Hostels are veritable ‘homes away from home’ for students to live and learn in an environment that helps them to grow in the most desirable of ways. Boarders are given a feeling of comfort and well-being. They come to learn the values of discipline, regularity, self-dependence and punctuality besides cultivating bonds that are based on trust, cooperation, mutual respect and teamwork. The hostels are modern-day ‘ashrams’ of the Vedic times and help shape a holistic personality of the scholar. Independence and self-reliance are tempered by compassion, empathy and generosity for all sentient beings.