A Study on Shift towards Digitization of Hostel Room Allotment for a University

The paper addresses the general problems faced by students in big universities or colleges during the room allotment process. The present work aims to develop an online room allocation process over a conventional room allotment process held in several big universities or colleges. Hostel room allotment process is for the students who are willing to stay in hostel. Rooms are allotted to the students based on their merit and room preferences. The conventional room allotment process has many disadvantages. They consume more time and do not provide proper room selection on time etc. The present research work aims to tackle the general problems and depicts the implementation using a digital platform. The present work shows the design and digitalized/online room allotment web portal through which students can eliminate these problems and increase the ease of room allotment process. This project concludes with discussions on improvements and completion of a fully working website with its implementation in a university.