Prayagraj: Allahabad University has allotted hostel accommodation to 458 undergraduate students, nearly a month after completing the admission process for the current academic session. Of them, 312 are boys and 146 are girls. Students have been asked to complete the formalities at their allotted hostels by Oct 15. This year, the university has changed the allotment process. Earlier, it was handled at the hostel level, but now it has been centralised at the university level to streamline the process.The allocations cover students enrolled in courses such as BA, BSc, BCom, BCA, BBA-MBA and BA LLB, among others. Hindu Hostel has students from BCA, BCA-MCA Data Science and BSc programmes, while Shatabdi Boys Hostel has accommodated students pursuing BA, BA LLB and BSc. Shyam Ji Krishna Varma Hostel has been allotted to students from BA, BCom and BBA-MBA courses.Five girls’ hostels have been included in the allocation list. Priyadarshini Hostel has received the highest allotment, with 58 students, followed by Kalpana Chawla Hostel with 40, Mahadevi Hostel with 19, Shatabdi Girls Hostel with 20 and Gargi Hostel with nine students.The university has admitted students from 25 states this academic session.
