Questions and Answers

Wow! That's nice.. :) I guess you have already blended in with the new environment at Manipal. :)

I have some few questions for you,

Q1. How is the food at the mess? Do they offer non-veg? What do they serve for both veg and non-veg?

The food at the mess is like food at any mess. But its not BAD. I dont know about you, but as long as they give me food that's HOT, I can eat. So yeah. Also food is NOT a problem AT ALL, because there are tons of other options here... There's a food court on campus (Pizza Corner, Subway, Barrista etc)as well as a number of really cheap restaurants close by.

Food at the mess is VEGETARIAN, but Non veg can be got during all meals on order... that basically means you have to place an order at the counter, and you pay separately for it (which means its not included in your normal mess bill).

For that matter, plenty on vegetarian food (in terms of variety) is also available on order. So its basically like a cheap restaurant.

Q2. How is the teaching faculty? Do they use English as the medium of instruction at all times?

The faculty is VERY GOOD, even though most of them pick on me because a. I'm a backbencher and b. I talk A LOT. But class is always fun. We have great lecture halls in a building called the "Interact". They're centrally air conditioned, and some of us carry our laptops to class and use it to take notes.

And yes, due to the presence of a significant number of NRI's, ALL teachers use English as the teaching language. Infact over here I've started making a point of talking to my RI friends in Hindi so as to not lose touch with the language....

Q3. How is the hostel room? Are there any power cut-off or water shortage? Does the hostel building have a power generator??

Hostel rooms are pretty decent. i found no problems with them. We have double seater rooms, with attached bathrooms. We get hot water. And there are no power cuts here. I don't know if thats because of the backup or because there are no cuts, but theres never a problem with electricity supply here.

No water shortages either. We have solar heating facilities, as well as a back up process for days when its not sunnny.

So its good.

Life is good here!