Lodging

One of the hazards of interviewing fresh candidates from highly reputed governemnt/controlled colleges is to stay in government run hotels. Typically there is an unwritten rule for these colleges and that is, to utilize state run establishments whether that means using Indian for flying or IndiaPost for courier or Hotels.

Me and my colleagues were there in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh, on a talent acquisition spree from my organization in early May,2007. We had zeroed in on one of the better technical institutes of India (definitely one of the top ones in Uttar Pradesh) and that happened to be IET (Institute of Engineering and Technology). We were put up at Hotel Gomti which as expected is a state run hotel.

Gomti Hotel is very well located, close to Sahara Ganj and is a realtively old strucuture. It was inaugurated in 1981 by erstwhile Prime Minister of India, V. P. Singh. It has I guess quite a few rooms, close to 50.

We stayed in the best rooms and the usual rack rates are around Rs 1500 for a single and you get the complimentary breakfast. The rooms are spacious but lack all modern fitments. So no coffee makers, no new age furniture, poor ventilation and a very badly stocked rest room. Fortunately they have redone the floor and other fitments in rest rooms so thats some solace. A/C works pretty well and we were in mid summers there and it was quite comfortable.............................

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