Columbia Institute of Engineering & Technology (CIET), Raipur has a lush 20-acre campus located near the small village of Bhurkoni. The campus is equipped many facilities including air-conditioned classrooms with smartboards, a full-fledged (automated) central library with about 20,500 printed books and around 450 e-books, and advanced IT and other laboratory facilities. The whole campus has Wi-Fi access, allowing high-speed internet facilities in all the academic and residential blocks. The two boys and girls separate hostels can accommodate 120 students each. Even Kow this is not all. The male and female hostels with many facilities like gymnasiums, common rooms, TVs, and 24-hour Internet service. A full air-conditioned auditorium, seminar halls for various departments, sports fields/courts, canteen, mess, medical service, guest rooms, and a full transportation service with above twenty buses are some of the other facilities.
Columbia Institute of Engineering & Technology (CIET) provides on-campus hostel facilities for boys and girls. The hostels can accommodate a total of 90 boys and 87 girls. Each hostel has 30 (girls) and 29 (boys) rooms with attached bathrooms. Facilities include TV, cooler fan, good healthy food, and sports ground and recreational activities are available to the students. The annual hostel and mess cost for the both boys and girls is ₹55,000.
Particulars | Girls Hostel | Boys Hostel |
Hostel Type | Girls | Boys |
Capacity | 90 | 87 |
Hostel Fees / Mess Fees | ₹55,000 | ₹55,000 |
Location | On Campus | On Campus |
Number of Rooms | 30 | 29 |
Hostel Facilities | Sports ground and activities, TV, Cooler fan, Healthy food | Sports ground and activities, TV, Cooler fan, Healthy food |
Infrastructure: The infrastructure was highly disappointing. Most classrooms lacked basic cleanliness, ventilation, and proper seating. Laboratories were outdated with insufficient or non-functional equipment, making practical learning almost impossible. The library had very limited useful resources, and internet facilities were either unavailable or extremely unreliable. Overall, the infrastructure did not support a proper technical education environment.
Hostel: The hostel facilities were far from livable. Rooms were small, unhygienic, and poorly ventilated. Clean drinking water was often not available, and washrooms were rarely cleaned properly. Food quality in the mess was below average and repetitive, with no regard for nutrition or hygiene. Management hardly paid attention to complaints, and safety inside the hostel was also a concern.