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(SARC), Inter-IIT Sports Competitions, Entrepreneurship Cell, Practical Training cell, Research Scholars Forum, national and international seminars and workshops, campus publications like Insight and Aawaz, and Institute Placement team which provide ample opportunities to students to develop their organizational skills. Needless to say, with this hands-on training, IIT Bombay students find it very easy to be effective team players as well as team leaders in the professional arena. Administrative Activities: The students also play pivotal roles in various administrative activities of the institute: Institute Level: The institute administration takes care of all the student issues at the institute level in four major areas namely academics, cultural affairs, hostel affairs and sports. Department Level: Departmental associations have student councils which organize various student activities, department festivals along with other internal administrative activities. Hostel Level: The student representatives actively participate in looking after the maintenance of the hostel facilities including the mess, computer network, infrastructure etc.
Other activities: The institute has a world-class infrastructure to support these activities including a fully developed gymkhana with ultra-modern facilities for sports, cultural and technical activities. The Institute council organizes several inter-hostel championship competitions called General Championships (GC) under three heads - technical, sports and cultural. The PG Cult and PG Sports festivals initiated in the last few years have seen strong yet healthy competition between departments.