campuslife

Your Tuesday looks good here.

Lab till noon. Football at five. A club meeting after dinner, and Habba on the horizon. 120 acres, and all of it is yours.

1,500+Hostel Residents on Campus
50,000+Habba Guests in 2026
75+Nationalities
120Acres
The festival

Acharya Habba

Three days when the campus becomes one of Bangalore’s biggest stages. Launched in 2005, Habba drew over 50,000 guests in 2025. Gurukiran, Benny Dayal and Shalmali have played it. In 2026, Neeti Mohan closed it.

Habba 2026, in numbers
  • April 8–11, 2026 — four days of culture, competition and concerts
  • AIT hosted the 25th VTU Youth Festival alongside: nearly 100 VTU-affiliated and autonomous institutions
  • 4,500+ participants, footfall exceeding 15,000 for the festival segment
  • Grand Auto Show, Soap Box Racing, Simba Bike Rally, Under25 Summit, Ideathon, fashion show, gaming tournaments
  • Live finale concert by Neeti Mohan

The next edition is coming in March 2027.

What you can enter

Ethnic Day, canvas and face painting, clay modeling, western and classical singing and dance, cooking events, Habbathon, treasure hunt, coding competitions, cosplay, open-mic poetry and stand-up. Sports leagues in basketball, volleyball, kabaddi and the Acharya Premier League (cricket).

Living here

Hostels: your room, your rules (well, mostly)

Comfortable rooms, secure surroundings and a residential community — Acharya hostels are built to support learning and wellbeing for students from across India and around the world.

On-campus hostels
  • Capacity for over 1,500 residents across multiple blocks; separate hostels for boys and girls
  • Single, double and triple occupancy rooms with study tables, wardrobes and bedding
  • 24/7 security, CCTV and dedicated wardens
  • Vegetarian and non-vegetarian dining, with menus set by a monthly student Mess Committee
  • High-speed Wi-Fi, laundry, common areas with TV and lounges
  • Kitchenette options for international students
  • On-campus medical support, emergency care and ambulance services
Off-campus options

Prefer to live outside? Acharya works with recognized PGs and trusted residential partners near campus, so your stay is authorised and safe either way.

Facilities

Where your day happens

Students at the Acharya cafeteria

Academic Studio

The Academic Studio is your dedicated space for Architecture and Design work — a place to identify a real problem and build your way to a solution. It’s where Architecture and Design School students put theory into practice.

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Students at the Acharya alumni

Alumni

Acharya’s alumni network is more than 1 lakh strong, working across management, technology and the arts — with chapters from Bangalore to San Francisco.

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Students at the Acharya cafeteria

Cafeteria

Acharya’s student community comes from 75+ countries, so the cafeterias reflect that — multiple outlets across campus serving everything from local favourites to international dishes.

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Students at the Acharya cafeteria

Clubs

Clubs are where a lot of Acharya actually happens outside class — new skills, new friendships and events, workshops and competitions worth showing up for.

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Students at the Acharya counselling

Counselling Center

The Counselling Centre supports students and faculty through guided interaction — psychological support, educational guidance and personal development, aimed at wellbeing and academic success.

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Students at work in a mechanical engineering laboratory

Laboratories

Labs where you actually get your hands on the material — across sciences, engineering, biotechnology, pharmacy, nursing and design.

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Reading hall of the Acharya library

Digital Library

The Central Library (Learning Resource Centre) is a three-floor facility spanning 4,289 sqm, with room for up to 500 people at once.

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Students at the Acharya cafeteria

Smart Classrooms

Technology built into teaching: smart classrooms, high-performance student devices and a Learning Management System (LMS), for learning that works online and offline.

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Sports grounds at Acharya

Sports

Sports infrastructure, expert coaching and a full competitive calendar — built for teamwork, leadership and getting better at your game.

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Students at the Acharya cafeteria

Transport

Non-AC bus services connect Acharya Campus to multiple Bangalore localities. Routes are planned around demand, and new stops get added as requests come in.

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Students at the Acharya cafeteria

Wellness Programmes

A wellness programme for the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of students and staff — counselling, nursing care, physiotherapy and emergency medical support.

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