The best thing about the hostel, according to students, is the bond that develops among batchmates. There are 16 hostel blocks, one executive residential block, and one executive accommodation at the Management Development Centre at IIMB (MDC).

All students are provided with on-campus housing in well-appointed single rooms in the hostels.

Standard amenities include 24-hour Internet access, fully automatic washing machines, a music room, and a recreation room. There are also laundry and ironing services available. The hostels also have an intercom system that is linked to the institute's intercom. It also has a student-run library, music club, and store.

Each room has a bed and mattress, a table and chair, a whiteboard with a clipboard, an almirah, tube lights, fans, and bookshelves. There is a mess on the campus where there are arrangements for the night canteen, managed by students. It also has a coffee shop, an Amul shop, two food outlets, and a restaurant. Food can also be ordered online and delivered within an hour to the hostel.

The IIMB campus is so fascinating that you won't want to spend time outside. Nonetheless, there are two malls within a three-kilometer radius. Students go there to watch movies or shop.

• Being unproductive - Make good use of your time. Determine your priorities and what you want to accomplish. At IIM Bangalore, a lot happens, and you can get lost trying to do everything. To avoid this, consider what you want to achieve at the end of the two years and the type of career you want to pursue. And direct your activities, studies, and research in that direction. Talk to professors, alums, and seniors to learn about the requirements for the goals you've set for yourself, but keep in mind that these conversations are only to gather information and some advice. At the end of the day, you make the decision, not the alums, seniors, or professors. However, both the gathering of information and the making of decisions are equally important.

• Procrastination - Begin focusing on spending time running, playing sports, or going to the gym, rather than just sitting idly. It is necessary to be able to handle stress and break the monotony of academics and other activities.

• Plagiarism - No matter how difficult it is to come up with a solution for your assignment or project, never take the easy way out. Push yourself because that is the only way to learn and retain what you have learned. The longer you stick with the difficult path, the easier it will eventually become.

Yes, if you enroll in the PGPM program, you must reside in a hostel for the first year; you can choose to live off campus in the second year, but no one does.

It is truly beneficial that one must live in a hostel; otherwise, it is extremely difficult to complete all of the submissions and work in groups. Group project meetings are usually held at 11 p.m. or later, around midnight, making it difficult to attend if you are not on campus.

Furthermore, because subscriptions for these resources are validated using IP addresses, you will be unable to use them outside of the IIM campus.

However, the amazing part is that the campus is so beautiful that once you start staying there, you will despise the idea of staying anywhere else.