the hostel.

• 1 seater - air-conditioned Studio ApartmentUS$2,295
• 4x2/5/6/7/8 seater - air-cooled Standard RoomUS$870

The quoted room charge carries a free-electricity allowance (1,000 units for the 1-seater studio, 300 for the air-cooled standard room). Mess/meal plans, laundry, gym, swimming pool and indoor sports are charged separately and, the page says, are managed by Pro Bricks.

• Single (Boys & Girls), AC₹80,000
• Single (Boys & Girls), non-AC₹25,000
• 2 in 1, AC₹60,000
• 2 in 1, non-AC₹20,000
• 3 in 1, AC₹55,000
• 3 in 1, non-AC₹16,000
• Single with bath attached, AC₹90,000
• Single with bath attached, non-AC₹30,000
• 2 in 1 with bath attached, AC₹65,000
• 2 in 1 with bath attached, non-AC₹26,000
• 3 in 1 with bath attached, non-AC₹22,000
• 4 in 1 with bath attached, AC₹55,000

• Kalpana Chawla - AC, attached washroom, 2 sharing₹197,000
• Kalpana Chawla - AC, attached washroom, 4 sharing₹150,000
• Meenakshi - AC, attached washroom, 4 sharing (bunker cot)₹140,000
• Meenakshi - non-AC, attached washroom, 3 sharing₹80,000
• Thamarai - non-AC, common washroom, 2 sharing₹60,000
• Mullai - non-AC, common washroom, 3 sharing₹50,000
• Senbagam - non-AC, common washroom, 6 sharing₹45,000

The circular prices mess separately at Rs 73,000 for every room type, giving total fees of Rs 118,000 to Rs 270,000; girls laundry is listed at Rs 8,500 and marked optional.

• Non-AC Room with Common Toilet (4-Bed)₹37,500
• Non-AC Room with Common Toilet (3-Bed)₹42,500
• Non-AC Room with Common Toilet (1-Bed)₹52,500

Room rent only. Every row on the same table carries a separate mess fee of 92,000 and GST of 4,600, and the bundled 'Single Instalment at the time of Academic Year Registration' figure for the cheapest room is 1,34,100, which is room rent plus mess plus GST. Beyond the non-AC common-toilet rooms quoted here, the same table prices non-AC attached rooms, AC rooms and AC deluxe and super-deluxe rooms, rising to a 2-bed AC super-deluxe at 77,500 room rent; the range here is deliberately scoped to the cheapest block because the whole table cannot be quoted contiguously under the length cap. A one-time electricity deposit (4,000 for non-AC rooms, 12,000-15,000 for AC) and a 5,000 non-refundable registration fee are charged to new students. A separate Lotus Hostel table prices AC Premium rooms.

• Triple-Seater / Type-I & Type-II flats (Non-AC)₹52,000
• Double-Seater (Non-AC)₹56,000
• Single-Seater (Non-AC)₹60,000
• Triple-Seater (AC)₹72,000

Room rent only: the mess fee is charged separately at ₹34,800 for the same academic year. The Hostel Office states all fees apply to a complete academic year from August to May of the following year. Every hostel has its own common room and gymnasium and subscribes to current magazines and newspapers for residents.

• 6-sharing, non-air-conditioned, vegetarian mess₹120,700
• 6-sharing, non-air-conditioned, non-vegetarian mess₹130,900
• 6-sharing, non-air-conditioned, special mess₹143,600
• 6-sharing, air-conditioned, vegetarian mess₹147,100
• 6-sharing, air-conditioned, non-vegetarian mess₹157,300
• 6-sharing, air-conditioned, special mess₹170,000
• 4-sharing, non-air-conditioned, vegetarian mess₹126,200
• 4-sharing, non-air-conditioned, non-vegetarian mess₹136,400
• 4-sharing, non-air-conditioned, special mess₹149,100
• 4-sharing, air-conditioned, vegetarian mess₹156,300
• 4-sharing, air-conditioned, non-vegetarian mess₹166,500
• 4-sharing, air-conditioned, special mess₹179,200

Every line is a single combined 'Room & Mess fee', so a full meal plan is already inside the figure: vegetarian, non-vegetarian or 'special' mess is what separates the three prices for any one room type. The same sheet states the hostel fee is inclusive of laundry charges, to a maximum of 44 washes. Two charges sit on top of every line and are what produce its 'Total' column: a non-refundable admission fee of INR 15,000 and a refundable caution deposit of INR 15,000. Mess type can be changed monthly, at the full differential in the fall semester or half of it in the winter; there is no refund for a mess or room downgrade, and the sheet says the fee is subject to annual escalation. Beyond the rooms quoted here the same sheet prices three- and two-sharing regular rooms at INR 133,400-200,400 and the deluxe block MHQ, which is air-conditioned throughout and runs from eight-sharing down to two-sharing, at INR 157,800-234,800; NRI and foreign-category students are billed in US dollars instead, $1,520-2,590 in the regular blocks and $2,050-3,090 in MHQ. VIT's own hostels page (vit.ac.in/campuslife/hostels) adds that rooms come furnished with a cot, chair, study table, study lamp, bookshelf and cupboard, and that the blocks carry Wi-Fi, mechanised laundry, an air-conditioned gymnasium, a swimming pool, indoor and outdoor sports facilities, study dormitories, a pharmacy, food outlets, round-the-clock security and 24-hour water and power backed by standby generators.