Campus Life

RGUKT is a fully residential environment. This is necessary because most of the rural students come from a geographically distributed wide area and would not be able to commute to the campus. The campus is a self-contained township for a community of about 7,000 people — comprising 6,000 students, 500 faculty and staff, and 1,200 service providers. Facilities include shops, hospitals, banks, laundry services, barbershops, and more.

Since the students join the institution at the age of 15, being away from home adds to their stress. The local Health Clinic provides Psychological Counseling and support.

The program is intensive and runs for 3 semesters of 16 weeks on a 6-day week. Only 6 weeks of vacation is permitted: 1 week during Dasara, 1 week during Sankranthi, and 4 weeks in summer.

All education is mediated through Information and Communication Technologies. The academic complex is connected by high-speed LAN, and a laptop is provided to each student from their first year. Each class of about 50 students has mentors who conduct discourse and discussion around pre-recorded expert lectures.

• Morning: Physical training and exercise (mandatory during first two years)
• 8 AM – 4 PM: Academic classes — 4 periods of nearly 2 hours each, with a lunch break
• Evening: Sports participation
• 7:30 – 10:30 PM: Soft skills, reading classics, film programmes, edutainment

RGUKT provides facilities for both indoor games (caroms, chess) and outdoor games (volleyball, basketball). Swimming pool facility is anticipated. Inter-campus competitions are also held.

To cater to the needs of students, there is a general store, a canteen, a salon, and a beauty parlour in every hostel. Students can make use of these services at a reasonable price.

Students are encouraged to get involved in arts, music, drama, debate, painting, and other related skills. Evening edutainment sessions include audio books of classics (Western and Indian), touch typing, debating clubs, and online newspaper reading.

RGUKT provides its students and staff all necessary medical facilities. The medical centre has 30 beds and 5 doctors with round-the-clock staff availability.

Campus Rules:

• Parents are allowed to meet their children only on Sundays with a prior appointment.
• Relatives of students are not entertained unless accompanied by the student's parent(s).
• When students want to go out of campus, parents are required to come and pick them up.
• Cell phones are not allowed to be used on campus; students can use them in their rooms only.
• No food from outside is allowed in the hostels.