New at MMDU

1. Get a local SIM

   Carry your Aadhaar; the shop does an e-KYC with your thumbprint. A new SIM can take a few hours to start working. Ask seniors which network works best in your hostel block.

   Mobile and recharge shops

2. Open a bank account, or find an ATM

   Your fee receipts and scholarships often need a bank account. Take your Aadhaar, PAN (or Form 60), admission letter and two photos. Axis Bank has a branch and ATM in town.

   Banks and ATMs

3. Find your xerox shop

   You will print and photocopy more than you expect: forms, assignments, notes before exams. The shops near the gate get a queue in exam week, so print the day before.

   Stationery and print

4. Know where to go when you're unwell

   MMIMSR, the university's teaching hospital, is on campus. The government community health centre (CHC Mullana) is in town. In an emergency, call 112 or 108.

   Doctors, hospitals and chemists

5. Eat something that isn't mess food

   Chai stalls, bakeries and cafes around the market and the gate.

   Food and chai

6. Work out how you'll get home

   Barara station is 4 km away for local trains; Ambala Cantt, 24 km, is the big junction with trains to everywhere. Haryana Roadways buses run along the Ambala to Jagadhri highway past the campus.

   Getting here and away

Stay safe

• Ragging is a crime. Call the national anti-ragging helpline, 1800 180 5522, any time. It is free and the complaint reaches the UGC as well as the university.
• Scam calls target students. Nobody from the police, a courier or "customs" will ask you to pay on a call. Lost money to a scam? Call 1930 straight away.
• Save one number: 112 reaches police, fire and ambulance.

All helpline numbers

The university

Maharishi Markandeshwar (Deemed to be University) began in 1993 as an engineering college, founded by Tarsem Garg, and became a university in 2007. It now has colleges of medicine (MMIMSR), dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, physiotherapy, engineering, management, hotel management, law and agriculture, with 14 hostels on a campus on the Ambala to Jagadhri highway, 3 km from the village.

• Admissions and enquiry: 01731 274475, toll-free 1800 274 0240
• Website: mmumullana.org, hospital at mmimsr.mmumullana.org

From the university's website and Wikipedia.