 IIT Madras provides residential accommodation for its students, faculty, administrative and supporting staff, and their families.The residential houses employ private caterers.The self-contained campus includes two schools (Vanavani and Kendriya Vidyalaya), three temples (Jalakanteshwara, Durga Peliamman and Ganapathi temple), three bank branches (SBI, ICICI, Canara Bank), a hospital, shopping centres, food shops, a gym, sleeping room and timepass hall, cricket, football, hockey and badminton stadiums.