DIET,Cuttack, one of the premier institutes of Odisha. There is one hall of residence for girls of 50 students capacity.. Hostels have its internal administration under the overall supervision of the Wardens Council and Principal. The hostel is administered by a Warden (faculty members of the institute) appointed by the Principal and he/she is assisted by an Asst. Wardens (faculty members of the institute) in all matters relating to the hostel. Each hostel also has a Hall Council which is an advisory body comprising the Warden (as it’s Chairman), the Asst. Warden and the elected student secretaries as its members. The Hall Council plans the students’ activities for the year, prepares the budget for sports, recreational and other social activities of the students through the respective student secretaries and is responsible for functioning of hostel mess. The Hostel Office is located within the hostel premises and is open 24 x 7. The students can lodge their grievances on various issues related to hostel in the hostel offices at any time.

This hostel have dining facilities for all residents, four meals in a day (Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Dinner). A number of recreational, sports, literary and social activities take place in the hostel during the academic year. The students celebrate hostel day, diwali, holi and other events in the hostel organised by Students Hall Council.

The Hostel is managed by students through the Students Hall Council. The General Secretary acts as the secretary of the Hostel council, ensures proper maintenance of the hostel premises and coordinates the activities of the other secretaries. The Mess Secretary works in conjunction with the mess staff towards planning of the menu and maintenance of hygiene in the kitchen and the mess hall. Procurement of Sports equipment is the responsibility of the Sports Secretary who also plans the schedules of intra-hostel events and various sport activities during hostel day. The Cultural Activities (Arts and Literary) in the hostel are planned together by the Social, Culture and Literary Secretary. He/she is also responsible for the maintenance of the Common Rooms and in charge of the Hostel Library. Health and Hygienic Secretary looks after the hygienic and cleaning issues of the hostel. Maintenance Secretary work towards maintenance of appurtenances, facilities of the hostel. In addition to these Secretaries, every hostel has a Mess Committee whose members assist the Mess Secretary in the discharge of his/her duties. The General Body of the hostel formulates the necessary guidelines relating to the running of the mess, conduct of intra-hostel cultural, sports, literary and social competitions and other hostel activities, in conformity with the decisions of the Hostel management and the Wardens Council. Elections for the members of the Students Hall Council are held during March or April every year All residents of the hostel are eligible to cast their vote in favor of the candidates of their choice for the various posts.

Every student who has been admitted to the institute is required to pay the prescribed hostel seat rent and development charges along with a refundable hostel mess advance in every semester. Allotment of rooms to the residents takes places depending on the availability of vacant room. However, efforts are made to keep the students of same programmes together in a block of the hostel. Each room is provided with a cot, a table, a chair, a bookshelf, and a ceiling fan (with regulator) and minimum lighting requirements. Residents cannot move the furniture or fittings from one room to another. Private cooking in the rooms is prohibited. Smoking, consumption of alcoholic drinks and use of narcotic drugs is strictly prohibited. Guests of the residents may be permitted by Warden to stay in the guest room of hostel on payment of the necessary charges at hostel office. Overnight guests are permitted in a students’ room with the Warden’s prior permission, but no person of the opposite sex, guest or otherwise is permitted to stay overnight. Male students and female students can visit each others’ hostels between 6:00 am and 8:00 pm, restricted to the hostel office, visitor’s lounge and dining hall.

The hostels are fully secured by 24 x 7 security services. The services of the security personnel are monitored by the Warden, Assistant Wardens and Professor-in-Charge Security. The institute is ragging free institute and same is the hostel. During the first semester of admission all the faculty members of the institute along with Warden and Assistant Wardens on rotation basis do checks regularly to avoid any incident of ragging in the hostel. Apart from that Hostel administration takes help of Counselling Service Team of the institute to mentor and monitor the personality development of student during