# Student Life
**Source**: https://study.iitm.ac.in/mg/student_life.html
**Parent**: https://study.iitm.ac.in/mg/
STUDENT HOUSES & SOCIETIES
Get empowered, be part of our
virtual campus, build real communities
and become future leaders.
Here in IITM BS degree, students, faculty and staff work together
to support students make the most of their opportunities.
#### Student Houses
All students in the programme will be divided into
12 houses named after the forests in India.
##### Your house is where you seek, share, support and study together and do what you love through clubs and activities.
We invite the Student community to feel at home in their
forest houses of
Bandipur, Corbett, Gir, Kanha, Kaziranga, Nallamala,
Namdapha, Nilgiri, Pichavaram, Saranda, Sundarbans and
Wayanad.
Each house accommodates nearly 30 groups of 20 students each
where the group members are from the same city or neighbouring
cities and house members are from across the country.
##### Upper House Council & Elections
Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of all 12 houses constitute
the Upper House Council that governs all houses.
The Student Elections Committee constituted by Student Affairs conducts
free and fair elections every August, where all the house members elect their
Secretary and Deputy Secretary for a tenure of one year. The Secretary of the
house in turn conducts elections for all groups, where all group members
elect their Group leaders. The Secretaries and Group leaders are below 25
years of age.
#### Our Twelve Houses
Bandipur
[Go to Website](https://bandipur.iitmbs.org)
Corbett
[Go to Website](https://corbett.iitmbs.org)
Gir
[Go to Website](https://sites.google.com/student.onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in/gir-house)
Kanha
[Go to Website](https://kanha.iitmbs.org)
Kaziranga
[Go to Website](https://kaziranga.iitmbs.org)
Nallamala
[Go to Website](https://nallamala.iitmbs.org)
Namdapha
[Go to Website](https://namdapha.iitmbs.org)
Nilgiri
[Go to Website](https://nilgiri.iitmbs.org)
Pichavaram
[Go to Website](https://pichavaram.iitmbs.org)
Saranda
[Go to Website](https://saranda.iitmbs.org)
Sundarbans
[Go to Website](https://sundarbans.iitmbs.org)
Wayanad
[Go to Website](https://wayanad.iitmbs.org)
#### Our Societies
There are a variety of student run clubs and societies for the students to explore
and join. Current list of clubs and societies are given below.
| Society Name | Social Media | Email |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Aayam : IITM BS Drama Society | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/iitmbs_dramasociety/) | [drama.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:drama.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 2. Adhyay - The Civil Services Society IIT Madras BS | [Visit](https://instagram.com/adhyay.iitm?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) | [civilservices.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:civilservices.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 3. AKORD Music Society | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/akord_iitm) | [music.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:music.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 4. AWS Cloud Club, IIT Madras | - | [cloudcoders@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:cloudcoders@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 5. Veritas Oratory Society | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/veritas_iitm/) | [oratory.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:oratory.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 6. Deva-Bhasha: The Sanskrit Society | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/sanskritsociety_iitmbs/) | [sanskrit.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:sanskrit.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 7. Amartya - The Finance Society | [Visit](https://linktr.ee/amartya_iitmbs) | [finance.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:finance.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 8. Heighers eSports Society | [Visit](https://instagram.com/heighers.esports_iitm) | [esports.club@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:esports.club@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 9. IIT Madras BS chess community - "Shah-Maat" | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/shahmaatiitm/) | [chess.club@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:chess.club@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 10. Pravāha: The Dance Society | [Visit](https://instagram.com/pravaha_iitm?utm_source=qr&igshid=MzNlNGNkZWQ4Mg%3D%3D) | [dance.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:dance.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 11. RAAHAT : the Mental Health & Wellness Society | [Visit](https://instagram.com/wellness.society_iitmbs) | [wellness.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:wellness.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 12. RaSoR : Ramanujan Society of Research | [Visit](https://rasor-webops.github.io/socials/) | [research.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:research.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 13. SAHARA - The Social Welfare Society | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/sahara_iitmbs/) | [connectwithsahara@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:connectwithsahara@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 14. Sahityika: Literary Society | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/sahityika_iitm/) | [literary.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:literary.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 15. SYNAPSE : The Social Studies, Language Study, Cultural Study, Humanities Study & Social Skills Development Society | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/synapse_iitmbs/) | [culturalstudy.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:culturalstudy.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 16. WYZ Kids : The IITM BS Quiz Club | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/wyzkids.iitmbs/) | [quiz.club@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:quiz.club@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 17. Boundless - IITM BS Travel Club | [Visit](https://www.instagram.com/boundless_iitmbs/) | [boundless.club@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:boundless.club@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 18. Elan - Fashion Society | [Visit](https://instagram.com/elan_iitm?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==) | [fashion.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:fashion.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 19. IIT Madras BS Film Society | [Visit](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=channel_header&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1dUZFUxejhhd2FZeTVOUUpnZzdsWTFxdGh2UXxBQ3Jtc0trTDl6QkVYbEZUVEZ0WWtqVHp2NDJ6MVN4UmE4UE5pYjZ5WEFZSlFIS1pTeDNlU2hMeTFLRmJQTngzZXg4Y1IwRWY4SU54UTFWR3lONC0wR012cW0tbFNzVVNjYjZXR3Z5RVVJdm00U0dMbU9tTmZVOA&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fiitm_bsfilmsociety%2F) | [film.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:film.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 20. Diplomacia | [Visit](https://instagram.com/iitm_diplomacia?igshid=NzZlODBkYWE4Ng==) | [diplomacia@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:diplomacia@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 21. JITSIE IIT Madras | [Visit](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tata-society-entrepreneurship-jitsie-iit-madras/) | [jitsie@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:jitsie@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 22. General Management Club | [Visit](https://sites.google.com/study.iitm.ac.in/gmc) | [gm.club@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:gm.club@study.iitm.ac.in) |
| 23. CodeCrafters Coding Society | [Visit](https://linktr.ee/codecraftersclub) | [codecrafters.society@study.iitm.ac.in](mailto:codecrafters.society@study.iitm.ac.in) |
#### Our Goals & Initiatives
#### We nurture Leadership & Organisational skills
Students gain invaluable skills and experiential knowledge during
their time in IITM BS Degree.
We offer you space to lead a diverse
community of Houses, Clubs or Groups.
We inspire you to conduct events,
support fellow students, and participate in team activities.
#### We enrich your experiences
Alongside your academic activities you can have fun and develop
your interests through clubs and extracurricular activities. It
helps you build on your social skills and career goals while
enjoying a great social life.
We encourage you to express interest in forming any kind of club
that will be run by the students for the students.
Come forward and complement your academics with an array of clubs
that advocates art, music, dance, culture, entrepreneurship,
research, volunteering etc.
#### We promote equity
Gender, age, physical disability, socio-economic status, religion,
or ethnic origin will never be an obstacle. Step forward and
proudly be part of our inclusive community of learners from all
walks of life. We thrive on diversity and that's our strength.
We sensitise learners on gender
equality and diversity through training.
We assure safe virtual space against cyber bullying through online
safety training.
We support Clubs & activities that promote Equity through art,
culture, campaigning etc.
#### We care for your wellbeing
Lack of physical presence, demanding academic schedule, and multitasking can have an impact on your
mental wellbeing. Whatever you might be going through, if you feel like you need to talk, you are not alone.
Reach out to us.
We provide you access to the Wellness Community Center in the IITM campus for
professional help.
#### We redress your grievances
All complaints of bullying or harassment will be taken seriously by the IITM BS Degree Team. The aim is to
provide the support needed to help individuals decide the best course of action, and to resolve the issues
raised through formal complaint procedures.
You can raise complaint against matters related to behaviour of staff members or fellow students
Complaints box (students-grievance@study.iitm.ac.in)
#### We Hear you
Diverse, vibrant, hardworking, determined and self-motivated
student community has contributed to continuous development of
this pioneering programme.
We look forward to your proposals that would change or modify policies pertaining to student life. (student-
affairs@study.iitm.ac.in)