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Gurukulam Hostel
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A serene place for peaceful stay and healthy food at the most affordable rate — fostering diligent study, spiritual upliftment, ideal character, and strong career growth.
An initiative by the alumni of
JU, IEM, GCELT, GCECT, TMSL, RCCIIT and CU.

Gurukulam Hostel Expenses

Meal Expenses (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner): ₹4000

Room Rent (incl. electricity & maintenance): ₹2500

Total: ₹6500 per month

Note: Thanks to donations from alumni members, revised hostel charges apply:

JU / CU Students: ₹4500 – ₹5000 per month

Heritage Students: ₹4500 (Fixed) per month

IEM, TMSL, RCCIIT, GCECT, GCELT: ₹4500 – ₹5000 per month

Concession from ₹5000 ⟶ ₹4500 is available only with valid proof (EWS or TFW certificates).

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Please check all the eligibility criteria carefully before applying. Available Seats: 8 out of 30 seats are available for B.Tech 1st year students. Please hurry up!

Overview

Gurukulam

What is Gurukulam ?

  • Gurukulam hostel is exclusively designed for first-year engineering students who wish to develop both career and character in a safe, disciplined, and distraction-free environment. The hostel maintains a strict code of conduct, ensuring complete safety and prohibiting ragging, smoking, drinking, gambling (including playing cards), watching pornography, and all kinds of illicit activities. With its zero-tolerance approach to negative influences, Gurukulam provides the ideal atmosphere for young learners to focus on their studies, personal development, and academic excellence.
  • Alongside academics, Gurukulam places strong emphasis on spiritual growth, making it truly unique. Students are encouraged to engage in yoga, meditation, devotional chanting, and inspirational discussions that foster inner peace, discipline, and clarity of thought. These activities not only reduce stress but also instill humility, patience, and moral values. By blending education with spirituality, Gurukulam nurtures all rounded individuals who are prepared to excel in their professional journey while building a strong foundation of character and integrity.
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Governing Body Members

  • Chiranjeeb Guha – Software Engineer @ IBM, JU (EIE, 2016)
  • Gauranga Sarkar – Software Engineer @ TCS, JU (Chemical Engg, 2011)
  • Pravin Samanta – Professor @ KIIT, CU (VLSI, 2018)
  • Subhadeep Mandal – Executive Officer @ Parle, RCCIIT (EIE, 2019)
Gurukulam

Why Gurukulam Was Created

In today’s fast-paced world, there is a growing concern over the erosion of character, moral values, and essential virtues such as humility, patience, self-control, and perseverance among youth. Many young individuals, when left outside the guiding influence of their families, often succumb to destructive habits including smoking, drinking, exposure to pornography, and other illicit indulgences. Such behavior not only compromises their academic growth but also undermines their personal development, with serious consequences that sometimes include mental and physical harm caused by ragging, even in reputed institutions.
To counteract these challenges, Gurukulam was founded as a sanctuary for talented youth, providing a nurturing environment that promotes disciplined living, high moral standards, intellectual rigor, and wholesome habits. Conceived by a dedicated group of alumni from JU, IEM, RCCIIT, GCELT, TMSL, GCECT, and CU, this initiative aims to guide students toward holistic growth—ensuring they excel academically while developing into morally, spiritually, and socially responsible individuals. Gurukulam stands as a beacon of excellence, safeguarding young minds from societal pitfalls and fostering the values necessary for a purposeful and successful life.
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Specialities of Gurukulam

Gurukulam nurtures future leaders who will guide the world on the path of virtue, progress, peace, and bliss.
Regular counseling sessions are conducted by expert mentors, helping students cultivate responsibility, discipline, modest behavior, good habits, and a lifestyle free from stress and anxiety.
Students live in a completely addiction-free and ragging-free environment, where seniors treat first-year students as their younger brothers with care and respect.
Comprehensive healthcare support is provided through expert medical consultations, while overall well-being is enhanced through regular yoga practices.
Students are trained in self-reliant life skills such as maintaining cleanliness, washing clothes, preparing sattvic meals, and effective crisis management.
Joyful birthday celebrations are organized to make every student feel special and at home.
Facilities

Facilities for Students

  • 1 Each room will have 3 - 4 students, and everyone will get their own bed.
  • 2 We also provide folding beds or bunk beds to save space and keep the rooms comfortable.
  • 3 Students will get 3 time healthy, pure vegetarian sattvic meals every day to stay fit and focused.
  • 4 Each student will get two racks for keeping valuables, clothes and books.
  • 5 Study table will be provided form the Gurukulam side.
  • 6 A Free Wi-Fi will be available in the campus for study and communication.
  • 7 Every student will have a mentor who will guide and counsel them whenever needed and also provides supports in times of medical emergency.

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Qualifications
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🎓 Eligibility Criteria

  1. 1 Admission is based on FIRST COME FIRST SERVE basis .
  2. 2 Minimum marks required in both Secondary & Higher Secondary:
    • Bengal Board: 75%
    • CBSE / ICSE: 80%
    • Bihar Board: 75%
  3. 3 Each student willing to stay in Gurukulam will have to submit an amount of caution money of ₹10,000 at the time of admission. [This will be refunded to the students who will be completing the 1st year of their stay in Gurukulam. For those who will leave Gurukulam within the tenure of 1 year the caution money will not be refunded].

    To be part of the outings / retreats / camps / picnics is compulsory for Gurukulam residents. A very nominal fee of ₹8,000 for all the yearly outings / retreats / camps / picnics will be charged at the time of admission, which is non-refundable.
  4. 4 The students must follow the activities for their character development [mentioned in the next sections]. It is compulsory for every resident of Gurukulam.

    Students who fail to follow these activities will lose their eligibility to stay in Gurukulam and their caution money will not be refunded.
  5. 5 Following the Vedic principle: “Early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy, wealthy & wise.” Discipline in daily habits is compulsory.
  6. 6 Remember that Gurukulam is not created for business purposes. Here the real fee is the sincerity of the student to follow the activities of Gurukulam for their character & career development.
  7. 7 Strictly prohibited inside Gurukulam:
    • ❌ Smoking
    • ❌ Drinking
    • ❌ Chewing tobacco
    • ❌ Gambling (including playing cards)
    • ❌ Illicit sex
    • ❌ Watching pornography
    • ❌ Eating non-vegetarian food

    ⚠️ In case of breaking any of the above rules, the Governing Body will eliminate the candidate(s) from Gurukulam without refunding their caution money.

  8. 8 Students cannot be outside Gurukulam after 10:00 PM (except in special cases). Staying overnight at a friend’s home is not allowed.
  9. 9 Entry is strictly prohibited in a drunken state.
  10. 10 Qustodio Parental Control App will be installed in every Gurukulam resident's mobile and laptop by Gurukulam authorities. It is done to save the students from pornography, which causes severe pollution and distractions in the mind and intelligence resulting in :
    • Loss of Purity
    • Loss of Wisdom
    • Lack of Peace of mind
    • Loss of Self confidence
    • Lack of Cleanliness
    • Loss of Concentration
    • Loss of Determination
    • Loss of Vichara shakti (power of enquiry)
    • Loss of Dharana shakti (power to grasp)
    • Lack of Viveka (discrimination power)
    It is compulsory for every resident to comply with this criterion.
  11. 11 The students must not go home at every weekend. The maximum frequency can be alternate weekends and if the frequency is less than that then we don't have any issue. This is because we want them to utilise the weekend time at Gurukulam to study nicely to get good marks in semester exams.
  12. 12 Guardians will not interfere in any Gurukulam activities of their respective candidates. Gurukulam can contact the guardians in the issues related to their health or their studies (just like any college or university or any training institute).
  13. 13 A court paper based agreement bond will be made between the student and Gurukulam. The student admitted must sign this document.
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📋 Procedure of Getting Admission

Steps

  1. 1 Reading Gurukulam website thoroughly and watching Gurukulam video.
  2. 2 Applying online through website (Link).
  3. 3 Attending the Quiz (Link).
  4. 4 Attending personal interview (online or offline).
  5. 5 Taking admission by paying ₹18,000 within 3 days of interview (if selected).
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Academic Activities of Gurukulam

For Career Development

  • 📚 Study Slot Timings

    • Weekdays: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    • Weekends (Sat, Sun & Holidays): 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM & 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Consistent adherence to these study hours can help students achieve excellent results, with the potential to secure 90%+ in semester examinations.

  • ⏰ Additional Study Hours

    • Morning: 7:45 AM – 9:00 AM
    • Night: 9:10 PM – 10:10 PM
    These sessions should be used for completing assignments and enhancing skills.

  • ✅ Minimum Requirement

    Attendance of at least 25 hours per week in study slots is mandatory.

  • 📊 Weekly Evaluation

    Regular assessments will be conducted based on attendance and participation in study slots.

  • 👨‍🏫 Mentorship

    Continuous academic and career guidance will be provided by senior members.

  • 🗣 English Proficiency

    Special training programs will be organized to enhance communication and English-speaking skills.

  • 🏭 Industrial Exposure

    Training programs and projects will be conducted at NIT Durgapur or in collaboration with alumni-associated companies at the end of each academic year.

  • 💼 Placement Readiness

    Dedicated sessions will prepare students for Group Discussions (GDs), interviews, aptitude tests and both campus and off-campus recruitment drives.

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Performance of 1st Year Students (2024–25)

Consistent Academic Excellence

At Gurukulam, we provide a spiritually enriched and disciplined environment that cultivates focus, dedication, and resilience in academics. With structured routines and guided mentorship, students have achieved remarkable results. The highlights are as follows:

Student Name SEM 1 (SGPA) SEM 2 (SGPA)
Ashutosh Mahanta (JU) 9.29 -
Atanu Chakraborty (CU) 9.20 -
Arunabh Tiwari (JU) 8.55 -
Subham Prasad (JU) 8.02 -
Himesh Bhimrajka (TMSL) 7.30 8.46 🔼
Ankit Soni (IEM) 8.83 8.45
Sandipan Jana (IEM) 9.00 9.00
Aariyan Das (TMSL) 6.46 7.46 🔼
Apurba Mondal (IEM) 8.32 8.87 🔼
Shubham Saw (IEM) 7.77 8.30 🔼
Sayantan Bhowmik (GCECT) 8.38 8.30
Sujit Paul (GCECT) 8.31 8.96 🔼
Kuntal Khan (GCECT) 8.19 9.27 🔼
Suman Das (RCCIIT) 7.40 8.33 🔼

Certifications Earned

During semester breaks, Gurukulam organizes training programs and workshops that help students build professional skills alongside academics. Notable certifications earned by students include:

  • Web Development (SDE) Program: 15-day intensive workshop, certified by CLOUDYML.
  • Python Applications: 15-day hands-on workshop, certified by NIT Durgapur.
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Activities of Gurukulam

For Character Development

  • 🛌 Daily Schedule

    Practice of the principle: “Early to bed & early to rise makes a man healthy & wise.”
    Bedtime: 10:30 PM (latest) | Wake-up: 5:20 AM [except during examination periods].

  • 🌅 Morning Routine

    Attendance at 6:15 AM for Yoga, followed by seminars, Bhagavad Gita discussions, meditation, or prayers from 7:00 – 7:45 AM.

    Relaxation Policy:
    • 1 week before mid-term exams
    • 15 days before end-semester theory exams
    • 2 days before class tests (if no fixed mid-terms)
    The extent of relaxation will be decided by Gurukulam authorities.

  • 📜 Certificate Courses

    Gurukulam offers essential courses in spirituality and character development—such as Leading a Meaningful Life, Discover Yourself, Positive Thinker, Proactive Leader, etc. which are rooted in the timeless wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, Srimad Bhagavatam, Mahabharata, and other Vedic scriptures. These courses are mandatory for all residents, and upon completion, students receive internationally recognized certification.

  • 🚌 Outings & Excursions

    Visits to holy places such as Dakshineswar, Mayapur, and Puri (2–3 times per year across 2 semesters). Additional picnics will be organized at sites of historical and natural significance.

Exercise Activities

Health & Wellness Activities of Gurukulam

For maintaining good health:

  • Daily Yoga & Pranayama: 20-minute yoga and pranayama session conducted every morning from 6:15 AM onwards.
  • Relaxation Policy: Suitable relaxations will be provided as per the examination calendar (mid-semester, end-semester, class tests, and practicals).
Food Menu

Pure vegetarian diet menu for students to develop healthy body & stable mind

Gurukulam Breakfast

🥗 Delicious Breakfast Menu

At Gurukulam, breakfast is not just food — it’s prasadam 🙏, a sacred offering for the soul and body. We serve a wide variety of nourishing, sattvic, and delicious options to ensure good health, energy, and devotion throughout the day. 🌿

  • 🍞 Bread Sandwich
  • 🥔 Pao Bhaji
  • 🥗 Upma Raita
  • 🌿 Vegetable Khichri
  • 🍚 Chura Polau Chatni
  • 🥣 Dalia Polau Soup
  • 🍛 Idli Sambar Chatni
  • 🥟 Medu Vada Sambar Chatni
  • 🥞 Masala Dosa Sambar Chatni
  • 🍲 Puri Sabji
  • 🍪 Tandoori Roti & Dal Makhani
  • 🍜 Chowmein
  • 🌯 Veg-Paneer Roll
  • 🍲 Chola Bhatura
  • 🍚 Masala Rice Raita
  • 🍋 Lemon Rice & Sabji
  • 🌽 Corn Rice & Chilli Manchurian
  • 🍵 Jeera Rice & Kadhi Pakora
  • 🍅 Tomato Rice & French Fries
  • 🍝 Special Pasta
  • 🥛 Curd Rice & Finger Chips
  • 🥞 Aloo Paratha
  • 🥟 Kachori Sabji
  • 🥦 Gobi Paratha
  • 🥟 Momos with Vegetable Soup
  • 🌾 Sattu Paratha
  • 🍔 Bread Burgers
  • 🥠 Bread Cutlets
  • 🥞 Uttapam with Chutney
Gurukulam Tea and Coffee

☕ Tea & Coffee

At Gurukulam, we offer refreshing and health-boosting beverages that keep students energized and healthy:

  • 🌿 Herbal Tea: Helps prevent cough, cold, and tonsillitis while boosting immunity. Specially served to those recovering from illness.
  • 🍵 Herbal Coffee: A healthy alternative, occasionally served with breakfast to energize the day.
  • 🍎 Seasonal Fruits: Fresh fruits provided whenever possible, depending on available funds, to ensure natural nutrition.
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🍴 Lunch:

🍚 Rice, 🥣 Dal, 🥦 One Dry Sabji, 🍲 One Liquid Sabji
(Varieties prepared with seasonal vegetables, soybeans, paneer, rajma, chole)

🌞 Summer Specials: Aam Panna, Bel Juice, Buttermilk, Lassi, Watermelon, Sattu Sarbat etc.

⏰ Note: Students may take lunch either at 2:30 pm or after returning from college at 5:00 pm (as per convenience).

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🌙 Simple Dinner at 8 : 45 PM

🫓 Chapati & 🥗 Sabji (as per Ayurveda, digestion capability reduces after sunset 🌅)

🎉 Special Occasion: On birthdays, delicious treats like 🍕 Varieties of Pizzas are specially prepared.

Fresh cow milk in a glass jar

Cow Milk

One can make their own arrangements and take it by boiling at night.

Gurukulam Feast

🍴✨ Some Sample Feast Menus

Gurukulam feast is more than just food — it’s prasadam 🙏, prepared with devotion, energy, and love. A wide variety of nourishing & festive dishes await you. 🌿

  • 🥗 Dahi Fuchka Special
  • 🍚 Fried Rice
  • 🍲 Biriyani
  • 🥘 Chilli Paneer
  • 🧀 Butter Paneer Masala
  • 🌱 Mutter Paneer
  • 🌶️ Kadai Paneer
  • 🥗 Paneer Lababdar
  • 🥢 Stick Paneer Kebab
  • 🍛 Paneer Navaratna Korma
  • 🌽 Crispy Chilli Baby Corn
  • 🥖 Butter Naan
  • 🍡 Malai Kofta
  • 🍍 Butter Pineapple Halwa
  • 🥭 Butter Mango Halwa
  • 🍇 Fruit Cream Salad
  • 🍮 Fruit Custard
  • 🍚 Special Sweet Rice
  • 🥮 Andhra Bread Halwa
  • 🥟 Winter Pithas
  • 🍲 Thai Curry
  • 🥣 Thai Soups
  • 🍦 Ice Creams

🗓️ Daily Schedule

A disciplined day at Gurukulam

  • Wake Up and Getting Ready

    ⏰ 5.20 AM - 6.15 AM

  • Yoga

    🧘 6.15 AM - 6.35 AM

  • Room Cleaning

    🧹 6.45 AM - 7.00 AM

  • Bhagavad-gita Discussion / Meditation / Prayers

    📖 7.00 AM - 7.45 AM

  • Morning Study Time

    📚 7.45 AM - 9.00 AM

  • Breakfast (for early college going boys)

    🥣 8.00 AM - 8.15 AM

  • Breakfast (for other boys)

    🥗 9:00 AM

  • Lunch

    🍛 3.00 PM - 5.00 PM

    * First-year students may take lunch after returning from college. * Tiffin facility available.

  • Compulsory Study Slots

    📖 6.00 PM - 8.30 PM

  • Dinner

    🍽️ 8.30 PM - 9.00 PM

  • Additional Study Time

    📘 9.10 PM - 10.10 PM

  • Mobile Switch-off Time

    📵 10.20 PM

  • Room Light Switch-off & Going To Bed

    🌙 10.30 PM

Comments by the passed outs:

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By Amarjit Singh
BPCL Manager
BE in EIE from JU 2016 batch

In general hostel life students develops all the bad habits like smoking, drinking, hunting for girls/prostitues, watching pornography & all the bad qualities like going to bed at very late night, waking up in the very late morning,using slangs while speaking, not respecting superiors, losing control of senses to enjoy anything they like. Such kind of life shows impact when the students passes out & join the real life of Job & married life.they are not able to work in the atmosphere of discipline, moraI & ethical conduct in their work life & they are not able to maintain good relationships in their family life due to lack of their patience,due to lack of control of senses. I was also a victim of such kind of hostel life. But thanks to Gurukulam which saved my life when I was completely frustrated after living in JU hostel for 1 year.

I therefore request all the 1st year students to take this opportunity of life of Gurukulam to become a real human being. We are providing funds for your welfare. Just use them & enjoy the real happiness.

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By Akash Raj
Founder & CEO of CLOUDYML company
B TECH in CSE from IEM 2018 Batch

I stayed in Gurukulam for 4 years of my college life. Here I am enlisting the reasons

  1. It is like home away from home as the facilitators of Gurukulam guides the residents like their own brothers selflessly as they have nothing to gain from us.
  2. I never enjoyed such delicious & nutritious pure vegetarian breakfast, lunch & dinner even in my home. I never felt to eat outside street food or restaurant food during my Gurukulam days though I belong to a financially affluent family.
  3. I got real friends, real guides in my life from Gurukulam. I could not find any trace of jealousy, envy,greed,quarrelsome nature,cheating tendencies among the people managing the Gurukulam.Its next to impossible to find out such places of stay in today’s world in the cities like Kolkata where there is every chance to get cheated, robbed, misguided.

Please don’t take this opportunity cheaply as Gurukulam is providing all the facilities at very cheap rate.

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By Pravin Samanta
Prof in KIIT University
ME in VLSI from CU 2018 Batch

I am connected to Gurukulam from the year 2013 when I was passing out B.SC in Physics from Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission.I was not getting M.Sc in any good university. Gurukulam mentors guided me to pursue BE from CU in Radio Physics & Electronics of 3 years. Though I was from CU I did not know that such opportunities were there. After BE I was again confused regarding which path to take as I was not interested in software job & to get core jobs was also not an easy task. then the Gurukulam mentors counseled me to the persuasion of ME in VLSI technology. After that I was again in confusion as I was interested in a teaching job but at that time no college or university was ready to pay a good & handsome salary to an assistant prof. Gurukulam seniors gave me the contact of KIIT university of Bhubaneswar where the package was around 10 lacs /annum. I took that opportunity & now I am working there & I am happily situated in both my work life & married life. All this was possible due to constant career guidance from the Gurukulam mentors.


Dear 1st years, we are there to help you, guide you as a token of gratitude for whatever we got from Gurukulam. I will be looking forward to the opportunity to meet you & that will be possible if you choose the life of Gurukulam. i wish you all the best.

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By Pallav Bag
Software Engineer in TCS
B TECH in CSE from GCLT 2020 batch

Dear 1st years, I will share with you a very important aspect of our student & working life. That aspect is the aspect of time management. In general hostel life students waste lots of time in various non sense activities which degrade themselves & then at the time of semesters they fall in huge pressures of studies. when students lead such kind of life they fail to develop the concepts of engineering & technology. But the residents & students of Gurukulam do their studies from the beginning of the semesters by the attending regular study slots. They develop good concepts in their engineering studies & they lead a peaceful, smooth life of shining career of job life or life of research. Another aspect I will tell you. That is the aspect of experiencing joy in life by spiritual practices. When your heart gets filled up by joy & self satisfying happiness then there remains no requirements to indulge ourselves in the self destructing bad activities for flickering enjoyment of smoking, drinking etc. So in the life of Gurukulam you will become a completely divine person. Please don't miss the opportunity to be part of Gurukulam.

Contact Us

  • Gurukulam Hostel, Chingrighata, in 1st lane which is adjacent to Misti Mukh sweet shop & juice shops, RA-19, Pin - 700105

  • 8100115089

  • gurukulamhostel@gmail.com

College Distance Time
JU 0.5 KM 5 Min Walking
GCELT 0.5 KM 5 Min Walking
IEM 2 KM 10 Min By Bus
Techno India 1.5 KM 10 Min By Bus
RCCIIT 1.5 KM 5 Min By Auto
CU 1.5 KM 15 Min Walking
GCECT 1.5 KM 10 Min By Auto
Heritage 7.8 KM 30 Min By Metro

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