A Students’ Gymkhana Council co-ordinates student activities. Members are elected by direct elections. Faculty advisors assist the Student Body.
Co-curricular activities are an integral part of a student’s life in IIITG. Students compete in both outdoor (Football, Cricket, Kabaddi, Volleyball), indoor (Chess, Carrom, Badminton, Table Tennis, arm-wrestling, computer games) and cultural events (singing, dance, play). Students can explore urban life surrounding the institute in Guwahati.
Hostel Life
Student hostels are located on campus. The boys’ hostel capacity is 849 and girls’ hostel capacity is 179. Each hostel has common rooms where students can play board games and watch TV. Beyond the class hours, students can explore wide open spaces on campus and indulge in outdoor games.
Wardens visit the hostels regularly to monitor and ensure proper functioning of the hostels and comfort of the students. Major discussions and activities among the students can be carried out in the common room. Timings are strictly adhered to for the entry and exit of students for their safety. Ample green cover all around the residential area provides a visually appealing and healthy environment for the residents. Different festivals and cultural events are celebrated together within the hostel in a very friendly and homely atmosphere.
Dining & Mess
There are mess facilities in the hostels as well as at the Institute. Canteens provide students with fresh and nutritious food. They cater to the need of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian students. There are appropriate and fixed timings for dining in hostels.
Clubs
The Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati has constituted a Students' Gymkhana Council to promote various co-curricular activities. This Council fosters and promotes technical, cultural, sports and welfare activities in the Institute. The Students' Gymkhana Council comprises four boards: Technical Board, Cultural Board, Sports Board, and Welfare Board. Each Board promotes activities related to each student's overall well-being through various co-curricular activities and by ensuring the constant grooming of professional, communication, soft, and relevant life skills. The name of the various clubs under these four boards are given below.
Technical Board: Robotics Club, Mavericks- The Machine Learning Society, Google Developer Students' Club.
Cultural Board: Dance Club, Photography Club, Music Club, Movie Club, Reading Club, Literary Club, Quiz Club, Drama Club, Fine Arts Club.
Sports Board: Outdoor Club, Indoor Club.
Welfare Board: Eco & Outreach Club, Health Club, Girls’ Empowerment Group (GEG)
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Cell
The Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Cell is a body within IIIT Guwahati formed of students and faculty to systematically foster the culture of innovation and the start-up ecosystem in IIIT Guwahati. I&E's role is to engage a large number of faculty, students, and staff within IIIT Guwahati in various innovation and entrepreneurship-related activities such as ideation, problem-solving, proof of concept development, design thinking, IPR, project handling, and management at pre-incubation. The I&E cell is currently working towards establishing the first incubation center at IIIT Guwahati to accommodate budding student entrepreneurs. The I&E cell, as part of its social and scientific responsibility, organizes regular workshops, speaker-led talk sessions (TEDx), case study competitions, and hackathons. The flagship event of the I&E cell is Inizio, which is an annual E-Summit organized as a two-to-three-day event that serves as the biggest platform for students to see what innovation and entrepreneurship have in store for them. The I&E cell works in close cooperation with the MoE's IIC and NISP to promote start-ups and SMEs at HEIs.