Hostel Rules
  • Accommodation of students in Hostels is done through hostel ERP only, once room is allotted at the time of admission/counseling shall not be changed by any means except on medical.
  • Allotment of hostel rooms is made at the start of the July-Dec. Semester every year for one academic session only, i.e., from the start of class of July-Dec. Semester to the end of Jan-May Semester examination.
  • For P.G. Programmes, the allotment is valid up to the end of the last semester and for  Research Scholars the allotment is up to  the tenure  of  the fellowship/submission of Ph.D. thesis and at the expiry of the allotment period, the allotment stands cancelled automatically.
  • In case the room is not handed over after expiry date or a student is absent from hostel for 10 days or more without prior permission from the hostel Warden, the possession of the room will be taken by the Warden concerned and hostel administration will not be responsible for loss or damage of personal belongings of the student, if any.
  • Ragging is Banned in the Institute. Ragging inside or outside the campus is viewed as serious offence and is forbidden anyone indulging in ragging is liable to be summarily expelled.
  • However, in light of preventive measure, every year the institute constitutes Anti-Ragging squad comprising of Hostel Wardens (Boys/Girls) and other faculty members/officials for counseling the students on curbing the menace of Ragging.
  • The squad is constituted to build confidence in the minds of new entrants/fresher’s and also to make them acquainted with Institute’s systems and circulated to all Hostels authority.
  • Apart from above, there is an institute’s  level anti-ragging committee under the chairmanship of Director, Dean(SA) Nodal officer ,chairman(HMC) & Chief Warden, all HoDs, in-charge of NCC & NSS,  representative from local government officials like police & civil administration government of Arunachal Pradesh, representative  from local media, NGO in youth activities, senior students and fresher( from boys & Girls)  and Parent’s representative as a member of the committee.
  • It is the responsibility of the students to safeguard all the properties including furniture, fittings and different gadgets of the hostel. 
  • For damage or loss of any Institute property from room, the occupant(s) will be directly responsible and elsewhere it will be collective responsibility of hostel occupants.
  • The hostel administration will recover the loss individually or collectively as the case may be.  In this respect, the decision of the Warden will be final.
  • Students should wear proper dresses in the hostel.  They must keep their identity cards with them.  The students should keep only such items as required for beddings, clothing, dress and study purposes, in their rooms. 
  • The student must not be involved directly or indirectly, in fighting, gambling, anti-social activities, strike, picketing, gheraos, fasts, arousing of the sentiments of the students’ body and the public.
  • Use of outside agency for redressal of grievances or possession or consumption of alcoholic drink, intoxicating drugs, will be viewed as serious offence; and s/he would be summarily expelled.
  • Students should not keep valuable and costly items in their rooms.They are to deposit extra cash in Bank.
  • Use of audio-equipment in hostels is acceptable only if it is not objectionable to other residents.
  • Screening of films/video shows in the hostel is strictly prohibited.
  • Students should not display obscene posters or calendars, wall writings, etc. in the rooms or anywhere in the hostel.
  • Students should not transfer articles, fittings, furniture or gadgets from common room, dining hall etc. to their rooms or any other place.
  • Students are expected to share the duties involved in keeping the hostels and campus clean and tidy and in running their messes.
  • Male Students should not remain absent from their hostels during the night between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. without prior permission of the Warden and female students should remain inside their hostel between 7.00 p.m. and 5.30 a.m.
  • If a girl student requires remaining absent from the hostel beyond the prescribed limit, she must obtain a written permission from warden under information to Chief Warden.
  • Visitors are not permitted to stay in the hostels after 8 p.m. The guests of students are not allowed to stay in the hostels except with the prior permission of the Warden.
  • Male visitors are not permitted to enter the Girls’ Hostel.  However, parents or guardians are permitted to meet their wards in the Visitor’s Room from 4.30 p.m. to 7 p.m. with written permission from the Warden only.
  • Female visitors are not allowed in the Boys Hostels.  However, parents and visitors can meet the student in the Common Room/Visitors Room from 4.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. only.
  • Each student is supplied with a cot, a chair, a table, and electric ceiling fan for the safety of which he or she will be responsible. No extra furniture or electrical fittings are allowed in the rooms without the prior permission of the Warden.
  • Each student shall be completely responsible for his/her belongings.  The Institute shall not be responsible for any loss or damage to property belonging to the residents of the hostels.
  • Two students will have to share a room in the hostel and shifting of rooms or readjustment of seats will be done only with the written permission of Warden.
  • Students shall not leave the hostels without the prior permission of the Warden. They shall apply to the Warden stating reasons of leaving and address of destination.
  • Students who leave without application and permission shall be deemed to be missing and police authorities/parents may be intimated as such.
  • The room of any student can be inspected at any time by the Warden or any member of the Institute staff, so authorized.
  • At the end of each semester a student shall vacate the room and hand over the charge of the room including all items on the inventory to the Caretaker or any other official of the Hostel authorized by the Warden.
  • Any student desirous of retaining his/her room on genuine ground during the vacation must seek prior permission of the Warden.
  • Every student residing in the Hostel must compulsorily join the co-operative mess attached to the Hostel. Individual cooking and messing is not permitted.
  • The cost of the food is to be met by students themselves. Mess fee advance of Rs.12000/- or Rs.16610/- each semester should be paid during registration  through hostel ERP only, delay in payment will attract fine of Rs. 500/-[Approved in the 32nd Academic Council meeting held on 26th December,2020] and also disciplinary action as deemed fit.
  • A Mess Committee, comprising of 18 student members (two from each state and all India) is elected/nominated by the students in each hostel. The Chairman of the Mess Committee is Warden of the concerned Hostel and the Secretary of the Committee is one of the nominated/elected student members. The term of a Mess Committee is one academic year. 
  • In case of delay in the formation of a new committee at the expiry of the term of previous committee, the HMC takes care of the mess requirement until new mess committee is formed.
  • The Mess Committee shall meet at least once a month and more often, if necessary.
  • The proceedings of the meetings of the Mess Committee shall be duly recorded in a register and be approved by the Warden and a copy be sent to Chairman, HMC.
  • The Mess Committee shall determine the menu in the mess. The Warden will ratify the menu thus drawn.
  • The Mess Committee will act as an advisory body and report to the Warden about the quality of food and on the general cleanliness in and around the messes.
  • The Mess Committee will also bring to the notice of the Warden and Chairman (HMC) about the quality of service given by the Mess Staff.
  • The Mess Committee shall ensure that the Common Room facilities (i.e., TV, furniture, items of indoor games, etc.) are properly maintained and are not removed.
  • Entertaining guests for breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner can be done only with prior information to Caretaker/Mess Manager.  The rates to be charged for above shall be as fixed by the Mess Committee from time to time with the prior approval of the Warden. 
  • Mess Committee will ensure that only bonafide boarders and their guests eat in the hostel mess. A guest shall not be allowed to take food for more than three days in a hostel mess.
  • The Mess Manager shall convene a General Body meeting if there is a requisition for such a meeting from more than 50% resident members of the Hostel.  The quorum for a General Body meeting shall be two-third of resident members present.
  • Any change in rules suggested by General Body must be examined by Chairman(HMC)/Dean (SA) before being ratified by the Director in order to become effective.
  • The Caretaker with the assistance of the Mess Committee shall ensure that the mess staff prepares items according to the menu given by the Mess Committee.  Any variation to this should be brought to the notice of Warden for necessary action.
  • Food shall not be served in the hostel rooms.  However, as a special case on the advice of a Doctor, sick members may be served food in their rooms.
  • Rebate on mess charges will be given for absence from the mess for three or more consecutive days for which due prior intimation should be given to the Warden.  In case of emergency, when the above procedure cannot be followed, intimation of the absence may be conveyed at the earliest opportunity to the Warden, who may consider the request for rebate according to the merit of the case. 
  • There shall be a Hostel Prefect in every hostel. S/he will be elected from amongst the pre-final year students of each hostel.
  • He is to ensure overall peace and harmony within the hostel and will report to the Warden if need arises.  A Black dotted student cannot become prefect.
  • All Hostels are dully connected internet facilities with wifi system. Hence, hostels boarders are strictly advised to use judiciously the internet facilities of hostels/institute for academic purposes.
  • Misuse of internet facilities which attracts gross violation the provision of IT act 2000 which is completely Banned. Any violations of the provision of the IT ACT by boarder will be dealt with disciplinary proceedings under clause No.A.4.2 of the Academic bye-laws (UG, PG & Ph.D Programmes) of the institute besides proceedings under appropriate provision of Cyber Laws. 
Conduct rules
  • Implementation of hostels Rules for students and enforcement of Conduct and Discipline among the students in accordance with the hostels rules as per Academic bye-laws of the  Institute.
  • Objective of  enforcing Conduct and Discipline among the students,HMC creates and develop an integrated personality development amongst the students and enables the students to receive training in co-operate living and continuous communication with fellow students and teachers in a most discipline manner and thereby producing a good human being.
  • A student shall conform to the highest standard of discipline and shall conduct himself/herself within and outside the precincts of the Institute in a befitting manner.
  • The student shall have the seriousness of purpose and shall, in every way, train himself/herself to acquire proficiency in the career s/he has chosen.
  • The students shall show due courtesy and consideration to Teachers, Wardens, Officers and functionaries of the Institute and concern for their fellow students.
  • The residential students of a hostel are expected to be considerate to mess workers, help the sick fellow students, show modesty and mutual respect for one another.  
  • They should cooperate with the Institute authorities, when appealed to do so, in an emergent situation.
  • All instances of misbehavior or gross misconduct involving punishment, other than reprimand shall be reported to the Institute’s Disciplinary Committee(IDC).
  • The Institute reserves the right to rusticate or expel any student from the Institute for a given period of time or forever on the recommendation of the IDCon the reasons considered sufficient by it. 
Institute Disciplinary committee(IDC)

Institute has a standing disciplinary committee consisting of the following members:

Dean (SA)  Chairman
Chief WardenMember
Concerned Warden  Member
Concerned HOD  Member
President or Secretary (SUN)*  Member
Deputy/Assistant Registrar (Academic)  Member Secretary
*SUN – Students’ Union of NERIST

 

Acts of indiscipline

An ‘Act of indiscipline’ includes the followings:

  • An act punishable under any law for the time being in force.
  • Misconduct (including ragging) or criminal offence or an act violative of any rule of discipline or of any provision of the Rules and Regulations of the Institute.
  • An act in breach of an agreement or undertaking or direction or failure or refusal to obey instructions or direction of any authority.
  • Resorting to mass bunking of classes, tests or examinations and of other compulsory activity of the Institute.
  • Non-payment of Institute and other dues including mess and canteen charges.
  • An act which interferes with personal liberty of another, or subjects another to indignity or involves physical violence or use of abusive language.
  • Dissemination and assertion of any false statement, whether with a view to bring into disrepute another person or to question the impartiality of his/her action or to impute malice or to create public opinion against him/her or with any other malicious motive.
  • An act which hampers (whether through pressure or threats or other improper ways) the discharge of duties or exercise of free discretion (wherever so vested) by persons entrusted with the task of performing such duties or exercise of such discretion.
  • Collection of funds for any student programme, project or activity without permission of appropriate authority.
  • Organizing of a procession or meeting without permission of the appropriate authority, or participation therein.
  • Use of agitational means including strikes, picketing, gheraos, fasts arousing of the sentiments of the students body and the public, or use of any outside agency for redressal of grievances.
  • Destruction or defacing of Institute property and breaking into any Institute building or premises; and rowdy or other forms of misbehavior.
  • An act which disrupts the running of the Institute or environment conducive to the pursuit of knowledge of harmonious relationship between different peoples living in the Institute Campus.
  • An act which brings the Institute (and its teachers, officers or authorities) into disrepute.
  • An act attempting to commit an act or indiscipline, abetting an act of indiscipline, inciting others to commit an act of indiscipline or causing others to do an act of indiscipline, individually or in collusion with others.
  • Refusal to give evidence or establish or reveal identity, when required and such other acts as may be notified by the Institute authorities from time to time.
Disciplinary Actions